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Wild tortoise's 'horrifying' attack on baby bird never seen before, say experts

The attack on the baby bird was seen on Fregate Island in the Seychelles and researchers think this new hunting behaviour has been driven by the unusual combination of a tree-nesting tern colony and a resident giant tortoise population in the area.

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China to boost endangered green peafowl population in Yunnan

01:17 China is stepping up efforts to boost the number of endangered green peafowl by providing them a natural breeding ground in southwest China's Yunnan Province.The

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Are China's beloved elephants heading back to ancestral home?

05:41 For the past year, a herd of elephants traveling across China has captured the imagination of the world.But while their day-to-day movements are meticulously trac

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Two new species of spiders discovered in SW China's Chongqing

A research team led by Zhang Zhisheng from Southwest University recently discovered two new species of spiders on Jinyun Mountain in southwest China's Chongqing Municip

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China unveils top 10 scientific advances of 2020

China on Saturday unveiled its top 10 national scientific advances of 2020.More than 3,200 experts from national academies and laboratories voted for 31 nominations from four scientific fields. Here

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Across China: Drones monitor migration of 60,000 Tibetan antelopes

Chinese researchers have used drones to monitor the living condition of Tibetan antelopes and have captured the 60,000 population of the species in Nagqu, southwest Ch

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Chinese researchers develop AI technology to identify individual primates

Chinese researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system to identify individual primates, offering help in animal research and conservation. Accurate and quick identification of p

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New database on China's biodiversity released

China has released a database of its national annual species checklist to facilitate biodiversity research and conservation, according to the Chinese Academy of Scienc

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Scientists reveal how Tibetan mastiffs adapted to high altitude

Chinese scientists have revealed that genetic exchange with an unknown wolf-like canid helped Tibetan mastiffs adapt to high altitudes, according to a study published

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Experts: Coronavirus is not man made, not released from a lab

00:18 Amid controversial claims about the origin of the novel coronavirus, or SARS-CoV-2, experts are hardening their belief that the virus originated from nature.During a recent inter

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Study reveals red panda may be two distinct species

Genome sequencing has shown that red panda, the endangered furry mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China, are two different species, providing a

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Latest on drugs, vaccines and source of novel coronavirus

What drugs are effective in treating the novel coronavirus? How is the vaccine development going? And where did the virus originate from? Below are the answers from officials and experts at a Join

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Blogger-author opens new chapter on marine biology

You could say it comes naturally to Zhang Chenliang. Indeed, his moniker is the man of natural history, or Bowu Jun in Chinese. This is no idle boast as the popular science blogger has 11 million foll