As the China National Botanical Garden was officially inaugurated in Beijing in April, the country has built a new "Noah's Ark" for plant-diversity protection. The national botanical garden builds upon the work of the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Beijing Botanical Garden.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences released the Catalogue of Life China: 2022 Annual Checklist on Sunday, allowing scientists around the world to access a newly updated taxonomic database of the species of organisms in China for the study of biodiversity and conservation.

The researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and China Astronaut Research and Training Center conducted a spaceflight experiment with Chinese astronauts during the country's Shenzhou manned flight missions. They found that a prolonged period spent in microgravity diminished people's tendency to be highly sensitive to biological motion but less sensitive to its inverted counterpart.

Recently, king lotus (Victoria amazonica) leaves have entered their best viewing season at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in southwest China's Yunnan Province, attracting flocks of tourists to the park for an amazing experience on top the floating lotus leaves.

A team of Chinese scientists has discovered a new species of Chinese giant salamander (CGS) at a nature reserve in east China's Jiangxi Province. Named Andrias jiangxiensis, it is the only known species of CGS in China with a genetically pure, reproducing, in situ population.

China's Mars rover Zhurong has entered a dormancy period and is expected to resume operations toward the end of the year, according to the China National Space Administration.

Chemical analyses conducted by Chinese researchers found that incense discovered from an underground palace dating back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907) shows archaeological evidence of incense trade along the ancient Silk Road.

Chinese researchers have proposed a new strategy for the lever-inspired triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) with ultra-high output for pulse monitoring, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

China has released an updated national species database, known as the Catalogue of Life China 2022 Annual Checklist, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on Sunday.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences will launch a two-day online display of its advanced experiments and research facilities at the upcoming 18th Public Science Day, to offer the science-savvy audience an opportunity to engage with China's latest sci-tech achievements.

Chinese scientists have proposed a space project to survey the sky through a space-borne telescope to hunt for habitable Earth-like planets outside our solar system about 32 light-years from Earth.

Since China joined UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme, especially the foundation of Chinese National Committee for MAB Programm (MAB China), MAB's implementation has played a positive role in the biodiversity conservation, sustainable use of natural resources, the building of ecological civilization and a beautiful China, and the development of ecological research in China.