Anniversary gift from mainland: A pair of giant pandas for Hong Kong
Preparatory work for welcoming the giant pandas had started without giving any date for their arrival.
Four tourists rescued by elephant from raging river in Chiang Mai
One of four elephants rescued by a monk in Chiang Mai braved a torrential river to rescue four tourists after their raft sank in the middle of the river on Friday, June 28.
China, US start new round of panda ties
Giant pandas Yun Chuan and Xin Bao set out on their journey to the United States on Wednesday evening, marking a new round of China-US cooperation on the conservation of the…
Thailand’s army gets ready to auction off 66 dogs next week
The dogs were not able to meet the required qualifications to join or remain in the Thai armed forces.
Water project in Beijing halted to protect nesting swallows
From a distance of around 100 meters, people can see the nearly 200 clustered caves carved into the cliff, each about the size of a fist, with brown cliff swallows flitting in and…
India’s Jharkhand elephants sneak into Odisha villages, unleash reign of terror
The herd of around 27 wild elephants who have strayed into forest-side villages for the past four days are showing no signs of leaving.
Shedding light on the perfect sunset as ancient expertise comes into view
Ancient cultures and religions across the globe have long paid reverence to that mysterious, fiery orb in the sky, with particular attention given to the setting of the sun at…
South Korea-born panda to make debut in Sichuan
After more than two months of quarantine and transitional adaptation, giant panda Fu Bao will meet the public at the Wolong Shenshuping Base of the China Conservation and Research…
Elephants born in Ayutthaya may be world’s first-ever male and female twins
In November last year, the world was amazed by the birth of twin elephants in Kenya, although both the babies were female. ABC News said twins account for around only 1% of…
Fascination for pandas cultivates cultural bonds
Many Japanese people have started to learn about China and the Chinese language because of their love for giant pandas.