Cuddly face of China

The Way of the Panda

Henry Nicholls, a specialist in evolutionary biology, is a freelance science journalist and author of Lonesome George about the last giant tortoise on Pinta Island in the Galapagos.

This latest work provides fascinating insights into the panda’s rise to its current popularity, charting the history of these elusive animals from their first official ‘discovery’ by a French missionary in 1869 to their status today.