A new plant species from Southwest China was announced on Wednesday: Three Gorges swallow-wort (Vincetoxicum pingtaoanum Cai F. Zhang, G.W. Hu & Q.F. Wang).

China launched a scientific survey of Yangtze finless porpoises, an iconic species in the country's longest river Yangtze, on Monday, with an aim to formulate a more targeted protection plan for the species.

The analysis of moon samples brought back to Earth by China's Chang'e-5 probe suggests that minerals on the lunar surface have a high content of solar-wind-derived water.

China's deep-sea manned submersible Fendouzhe (Striver) has recently completed assigned tasks in the South China Sea at a depth of 1,500 meters with a 4,500-meter manned submersible, which is the first time that two manned submersibles have been put into a joint operation in China.

China's National Science Popularization Day kicked off at the China Science and Technology Museum in Beijing on Thursday, featuring memorabilia from notable Chinese scientists and the country's latest scientific and engineering achievements.

A research team from China has discovered geological evidence of at least four layers of volcanic lava flows that flooded the landing region of the Chang'e-5 lunar exploration mission, according to a press release from the National Space Science Center (NSSC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Chinese researchers recently published an assessment of the mitigation of China's carbon neutrality to global warming, noting that the country's efforts can mitigate global warming by 0.48 and 0.40 degrees Celsius under intermediate and very high greenhouse gas emission scenarios.

Chinese researchers have revealed genetic and cellular mechanisms underlying adaptations of yak to low-oxygen environments

Cities and institutions in China are working out methods to translate carbon-reducing actions into financial or other forms of incentives to encourage residents to minimize carbon footprint.

A thousand people may have a thousand answers as to why we explore space. For 64-year-old Chinese scientist WU Ji, exploring space has a more self-reflective meaning. WU has been persisting in promoting international cooperation in the field of space science.

A Chinese popular-science activity themed "Growing Plants Together with Astronauts" was launched here on Friday. At the online and offline launch ceremony, students from more than 30 schools in Beijing, Shanghai, Yunnan and other regions watched a video, where Shenzhou-14 astronaut Chen Dong shared conducting plant culture experiments in the space station.

Chinese scientists have discovered that minerals in lunar soil might have got that substance critical for life from solar wind bombarding the moon's surface with hydrogen ions, according to a study published in the journal Nature Communication on Saturday.