Much to the surprise and joy of conservationists, a freshwater dolphin that had been declared ‘extinct’ only days ago, has made an appearance in the Yangtze River! This is the Baiji Dolphin, also called the Chinese River Dolphin and...

With the climate changing, the need to understand regional habitats and their adaptation is growing importance. And the most prominent and effective indicators are the plants and trees. But, such elaborate survey of every plant species,...

Over pollution seems to be taking its toll over China. Is the nemesis coming down in the form of algae outbreak?! The Taihu Lake in Jiangsu province, which was at its lowest in 50 years, has been recently blanketed by algae. The lake...

People using different dialects in different regions is heard of, but, have you ever heard of same kind of birds voicing differently as per the habitat? A new research carried out in China on a bird called lingque zuibi indicates that birds of...

China has successfully conducted the test of Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) fusion reactor at the Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The fusion reactor is also called as ‘Artificial...

Global warming is having its bite distinctly at China’s Qinghai-Tibet plateau. Glaciers covering the region are alarmingly shrinking by 7 percent a year and the environmental consequences may prove dire, Xinhua news agency reported on...

Eco Factor: Tin-oxide nanomaterials shaped like coral for more efficiency. In an effort to enhance the efficiency of solar panels Chinese researchers have proposed unique coral-shaped nanomaterials that can be made from porous materials such...