A new study has decoded the complex genome of the Tibetan wild tree peony (Paeonia ludlowii), revealing its evolutionary ...

Residents in Dounan began planting flowers in 1983. In the 1990s, they embarked on the path of commercial cultivation and ...

By Michael Crowley and Eric Lee Reporting from Washington A pair of pandas from China arrived at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington on Tuesday, in a revival of so-called panda ...

Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world, reaching 8,848 meters (29,029 feet) above sea level, making it a famous landmark. Every year, many climbers attempt to reach the top of Everest ...

Pandas are back in Washington. Two giant pandas from China arrived in D.C. on Tuesday and were transferred to their new home at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.

Two giant pandas are on their way from China to Washington’s National Zoo, kicking off a much-awaited return of the beloved bears to the American capital. Bao Li and Qing Bao, both three years ...

Two giant pandas, in a plane stocked with bamboo shoots and carrots, have departed China for an hours-long flight to Washington and a new home at the National Zoo. Just under a year after the last ...

China’s panda surveys, carried out about once a decade, are ambitious, multiyear affairs led by the national forestry bureau. In the most recent round, surveyors fanned out across steep terrain ...

Lysionotus encompasses more than 30 species distributed from Himalaya to southern China, Indo-China and southern ... Lysionotus species with unusual flowers living on trees in secondary forest ...

From there, the two pandas were trucked to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, where they will remain on loan for 10 years, with an annual fee of $1 million to support conservation efforts in China.

On China's National Day on October 1, Chinese posts dismissing Japan's sovereignty over Okinawa repeatedly shared an old ...

so we really work hard to come up with ways we can give flowers.” For the first time, their market is taking part of “National Petal it Forward Day,” an idea to give away free flowers and to ...