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| Traditional accounts of human settlement have traced the development of ancient and sophisticated cultures, like those along the Nile and Yangtze rivers, through the historical and archaeological detritus of their achievements. For older human populations where there are often no records and only scant archeological fragments, linguistic and genetic studies have proved invaluable. Both language... more |
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| The Zhongdian Heavy-Lip Fish, Ptychobarbus chungtienensis (Tsao 1964) is endemic to the Yunnan Plateau. Historically it has been found in the little Zhong Dian River, Naya River, and the Bita Sea, all of which are in the Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and part of the Qinghai Tibetan plateau. In response to declining wild populations and increasing risk factors, the government recently rel... more |
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Yang Jian and researchers at the Kunming Institute of Zoology’s (KIZ) Phylogeny and Biogeography Research Group recently discovered two previously undocumented Schizothorax species in the Irrawaddy River system that have been named Schizothorax leukus sp. nov., for its white body, and Singular Schizothorax (Schizothorax heteri sp. nov.).
The white body Schizothorax has the following typica... more |
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Scientists reporting in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences have discovered a peptide in the venom of the Chinese red-headed centipede, Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans, with the potential to be developed into a pain drug as effective as morphine.
(Chinese red-headed centipedes, Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans. Image credit: Department of Biology, the University of New Mexi... more |
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The Irrawaddy River, also names Ayeyarwady River, is a river that flows throughout South-Eastern Asia. The Irrawaddy drainage area in China is originating from Tibet and is consisted of three branches, the Dulongjiang River, Dayingjiang River and Longchuanjiang River.
The Irrawaddy River is home to a large diversity of animals, including about 43 fish species. Based on the previous research... more |
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