The partial government shutdown has its long arms in many aspects of people's daily lives. Here is yet another: animal live cams. Small moments of joy have been stolen from avid animal-live-cam ...

There’s lush new sod in the National Zoo’s giant panda compound. There’s a new panda “hammock,” made out of strips of fire hose. And there are 40 new cameras in the Pandacam system. As Washington ...