Hạ Long Bay: A wonder of earth raised against the high sky
Hạ Long Bay in northeastern Vietnam holds 1969 limestone and schist islands and spectacular caves, and has twice been recognized by UNESCO.
Published: 18/11/2015
The black orchid queens of the deep forest
Vietnam is home to more than 1,000 orchid species, including a few rare ones whose flowers are jet black or blackish purple.
Published: 06/01/2015
The strange world of orchids
Orchids are famed for their elegance, but some species look like monkey faces or smell of rotting meat to attract insects.
Published: 25/02/2014
World's rarest orchid found on remote Atlantic island
Kew botanists have found one of the world's rarest orchids on a volcanic island in Portugal's Azores, first seen by a German explorer in 1838.
Published: 16/12/2013
Rare giant muntjac spotted in Vietnam's Saola Nature Reserve
Staff at the Saola Nature Reserve in central Vietnam have captured images of the rare giant muntjac (Muntiacus vuquangensis) living in the wild.
Published: 24/10/2013
Rhino fossil more than 100,000 years old found in Russia
Russian scientists have unearthed a fossil of the ancient Merck's rhinoceros, which lived about 120,000 years ago in the Ural Mountains.
Published: 05/07/2013
Giant ancient water channel unearthed beneath Vietnam's Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long
Near the Đoan Môn Gate, archaeologists unearthed layered Lý, Trần, Lê and Nguyễn remains, including a giant brick water channel.
Published: 27/12/2012
New kukri snake species discovered in Vietnam
Scientists from France, Vietnam, China and Germany have described a new kukri snake, Oligodon nagao, from specimens collected in China, Vietnam and Laos.
Published: 05/10/2012
New species of caecilian discovered in Vietnam
Japanese and Russian scientists have described a new caecilian from Vietnam's Central Highlands, only the second caecilian species recorded in the country.
Published: 20/07/2012
The beauty of Vietnam's orchids
Orchids (Orchidaceae) are often called the queens of beauty for their elegant form, vivid colors and rich fragrance.
Published: 16/04/2012
New bent-toed gecko species discovered in Vietnam
Two zoologists have found a bent-toed gecko new to science in Cúc Phương National Park in Ninh Bình province, northern Vietnam.
Published: 16/12/2011
Two rare turtles released into central Vietnam's Sao La Nature Reserve
Two critically endangered Bourret's box turtles seized in Huế have been released into the Sao La Nature Reserve in central Vietnam.
Published: 15/12/2011
Meet Vietnam's "bizarre" big-headed turtle
With an oversized head and a long, dangling tail, the big-headed turtle may be one of the strangest-looking animals in Vietnam.
Published: 16/09/2011
Ancient Roman sewer uncovered at Herculaneum reveals clues to daily life
An 86-meter sewer and skeletons found at Herculaneum, Italy, shed light on the diet and daily life of Romans 2,000 years ago.
Published: 23/06/2011
Two pangolin species successfully raised at Vietnam's Cúc Phương National Park
Cúc Phương National Park is the only facility in Vietnam to have successfully raised two Asian pangolin species on artificial food.
Published: 05/03/2011
Photos: The world's rarest birds
A 2010 photo contest on the world's rare birds has named its top winners in each category, from the kakapo to the red-crowned crane.
Published: 28/01/2011
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