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In search of Chongming’s scaly residents

DESPITE its somewhat sinister appearance, the Chinese alligator is actually a gentle creature. It’s also an endangered species. One place where it is still thriving is the Dongtan Wetland Park on Chongming ...

July 29, 2015, Wednesday

Taipei Male Choir to sing long-unheard old works

The sound of male vocals, including some songs not heard before in modern times, will warm winter audiences in Shanghai next Friday, as the Taipei Male Choir stages a concert at Shanghai Symphony Hall...

January 16, 2015, Friday

Funny, heroic pets leave lasting memories

IT was the year of the family pet behaving badly: A dog got sick from eating dozens of socks and a puppy took the rap for driving the family car into a pond. Angry cats held their owners hostage on at ...

January 4, 2015, Sunday

Campaign targets gifts of ivory

Non-profit animal welfare organization International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is running a campaign to discourage the giving of ivory gifts during the holidays, including Spring Festival and Valentine’s ...

February 8, 2014, Saturday

‘Top Dog’ rises to top of TV pack

The new television show “Top Dog,” the first original TV dog show of its type in China, has become popular among viewers in Shanghai.The doggie variety show and competition produced in Shanghai, which ...

February 8, 2014, Saturday

Saving the ‘mermaids’ of mythology

Once the docile dugongs or sea mermaids were considered divine and no one hurt the ungainly mammals. Then they were mercilessly hunted. Today they’re protected.Every morning, Huang Yilong looks out at ...

January 7, 2014, Tuesday

Bug hobbyists love hissing cockroaches

CHILDREN are fascinated by insects, but many of us eventually grow out of wanting to catch a firefly and keep it in a jar. For the people who never lose that urge, though, it can lead in directions that might be surprising. ......

February 19, 2013, Tuesday

High-tech gifts for Fido and Fido's owners

A holiday present for Fido or Fluffy used to be an extra table scrap or a new squeeze toy. But as with gifts for their human counterparts, pet presents are becoming increasingly high-tech. Like presents for young......

January 8, 2013, Tuesday

Poison feared in stork case

MORE than 200 endangered Oriental white storks have taken up residence in largely frozen wetland in north China's Tianjin Municipality. Wildlife officials fear they may be too weak to fly or might have been sickened......

December 18, 2012, Tuesday

White tiger attacks zoo workers in Czech Republic

A RARE white tiger named Paris escaped from its enclosure and attacked three employees in a Czech Republic zoo. Lenka Markovicova, spokeswoman for the rescuers in the northern city of Liberec, says one man was......

November 27, 2012, Tuesday



 

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