JINAN – A group of critically endangered wild ducks has been spotted in a lake in east China’s Shandong Province, marking the species’ single largest population ever recorded in the country. More than 1,500 ducks of the Baer’s pochard, a type of diving duck, were spotted in the Dongping Lake and Dawen River near the … Read more
HARBIN – An ice sculpture featuring the famed pyramid of Kukulcan in Mexico was inaugurated Wednesday at China’s largest ice-themed park in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. Expanding 440 square meters, the ice sculpture is 9.5 meters tall and 20.9 meters in length and width. More than 500 sculptors worked a week on … Read more
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is in very poor condition because of climate change, over fishing and land clearing, a state agency said on Friday, as it downgraded the reef’s status to the lowest level, which could jeopardize its World Heritage status. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) said the health of the world’s … Read more
