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Dozens of koalas dead after logging at Australian plantation

VCG Photo Dozens of koalas have been euthanized and some 80 more are being treated for injuries and starvation after their habitat was logged, prompting an Australian government investigation

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Chinese prosecutors urged to toughen crackdown on epidemic-related crimes

China's Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) has asked procuratorates nationwide to fully play their role to create a favorable judicial environment in the fight again

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Coronavirus outbreak: Demand for wildlife trade ban grows

A common link exists between the current novel coronavirus outbreak and the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic of 2003 – the wildlife trade.While the animal spreading the new strain

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Experts call for urgent amendments to China's Wildlife Protection Law

01:47 Amid the investigation into the source of the novel coronavirus outbreak, a group of academicians, including professor Li Jinghong from Tsinghua University and biologist Lu Zhi f

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China curbs price gouging, illegal wildlife trade amid virus outbreak

Amidst the current novel coronavirus outbreak in and out of China, the Ministry of Public Security – China's principle law enforcement authority - has vowed to crack down on price gouging and illegal

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Bats: the Pandora's box you do not want to open

As the novel coronavirus outbreak spreads across China, one animal, often related to vampires, darkness and ugliness, has made frequent appearances on social media.That is bats. The Townsend's bi

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Endangered wallabies receive food drops in Australia's bushfire-ravaged areas

Over 2,000 kg of carrots and sweet potatoes have been airdropped to endangered Australian brush-tailed rock-wallabies in bushfire-ravaged areas since the start of the new year. SYDNEY, Jan. 28 (Xin

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Foreign wildlife experts head to Sudan to examine sick lions

Images of the animals went viral earlier this month showing them emaciated and struggling to move. /PHOTO Courtesy: Four Paws – Twitter. A team of international wildlife conservationists flew

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Experts confirm Wuhan seafood market was source of novel coronavirus

China Center for Disease Control reported on Sunday that 33 out of the 585 samples collected from the seafood market tested positive for the new strain of coronavirus which caused the pneumonia ou

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China detects large quantity of novel coronavirus at Wuhan seafood market

Experts of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have successfully isolated the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the environmental samples of a s

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Lions escape from Namibia's largest park

Six lions escaped from Namibia's largest game park the Etosha National Park on the night of January 25 and devoured a donkey and cattle in the nearby northern village of Oshivelo, the Ministry of En

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China suspends wildlife trade to curb novel coronavirus

Chinese authorities announced Sunday that trading of wild animals will be suspended nationwide to curb the spreading of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus (2019

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Wuhan suspends operations related to terrestrial wildlife

Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, suspended all operations related to terrestrial wildlife in the city from Wednesday to tackle the ongoing pneumonia e

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Tesla moves a step closer to opening first European factory in Germany

U.S. electric car pioneer Tesla has agreed to buy a property on the outskirts of Berlin, bringing it a step closer to opening its first European factory, local authorities said on Sunday.The U.S.

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Water level of China's largest saltwater lake rises for 15th year

China's largest inland saltwater lake saw its water level rise 0.56 meters in 2019 as a result of increased rainfall, the local meteorological center said. Qinghai Lak

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Fires, then floods: How much can a koala bear?

A week ago, koalas at an Australian wildlife park were in the path of raging bushfires. On Friday, they were soaking wet and being carried to safety from flash floods.Months of drought that have cont

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Fires, floods threaten Aussie critters at iconic zoo

Just last week deadly bushfires bore down on the Australian Reptile Park, but on Friday, it was widespread flooding caused by a sudden downpour which threatened the zoo's residents. After a summer o