At the center of the black and white stripes of fur running along its body, the crested rat holds toxins from the arrow ...

A crested ibis looks after fledglings in Yangxian county, Shaanxi province. [TAO MING/XINHUA] Camping in the wild for at least two weeks at a time is normal for Chang Xiuyun.

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A crested ibis looks after fledglings in Yangxian county, Shaanxi province. [Photo/Xinhua] More than four decades of protection has seen China's crested ibis population climb from seven to more ...

XI'AN, July 8 (Xinhua) -- More than ten rare crested ibises have established a new breeding habitat in Qianyang County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, local authorities confirmed Tuesday. The ...

Yet today, some five decades later, the number of crested ibis in China has reached more than 2,600 at the last count, the Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua reported this month.