One of the viruses is the closest-known relative of Hendra and Nipah viruses, which have human mortality rates as high as 80 ...

Ecological and economic damage can reverberate through ecosystems when invasive species become established — and some such as oak processionary moth caterpillars can cause physical harm to humans and ...

Stephen Fry has been tapped to narrate “China’s Wild Secrets,” a five-part natural history series commissioned by Chinese ...

Investigators probing the controversial Chinese fertiliser deal will focus on conflicting laboratory reports, particularly ...

As part of China's biodiversity conservation efforts, the park in 2012 established a specialized snow leopard breeding team ...

Investigators probing the controversial Chinese fertiliser deal will focus on conflicting laboratory reports, particularly how the National Plant Quarantine Services (NPQS) detected the microorganism ...

You have many choices when it comes to choosing a family dog. Each breed has its own unique set of characteristics that truly ...

No more elephant and monkey acts. No more death-defying motorbike stunts. No more singing or acting on stage. Several hundred spectators still clapped constantly when ...

All national service dogs are to be mandatorily insured from next year, with the Ministry of Agriculture covering the annual insurance premium of more than NT$13,000 each. Taiwan has 292 national ...

Roughly two-thirds of the way through his new book, “Good Soil: the Education of an Accidental Farmhand,” Jeff Chu, then a ...

This raises fresh concerns about the risk of animal pathogens infecting people.  Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...