The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with its low oxygen, low temperature and scarcity of food, poses severe challenges to the physiological adaptation of animals -- in which gut microbiota plays a crucial ...

Extremely rare fossil of an ancient scorpion unearthed at China's Jehol Biota. The scorpion would've been a key species in ...

National Panda Day highlights global conservation efforts to protect pandas from habitat loss and possible extinction.

When we think of domesticated animals, dogs ... typically for companionship, work or food production. The domestication of ...

J. longchengi is only the fourth terrestrial species found in China. (Image credit: NIGPAS) J. longchengi was roughly 4 inches (10 centimeters) long, making it something of a giant of its time.