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August 17, 2023

Sun bears appear so human‑like they are mistaken for people in suits – experts explain

Chris Newman, University of Oxford; Christina Buesching, University of British Columbia, and Dingzhen Liu, Beijing Normal University

People refuse to believe the videos of sun bears at Huangzhou zoo are real bears .

The endangered ‘fishing cat’ is known to scientists as Prionailurus viverrinus, but is Felis viverrinus in Chinese wildlife law. Gemma Simpson / shutterstock

September 19, 2016

How outdated scientific names could help Chinese poachers kill with impunity

Chris Newman, University of Oxford and Zhaomin Zhou, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Many scientific names have changed since China’s ‘protected species list’ was last updated in 1989.

This pangolin was rescued in Thailand but most captive creatures aren’t so lucky. EPA

November 7, 2014

Pangolin: illegal medicine trade threatens these scaly mammals with extinction

Chris Newman, University of Oxford; David Macdonald, University of Oxford, and Youbing Zhou, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Few people are familiar with the pangolin. It is a shy creature, about as big as a medium-sized dog, and its diet consists of ants and termites. Most distinctively, it has armoured plates and will curl…

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