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Mount Gaoligongshan through the lens of camera traps
14 January 2021 | China Eco Tales
Mount Gaoligongshan in western Yunnan extends from the Tibetan Plateau to Indochina, forming the watershed of the Irrawaddy and the Salween Rivers. Positioned at the crossroads of the Palearctic and ...
【Nature’s Muralists】To marvel at the microscopic world of lichens is to embrace mutualism
29 December 2020 | Plants & Us
Though lichens and fungi may, at first glance, be judged to resemble one another, they are in fact very different life forms. Actually, fungi make up just one half of the magic of lichens. A lichen ...
Hong Kong's first Swinhoe’s Storm-Petrel released back to the wild after rehabilitation at KFBG Wild Animal Rescue Centre
26 December 2020 | Animal Stories
We are pleased to report that a Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma monorhis), was successfully released back into the wild in Clear Water Bay on 17 Nov 2020. The bird represented the first confirme...
Another important milestone for the KFBG Wild Animal Rescue Centre
23 December 2020 | Animal Stories
On 18 Dec 2020, the KFBG Wild Animal Rescue Centre reached another important milestone in its life saving work. The centre received its 10,000th bird patient. The rescued bird was a Spotted Dove (Sp...
A clouded future: The secretive clouded leopard is pushed to the brink by deforestation
12 December 2020 | China Eco Tales
Although leopards (Panthera pardus) are known to hoist their kill into trees to avoid the prying eyes of hyenas and lions, their arboreal skills are nothing when compared to clouded leopards (Neof...
A possible new species of pangolin found in illegal wildlife trade
8 December 2020 | Plants & Us
Thanks to open source data and knowledge exchange, a piece of exciting but sad news has rolled in just before the end of the year. Using the DNA data published by KFBG scientists on the trade of wild...
An awesome find to kickstart this fruiting season! Discovery of Aphanamixis polystachya – a new record of a tropical lowland tree species for Hong Kong
4 November 2020 | Plants & Us
A. polystachya Fruits of A. polystachya through binoculars Leaves of A. polystachya through binoculars Just as the fruiting season begins, we are thrilled to announce the discovery in Hong Kon...
What’s for dinner at the KFBG Wild Animal Rescue Centre?
29 October 2020 | Animal Stories
We make all efforts to provide food items that are similar to the natural diet in the wild. This great barbet (Megalaima virens) is picking fresh berries that have been pinned to the branches in its...
Duffi our female mule enjoying her morning roll in the sand at the Mule Stables
25 October 2020 | Animal Stories
Why do horses, donkeys, and mules like to roll in sand? Rolling in sand allows equines to clean their coat, stretch a little bit, and on warmer days, helps to lower their body temperature. In wild ho...
After the typhoon: Bridging ravaged forest for the critically endangered Hainan Gibbon
24 October 2020 | China Eco Tales
The newest family of the critically endangered Hainan Gibbons has just welcomed their first child, increasing the population of the world's rarest primate from 13 (two family groups) in 2003 to 33 (f...