Paleontologist Xu Xing is featured in a long USA Today article, covering his inspiration in becoming a paleontologist and his current work. Although it draws comparisons with Indiana Jones and Roy Chapman Andrews, the article is careful to separate the facts of Xu's work from popular fictionalizations and is definitely worth a look.
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