As of Thursday, about 150 million butterflies began to emerge from chrysalises in the Honghe Butterfly Valley in Yunnan Province. Thanks to provincial efforts to protect biodiversity, the area is witnessing a rare "butterfly explosion.
Infrared cameras captured video footage of a western black crested gibbon throwing a stone from one foot to another in Jingdong county, southwest China’s Yunnan Province. The footage shows a western black crested gibbon, a species under first-class state protection in China, picking up a stone from the ground with its left foot and throwing it into the air, only to quickly catch it mid-air with its right foot.
A rare golden cat has been spotted in Nagqu city, southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, according to the local forestry and grassland authority. Footage of an Asian golden cat, which is under first-class state protection in China, was recently captured via infrared cameras during a biodiversity survey project jointly conducted by Nagqu’s forestry and grassland bureau and the Shan Shui Conservation Center.
Monotropa uniflora, also known as the “ghost plant,” was spotted and photographed for the first time in the Daweishan National Nature Reserve located in southwest China’s Yunnan Province. The plant is the prototype for the “ghost flower” as seen in many Chinese wuxia (martial heroes) novels.
