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