A research team led by the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with multiple domestic and international research institutions, has made progress in ...

China's efforts to slow land degradation and climate change by planting trees and restoring grasslands have shifted water around the country in huge, unforeseen ways, new research shows. Between 2001 ...

China is attempting one of the most ambitious climate and land restoration projects on Earth, turning a swath of its arid north into a living barrier of trees to hold back encroaching sand. The ...

The Stone Forest, or Shilin, is a magnificent and unique geological phenomenon located in Yunnan Province, China. Spanning a vast area, this karst landscape is famous for its towering, ...

While hiking in a mountain forest of China, scientists scared a “secretive” creature out of its hiding place and rediscovered a rare species. Photo from Liu, Luo, Xiao, Peng, Zhang and Li (2025) In a ...