Pangolins do not have teeth, however, they have a long, sticky tongue used for catching ants and termites. They also feed on small invertebrates, such as worms, bee larvae, flies and crickets. They ...
Photos Credit:Martin Hale A rare Hong Kong winter visitor, the Barred Cuckoo Dove, was spotted at the upper hillside of Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) in early January and reported to staff ...
Yellow Margined Box Turtle (Cuora flavomarginata) Malayan Box Turtle (Cuora amboinensis) KFBG staff packing turtles into special live animal shipment boxes On 19th August, 2013, 28 Malayan Box Tur...
According to quantum physics, there is no scientific basis for distinguishing between mind and matter. This matches the assertions of many ancient spiritual traditions. The yoga philosophy states it...
Short-nosed Fruit Bats roosting in a Chinese-Fan Palm. Mammals that Fly Bats are the only true flying mammals in the world. Their forelimbs have evolved into webbed wings, which are full of touch-sens...
While feasting their eyes on sylvan upland vistas and seasonal blooms, visitors to KFBG will also see lots of bees around the Farm. Although honey is not a staple product of our Sustainable Living &...
A healthy, sustainable society must have as its basis a correct understanding of the world: dysfunctional people create dysfunctional structures. When our experience of the world is fragmented, the ...
Mindanao Water Monitors (endemic to the Philippines) On 1st August, 2012, 39 Philippine Pond Turtles (Siebenrockiella leytensis), 46 Southeast Asian Box Turtles (Cuora amboinensis amboinensis), 19 Min...
The 2012 Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course, which spanned 72-hours across 13 Sundays starting from April 2012, ended last month in June. It is the second year that KFBG has held the PDC c...
The Burmese Python (about 4 m) when first encountered by KFBG staff. On the 24th of April, the Fauna Conservation Department received an excited walkie-talkie message from a member of the Flora Team t...