2+ hour, 59+ min ago  (553+ words) After Jurassic Park premiered in 1993, people began to ask if scientists could really bring long-lost species back from extinction, just like in the hit movie. The idea has triggered "de-extinction" debates in several countries, including Taiwan, where the focus has…...

15+ hour, 16+ min ago  (307+ words) Taiwan's population of endangered Formosan black bears has been initially estimated at about 1,200, but the figure could still be revised, the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency said yesterday. The estimate was based on recent nationwide monitoring data, with duplicate infrared…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (298+ words) The worldwide population of black-faced spoonbills has surpassed 7,700 birds, with Taiwan recording 4,719 " an all-time high, the Tainan Wild Bird Society said yesterday. The International Black-faced Spoonbill Census, released on Friday by the Hong Kong Bird Watching Society on the eve…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (317+ words) Ugandan wildlife authorities have reintroduced rhinos into a remote protected area where they were once poached into extinction, an event seen by conservationists as a milestone in efforts to support the recovery of a species threatened by poaching. On Tuesday,…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (320+ words) An autopsy on Tuesday found that a 280kg leatherback turtle that died following surgery on Monday had 9m of fishing net in its digestive tract and showed signs of an internal obstruction. The turtle was on Saturday rescued from a set-net fishing…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago  (317+ words) An autopsy yesterday found that a 280kg leatherback turtle that died following surgery on Monday had 9m of fishing net in its digestive tract and showed conditions consistent with an internal obstruction. The turtle was on Saturday rescued from a set-net fishing…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (289+ words) Sales of cat-related products at major convenience stores have surged over the past few years, as rising cat ownership fuels what retailers call the emerging "cat economy." Cat food and related products sales at stores such as 7-Eleven, Hi-Life and…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago  (244+ words) Regulations prohibiting people in Taiwan from having raccoons, saltwater crocodiles, vipers and elapid snakes (such as cobras and mambas) as pets will take effect on May 1, with exemptions for those who already own them, the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) said…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (360+ words) Taiwanese paleontologists have discovered fossil evidence that pythons up to 4m long inhabited Taiwan during the Pleistocene epoch, reporting their findings in the international scientific journal Historical Biology. National Taiwan University (NTU) Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology associate professor Tsai…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (363+ words) Taiwanese paleontologists have discovered fossil evidence that pythons up to 4m long inhabited Taiwan during the Pleistocene epoch, reporting their findings in the international scientific journal Historical Biology. National Taiwan University (NTU) Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology associate professor Tsai…...