More than 70 crocodiles from farm on the loose after flooding in China September 13, 2023 Authorities in a southern Chinese city have launched an operation to recapture more than 70 crocodiles that escaped from a commercial farm after intense… Continue Reading
Urban heat and loss of bird diversity linked for first time after hundreds of cities surveyed. August 28, 2023 Humans aren’t the only ones leaving town when city heat becomes unbearable. A study done on 336 cities in China concludes that heat-retaining buildings… Continue Reading
Robot fish created by Chinese scientists can eat microplastics July 13, 2022 Robot fish that “eat” microplastics may one day help to clean up the world’s polluted oceans, says a team of Chinese scientists from Sichuan… Continue Reading
New China craze of mailing pets as mysterious parcels prompts outrage May 7, 2021 A craze in which pets are sold in mystery parcels has caused outrage in China after a number of animals were found dead in… Continue Reading
Captive beluga whales from China released into an open-water sanctuary off Iceland August 10, 2020 Scooped from the ocean by a Russian whale research centre as two- or three-year-olds, Little White and Little Grey went on to spend years… Continue Reading
Hundreds of animals found dead at epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic in China February 22, 2020 Hundreds of animals have been found dead in Chongqing in Hubei province, a mass die-off after the Chinese government deployed a fleet of trucks… Continue Reading
Wednesday Zen Moment: Pandas try pumpkin, still like bamboo better November 13, 2019 Pandas eat bamboo but an experiment in China shows the critters might be willing to try other vegetables. After Halloween, staff at the Giant… Continue Reading
Owners dyeing their dogs to look like baby pandas in China November 2, 2019 Under the category of stupid ideas is this latest craze from China with owners paying thousands of dollars to dye chow chow dogs black… Continue Reading
Berlin zoo’s twin panda cubs are turning black and white and cute all over September 30, 2019 Meng Meng made history in Germany. She became the first giant panda to give birth in that country. And, she did with flourish delivering… Continue Reading
Meatless Monday: China building giant solar farm shaped like a ….panda July 15, 2019 For maxim efficiency, solar farms are designed to align the panels in rows and column. The idea is that forming a grid will increase… Continue Reading