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Pandas released, protection upgraded

AS the cages opened, Hua Yan and Zhang Meng did not hesitate and ran into the wild. The two pandas disappeared into the mountains within seconds. China released its sixth and seventh pandas at the Liziping ...

November 12, 2016, Saturday

A grim fish tale of the ones that got away

IMPORTED species of farmed sturgeon that escaped during flooding in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River have recently been found to be spreading downstream. The rapid expansion of the feral species ...

October 14, 2016, Friday

Penguin breeding

Thousands of Magellanic penguins are arriving at Argentina’s Punta Tombo peninsula for their breeding season....

October 9, 2016, Sunday

Elephants on decline

Africa’s elephant population has suffered its worst drop in 25 years, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said, blaming the plummeting numbers on poaching....

October 9, 2016, Sunday

Pangolin tipped for protection

Reclusive, gentle and quick to roll up into a ball, pangolins keep a low profile....

October 9, 2016, Sunday

Rhinos dehorned

Zimbabwe plans to dehorn all rhino in its national parks to discourage poaching after 50 animals were illegally killed last year, a wildlife conservation group said on Tuesday....

September 4, 2016, Sunday

Jungle school for orphaned apes

Ignoring the shrieks of his rowdy, wrestling classmates, baby orangutan Otan practises swinging alone at his “jungle school” on Borneo island, switching hands and hanging upside down as he builds confidence...

September 4, 2016, Sunday

Habitable planet found outside solar system

Scientists on Wednesday announced the discovery of an Earth-sized planet orbiting the star nearest our Sun, opening up the glittering prospect of a habitable world that may one day be explored by robo...

August 28, 2016, Sunday

Conjoined turtles

Marine biologists in southern Italy have separated conjoined twin loggerhead turtles and released the surviving newborn into the Mediterranean Sea....

August 21, 2016, Sunday

Rare monkey birth

Peeping out from her mother’s arms, Embe, a Francois’ Langur, makes her debut at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo where she was born on July 21, in what conservationists hailed as great news for one of the world’s...

August 21, 2016, Sunday