The discovery comes from new research that could boost conservation plans.

One of the world's biggest users of plastic plans to phase out most single-use items by 2025.

The US-China over artificial intelligence is heating up, but some warn the US could be over-reacting.

Researchers uncover the earliest known evidence of cannabis use, from tombs in western China.

Atmospheric observations pinpoint eastern China as the source of rise in ozone-destroying chemicals.

Global pork prices could rise sharply as African swine fever decimates China's pig population.

A comprehensive study assesses the flood danger posed by glacial lakes across the Tibetan Plateau.

The fossils found on a river bed in eastern China are estimated to be about 518 million years old.

Two men carrying at least 24 severed rhino horns have been arrested at Hong Kong airport's customs.

There are now more than 2 million sq miles of extra leaf area per year, compared with the early 2000s.