Much of the action happens at Bifengxia Panda Base, or BFX, where I had my close-up with cubs. Visitors here can see adult bears in outdoor yards—hunched over broad bellies, chomping messily on ...

Here's a hot take — pandas are OVERRATED ... shell out up to $1 million a year to rent just one. Most sign 10-year "panda diplomacy" contracts, and if any baby cubs are born, they pay an ...

For decades, the giant panda has frustrated scientists desperate to save the species from extinction. The iconic bears, native to China and beloved around the world, have been famously hard to breed.