Species conservation succeeds only when it strengthens whole ecosystems. Focusing on a single animal can harm the broader web ...

Immediate action was taken to save these long-legged wading "oriental gems" from extinction, and after years of conservation ...

BEIJING, Oct. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A total of 16 precious Japan-born crested ibises, offsprings of birds sent from China, are scheduled to be sent to China following an event set to unfold on Sado ...

Floating in the Sea of Japan, the island of Sado in Niigata Prefecture is the only place in Japan where crested ibises live in the wild. Designated a special natural monument, the birds, known as toki ...

TOKYO, April 23 (UPI) -- Japanese wildlife researchers say a crested ibis chick hatched in the wild is the first of the endangered birds born outside captivity in 36 years. The nestling hatched from ...

XI'AN - China's conservation work for the endangered crested ibis is facing new challenges, including an increasing mortality rate due to inbreeding, and the conflict between the need to expand ...

An endangered bird was reintroduced to the wild by South Korean authorities on Wednesday, four decades after it went extinct on the peninsula. The crested ibis is listed as South Korea’s National ...

TOKYO >> This year marks 20 years since the endemic Japanese crested ibis, or toki, was declared extinct in Japan. A program to artificially breed toki provided by China and release them into the wild ...

XI'AN, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Thirty-seven years ago, birds specialist Lu Baozhong was the chief-caretaker of seven crested ibis, which were found in Yangxian County of northwest China's Shaanxi Province ...

Turkey's Fikret Reyhan was awarded best director for 'Yellow Heat.' By Vladimir Kozlov Yuan shang (Crested Ibis) by Chinese director Qiao Liang was awarded the top prize, the Golden St. George, at the ...