Recently, flocks of little egrets were spotted resting and foraging at and hovering over Baiyangdian Lake in Xiong’an New Area, north China’s Hebei Province. This has further indicated that the ecological environment of Baiyangdian Lake has continued to improve.
Chinese hornbills decorate the trees of Yingjiang county, Dehong prefecture in Yunnan Province. The rare bird's head has a protruding crown like the horn of a rhino, hence the name.
On the evening of July 6, the Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, released videos showing a Yangtze finless porpoise giving birth to a baby, which marked a new achievement in the artificial breeding and reproduction of the species. Yangtze finless porpoise “Fujiu” swims about in the water at the Yangtze River Dolphin Aquarium operated under the Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province.
Chinese spot-billed ducks were recently seen playing and foraging with a flock of adorable chicks in the Baiyangdian Lake of the Xiong’an New Area, north China’s Hebei province. The bird species is on China’s list of terrestrial wild animals which are under state protection and are of important ecological, scientific and social value.
