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Vinous-throated parrotbill visits Beijing Botanical Garden

The vinous-throated parrotbill is a species of parrotbill. It's usually found in China, Japan, Mongolia, and Vietnam. The bird is quite small and has a long tail and is

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Tanzania moves to bring back smuggled chameleons seized in Austria

FILE PHOTO: Flap-necked chameleon (Chamaeleo dilepis), Chamaeleonidae, Ngorongoro Natural Reserve, Tanzania. /Getty Images Tanzanian authorities said Saturday they had started a process to bri

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Climate disasters prompt Australia's first platypus refuge

The world's first dedicated platypus refuge will be established to rescue the unique Australian animals from climate-change-fuelled crises, as bushfires and drought increasingly threaten their habita

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Infrared cameras capture over 10 rare jackals in NW China

00:44 Infrared cameras captured the tracks of over 10 jackals in Qilian Mountains in Qinghai Province in northwest China – the largest number recorded in the region in

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Wildlife photographer takes extraordinary photos of birds

Wildlife photographer Andrew Fusek Peters takes photos of birds who visit his back garden in Shropshire, a landlocked county in England. From fighting nuthatch and gold

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Gray-capped pygmy woodpecker on food mission in Beijing garden

A gray-capped pygmy woodpecker was seen enjoying food in Beijing Botanical Garden. The small woodpecker has a dark grey crown. Woodpeckers like to fly around alone or i

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Studies indicate U.S.- Mexico border wall could disrupt wildlife

02:28 The border wall that separates parts of the United States from Mexico expanded under the Trump administration.Aggressive efforts for federal land acquisitions for the wall also i

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Great apes given experimental COVID vaccine after becoming infected at US zoo

Orangutans and bonobos get two doses of a vaccine developed by a veterinary pharmaceutical company - and big cats could be next.

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Virus related to SARS-CoV-2 found in bats in Southeast Asia

It is the world's most pressing scientific puzzle. Pieces are scattered around the world in search of a suspect in the largest health crisis to ever hit the globe in the past century.The first docume

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Wild-caught giant salamanders raised in farms flout conservation laws

A majority of captive breeders in China are stocking giant salamanders from the wild, a practice banned by the government to prevent the animal from getting extinct, revealed a study on Tuesday.Kn

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Critically endangered birds forage at S China beach sunset

Photos taken by a bird lover on February 7 show a group of spoon-billed sandpipers foraging on the beach near Danzhou City on south China's island province of Hainan.Ex

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Locked-down pub becomes Ireland's first wildlife hospital

The WRI facility is the first animal hospital in Ireland capable of caring for animals of any species or size and with any medical needs. /AFP A pub that closed its doors during lockdown is no

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Russian scientists probe prehistoric viruses dug from permafrost

Researchers at North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk extract tissues from a prehistoric horse. /AFP Russian state laboratory Vektor on Tuesday announced it was launching research into pr

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The world must act on science now

Editor's note:CGTN's First Voice provides instant commentary on breaking stories. The daily column clarifies emerging issues and better defines the news agenda, offering a Chinese perspective on t

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Virus related to SARS-CoV-2 found in bats in Southeast Asia: study

Bat sampling in a laboratory in Ratchaburi Province, Thailand, September 12, 2020. /CFP A coronavirus related to the one that causes COVID-19 has been found in bats in a wildlife reserve in Th

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China adds 517 types of wildlife to state protection list

China has added another 517 species and classes of animals to its list of wildlife under special state protection, an official statement said Friday.The adjustment, the