• Protecting the Wetland is a Sacred Duty Entrusted to Shennongjia National Park by the Nation

    — The Guardianship and Rebirth of the Dajiuhu Wetland in Shennongjia

    In the depths of winter, three consecutive days of snow blanketed the Dajiuhu Wetland in Shennongjia completely. Snow in the forests piled up dozens of centimeters thick, while on the lake surface, the ice layer was solid enough for waterbirds to walk upon. Eager to see how sphagnum moss survives in such icy conditions, we drove from Muyu Town straight to Dajiuhu to find out.

    2026-02-02

  • Shennongjia Adds Another Bird Species to Hubei’s Avian Family

    On the morning of September 4, 2025, a birdwatcher with the Xiaohongshu username “冰鹡鸰birder” recorded two rosefinches in the Jinhouling area of Shennongjia National Park. Experts later identified them as Blanford's Rosefinches (Carpodacus rubescens). The name sounded familiar, so I searched through my archived folder of important bird records and found a related photo. Finally, the time has come to confirm its identity.

    2025-09-16

  • Rare Migrant: Little Curlew Joins Shennongjia’s Avian Records

    On July 30, 2025, He Dejing of Shennongjia National Park’s Yunpan Management & Conservation Center observed a slender-billed bird on the center’s grassy slope at around 1 p.m. After photographing the sighting and sharing photos with colleagues, park researchers confirmed it the following day as a Little Curlew - the species’ first official record in Shennongjia.

    2025-08-04

  • New Insect Record for Hubei—Clinterocera trimaculata Appears in Shennongjia

    On the evening of June 11, 2025, a “special guest” visited the balcony of Chen Xiaoguang, an employee of the Administration of Shennongjia National Park. As a graduate of Huazhong Agricultural University, Chen keenly sensed this insect was uncommon. He promptly photographed it and uploaded the image to the Shennongjia National Park Baseline Resource Survey chat group. Identified by entomological experts, it was confirmed as a new record for Hubei Province’s insect family-the Three-spotted Flower Chafer (Clinterocera trimaculata). This discovery marks its first recorded appearance in Hubei.

    2025-06-13

  • Ecological Conservation and Scientific Achievements Behind the Population Growth of Shennongjia Golden Snub-Nosed Monkeys

    Recently, heavy snow fell in Shennongjia National Park. Over 10 photographers from Chongqing, Hubei, Heilongjiang, and other provinces braved the cold to enter the Dalongtan Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey Research Base in Shennongjia National Park, adjacent to Chongqing’s Wushan County. They unveiled the mysterious lives of the golden snub-nosed monkeys, a first-class nationally protected species as rare as giant pandas through their lenses.

    2025-03-07

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