China pandas rise from unknown status to become palace pets, then national symbols, treasures

Once a neglected figure in ancient China’s folklore, literature and artefacts, the panda has become a national treasure and a defining symbol of the modern nation. How did this black-and-white ...
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The century-old quest to find this large, mythical animal

Nathalia Holt is the author of “The Beast in the Clouds: The Roosevelt Brothers’ Deadly Quest to Find the Mythical Giant Panda,” from which this op-ed is adapted. In 1929, the two eldest sons of ...