RYAN WATZEL

CHENGDU, PRC--- Trying to describe, with any effect, what it's like to hold a panda cub is like trying to describe a color....

GREG LINCH

CHENGDU, PRC --- One thousand RMB, as I have come to learn during the past three weeks living in China, is a lot of dough here--- roughly $130 U.S. currency....

TAYLOR MURPHY

CHENGDU, PRC --- We have been in search of the illusive ailuropoda melanoleuca, also known as giant panda bear, for about three weeks now....

KARYN MESHBANE

CHENGDU, PRC --- Maybe I was disappointed because I was expecting golden gates to open up to a fantastical field of flowing bamboo shoots with fluffy pandas roaming in freedom while a theme song similar to that of the Jurassic Park movie played in the background...

KARINA SMUCLOVISKY

CHENGDU, PRC --- There are many things that are black and white: the newspaper, old films, and even skunks, but none have symbolized a country quite like the giant panda and China....