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How a Red-Banded Snake Marked the Beginning of a Young Foreigner's Journey
Kevin had imagined stepping off the plane and immediately being surrounded by lush green mountains. Instead, the road north revealed highways, construction zones, and streams of traffic. It struck him that the "China" shown in travel brochures and the "China" one actually moves through are two very different experiences.2026-02-28
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A Letter from 2006: How a Red-Banded Snake Marked the Beginning of a Young Foreigner's Journey
At the airport in Beijing, Kevin finally met Professor Zhang Fang. He drove Kevin to Chinese Academy of Sciences. Where Mr. Li Yiming was waiting for him. That afternoon Mr. Li invited Kevin to taste Beijing Roast Duck. They had a cheerful gather-together. The next day Mr. Li accompanied Kevin to Shennongjia National Nature Reserve. At the time of that year Chinese railway were ready for speeding up, but the train Kevin took was still slow. It costed over ten hours to get to Yichang. They didn't have a short rest and headed toward Muyu Town by taxi.2026-02-28
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261 Overwintering Waterbirds Recorded!
As dawn broke, the survey team’s binoculars gradually revealed scenes of an active ecosystem: groups of mallards swimming gracefully, little grebes diving and emerging deftly from the water, and several great egrets standing like silent sentinels in the distance. At the beginning of 2026, this vivid ecological tableau was clearly captured through the lenses of surveyors from the Science Research Institute of Shennongjia National Park.
Shennongjia Dajiuhu Wetland Hosts Highest Waterbird Population in Five Years2026-01-27
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Shennongjia Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey Research Team Safeguards Flagship Species
During this year’s golden snub-nosed monkey breeding season, six new infants were added to the troop at the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (Shennongjia) Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey Research Base in Dalongtan. Zheng Yongqi and Ying Shanshan, conducting research here, ascend the mountain daily to observe new developments within the monkey families and monitor every move of the newborns. “We need to give each infant a name, establish its file, and accumulate relevant data for researchers,” said Zheng Yongqi.2025-07-07
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Speeding up the construction of the specimen museum for a new popular science experience
In order to meet the needs of biological resource protection and popular science education and give full play to the value of biological specimens, the Administration of Shennongjia National Park has launched the construction project of a wildlife specimen museum. On June 11, the reporter saw at the Scientific Research Institute of Shennongjia National Park that technicians were making insect specimens and preparing for the future exhibition in the museum.2025-06-13
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