Farms For Egg-laying Hens - China

Farms For Egg-laying Hens - China

A staff member checks the condition of a chick at a farm for egg-laying hens in Lengshuitan District of Yongzhou City, central China's Hunan Province, Nov. 28, 2025. Lengshuitan District of Yongzhou City has been actively boosting the development of farms for egg-laying hens in recent years. By introducing advanced equipment for hen-feeding and egg-sorting, the district aims to build a system of large-scale, automated, and well managed farms of egg-laying hens. As of now, Lengshuitan District boasts 120 of such farms, each with more than 10,000 hens in stock. The 8 million hens in these farms yield more than 7 million eggs per day - a leading source of income for the district's agricultural economy. Photo by Liu Wangmin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Farms For Egg-laying Hens - China

Farms For Egg-laying Hens - China

A staff member checks the condition of a chick at a farm for egg-laying hens in Lengshuitan District of Yongzhou City, central China's Hunan Province, Nov. 28, 2025. Lengshuitan District of Yongzhou City has been actively boosting the development of farms for egg-laying hens in recent years. By introducing advanced equipment for hen-feeding and egg-sorting, the district aims to build a system of large-scale, automated, and well managed farms of egg-laying hens. As of now, Lengshuitan District boasts 120 of such farms, each with more than 10,000 hens in stock. The 8 million hens in these farms yield more than 7 million eggs per day - a leading source of income for the district's agricultural economy. Photo by Liu Wangmin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

China: Video Shows Mother Sparrow Caring for Larger-Looking Chick

On October 29, 2025, in Jiangsu, China, a video showed a small sparrow seemingly feeding a larger one. The filmer clarified that the bigger bird was the young one, and the smaller was the mother. The clip highlights a mother’s care transcending species.

CALCIO - Serie A - SSC Napoli vs Como 1907

CALCIO - Serie A - SSC Napoli vs Como 1907

Alvaro Morata of Como 1907 take the ball for chick the penalty during the Seie A Enelive match between SSC Napoli vs Como 1907 at Diego Armndo Maradona Stadium

CALCIO - Serie A - SSC Napoli vs Como 1907

CALCIO - Serie A - SSC Napoli vs Como 1907

Alvaro Morata of Como 1907 take the ball for chick the penalty during the Seie A Enelive match between SSC Napoli vs Como 1907 at Diego Armndo Maradona Stadium

Baby emperor penguin at western Japan zoo

Baby emperor penguin at western Japan zoo

A baby emperor penguin is fed by a staff member dressed as a penguin using a syringe at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture on Oct. 6, 2025. The chick made its first public appearance the same day following its birth at the western Japan zoo and amusement park on Sept. 30.

Baby emperor penguin at western Japan zoo

Baby emperor penguin at western Japan zoo

A baby emperor penguin is pictured at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, on Oct. 6, 2025. The chick made its first public appearance the same day following its birth at the western Japan zoo and amusement park on Sept. 30.

A Remiz Tit Feeding Its Young - China

A Remiz Tit Feeding Its Young - China

This photo taken on June 24, 2025 shows a Chinese Penduline Tit (Remiz consobrinus) chick chirping inside its nest at a wetland in Fengnan District of Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province. Photo by Xinhua/Yang Shiyao/ABACAPRESS.COM

A Remiz Tit Feeding Its Young - China

A Remiz Tit Feeding Its Young - China

This photo taken on June 24, 2025 shows a Chinese Penduline Tit (Remiz consobrinus) feeding a chick by its nest a wetland in Fengnan District of Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province. Photo by Xinhua/Yang Shiyao/ABACAPRESS.COM

A Remiz Tit Feeding Its Young - China

A Remiz Tit Feeding Its Young - China

This photo taken on June 24, 2025 shows a Chinese Penduline Tit (Remiz consobrinus) feeding a chick by its nest a wetland in Fengnan District of Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province. Photo by Xinhua/Yang Shiyao/ABACAPRESS.COM

Green Peafowl Nature Reserve - China

Green Peafowl Nature Reserve - China

A staff member of Yunnan Forest Nature Center checks the condition of a green peafowl chick, who is about to break out of the shell, near Kunming in the Bai Autonomous Prefecture of Dali, southwest China's Yunnan Province, May 20, 2025. Photo by Hu Chao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Green Peafowl Nature Reserve - China

Green Peafowl Nature Reserve - China

A green peafowl chick is seen at the Yunnan Forest Nature Center near Kunming in the Bai Autonomous Prefecture of Dali, southwest China's Yunnan Province, May 20, 2025. Photo by Hu Chao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Green Peafowl Nature Reserve - China

Green Peafowl Nature Reserve - China

A staff member of Yunnan Forest Nature Center checks the condition of a green peafowl chick near Kunming in the Bai Autonomous Prefecture of Dali, southwest China's Yunnan Province, May 20, 2025. Photo by Hu Chao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Red-Crowned Crane Chick - China

Red-Crowned Crane Chick - China

A red-crowned crane chick is carried by an adult bird on the back at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 14, 2025. Captive-bred red-crowned cranes at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar have recently entered their breeding season, with many crane couples welcoming new offspring. With a total area of 2,100 square kilometers, the reserve is dubbed "home of red-crowned cranes" in China, and serves as the world's largest red-crowned crane habitat and largest captive-bred red-crowned crane rewilding base. Photo by Wang Yonggang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Red-Crowned Crane Chick - China

Red-Crowned Crane Chick - China

A red-crowned crane chick is accompanied by an adult bird at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 14, 2025. Captive-bred red-crowned cranes at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar have recently entered their breeding season, with many crane couples welcoming new offspring. With a total area of 2,100 square kilometers, the reserve is dubbed "home of red-crowned cranes" in China, and serves as the world's largest red-crowned crane habitat and largest captive-bred red-crowned crane rewilding base. Photo by Wang Yonggang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Red-Crowned Crane Chick - China

Red-Crowned Crane Chick - China

Red-crowned crane chicks have fun next to an adult bird at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 14, 2025. Captive-bred red-crowned cranes at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar have recently entered their breeding season, with many crane couples welcoming new offspring. With a total area of 2,100 square kilometers, the reserve is dubbed "home of red-crowned cranes" in China, and serves as the world's largest red-crowned crane habitat and largest captive-bred red-crowned crane rewilding base. Photo by Wang Yonggang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Red-Crowned Crane Chick - China

Red-Crowned Crane Chick - China

A red-crowned crane chick is carried by an adult bird on the back at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 14, 2025. Captive-bred red-crowned cranes at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar have recently entered their breeding season, with many crane couples welcoming new offspring. With a total area of 2,100 square kilometers, the reserve is dubbed "home of red-crowned cranes" in China, and serves as the world's largest red-crowned crane habitat and largest captive-bred red-crowned crane rewilding base. Photo by Wang Yonggang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Red-Crowned Crane Chick - China

Red-Crowned Crane Chick - China

A red-crowned crane chick is accompanied by an adult bird at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 14, 2025. Captive-bred red-crowned cranes at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar have recently entered their breeding season, with many crane couples welcoming new offspring. With a total area of 2,100 square kilometers, the reserve is dubbed "home of red-crowned cranes" in China, and serves as the world's largest red-crowned crane habitat and largest captive-bred red-crowned crane rewilding base. Photo by Wang Yonggang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Red-Crowned Crane Chick - China

Red-Crowned Crane Chick - China

A red-crowned crane family is seen at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 14, 2025. Captive-bred red-crowned cranes at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar have recently entered their breeding season, with many crane couples welcoming new offspring. With a total area of 2,100 square kilometers, the reserve is dubbed "home of red-crowned cranes" in China, and serves as the world's largest red-crowned crane habitat and largest captive-bred red-crowned crane rewilding base. Photo by Wang Yonggang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Red-Crowned Crane Chick - China

Red-Crowned Crane Chick - China

A red-crowned crane family is seen at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 14, 2025. Captive-bred red-crowned cranes at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar have recently entered their breeding season, with many crane couples welcoming new offspring. With a total area of 2,100 square kilometers, the reserve is dubbed "home of red-crowned cranes" in China, and serves as the world's largest red-crowned crane habitat and largest captive-bred red-crowned crane rewilding base. Photo by Wang Yonggang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

2025 White House Correspondents Dinner Arrivals

2025 White House Correspondents Dinner Arrivals

Betsy Klein hands photojournalist Ken Cedeno a Chick Filet nugget from a ziplock bag carried in her dress pocket, after her arrival for the 2025 White House Correspondents Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel on Saturday, April 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Tawny owls at Uzhhorod Castle

Tawny owls at Uzhhorod Castle

A tawny owl chick is perched on a branch at Uzhhorod Castle, Uzhhorod, Ukraine, on April 2, 2025. (Photo by Yulii Zozulia/Ukrinform)

Tawny owls at Uzhhorod Castle

Tawny owls at Uzhhorod Castle

A tawny owl chick is perched on a branch at Uzhhorod Castle, Uzhhorod, Ukraine, on April 2, 2025. (Photo by Yulii Zozulia/Ukrinform)

Tawny owls at Uzhhorod Castle

Tawny owls at Uzhhorod Castle

A tawny owl chick is perched on a branch at Uzhhorod Castle, Uzhhorod, Ukraine, on April 2, 2025. (Photo by Yulii Zozulia/Ukrinform)

Tawny owls at Uzhhorod Castle

Tawny owls at Uzhhorod Castle

A tawny owl chick is perched on a branch at Uzhhorod Castle, Uzhhorod, Ukraine, on April 2, 2025. (Photo by Yulii Zozulia/Ukrinform)

Tawny owls at Uzhhorod Castle

Tawny owls at Uzhhorod Castle

A tawny owl chick is perched on a branch at Uzhhorod Castle, Uzhhorod, Ukraine, on April 2, 2025. (Photo by Yulii Zozulia/Ukrinform)

Tawny owls at Uzhhorod Castle

Tawny owls at Uzhhorod Castle

A tawny owl chick is perched on a branch at Uzhhorod Castle, Uzhhorod, Ukraine, on April 2, 2025. (Photo by Yulii Zozulia/Ukrinform)

Tawny owls at Uzhhorod Castle

Tawny owls at Uzhhorod Castle

A tawny owl chick is perched on a branch at Uzhhorod Castle, Uzhhorod, Ukraine, on April 2, 2025. (Photo by Yulii Zozulia/Ukrinform)

Tawny owls at Uzhhorod Castle

Tawny owls at Uzhhorod Castle

A tawny owl chick is perched on a branch at Uzhhorod Castle, Uzhhorod, Ukraine, on April 2, 2025. (Photo by Yulii Zozulia/Ukrinform)

Tawny owls at Uzhhorod Castle

Tawny owls at Uzhhorod Castle

A tawny owl chick is perched on a branch at Uzhhorod Castle, Uzhhorod, Ukraine, on April 2, 2025. (Photo by Yulii Zozulia/Ukrinform)

Falcon chicks nursed in Vinnytsia zoo yard

Falcon chicks nursed in Vinnytsia zoo yard

VINNYTSIA, UKRAINE - JULY 18, 2024 - One of the six falcon chicks is being nursed at the zoo yard in Mykola Leontovych Central Park, Vinnytsia, west-central Ukraine.

Falcon chicks nursed in Vinnytsia zoo yard

Falcon chicks nursed in Vinnytsia zoo yard

VINNYTSIA, UKRAINE - JULY 18, 2024 - Owner of the zoo yard Vitalii Vedenko feeds one of the six falcon chicks in Mykola Leontovych Central Park, Vinnytsia, west-central Ukraine.

Falcon chicks nursed in Vinnytsia zoo yard

Falcon chicks nursed in Vinnytsia zoo yard

VINNYTSIA, UKRAINE - JULY 18, 2024 - Owner of the zoo yard Vitalii Vedenko shows one of the six falcon chicks nursed at his facility in Mykola Leontovych Central Park, Vinnytsia, west-central Ukraine.

Falcon chicks nursed in Vinnytsia zoo yard

Falcon chicks nursed in Vinnytsia zoo yard

VINNYTSIA, UKRAINE - JULY 18, 2024 - Owner of the zoo yard Vitalii Vedenko shows one of the six falcon chicks nursed at his facility in Mykola Leontovych Central Park, Vinnytsia, west-central Ukraine.

Falcon chicks nursed in Vinnytsia zoo yard

Falcon chicks nursed in Vinnytsia zoo yard

VINNYTSIA, UKRAINE - JULY 18, 2024 - Owner of the zoo yard Vitalii Vedenko feeds one of the six falcon chicks in Mykola Leontovych Central Park, Vinnytsia, west-central Ukraine.

Falcon chicks nursed in Vinnytsia zoo yard

Falcon chicks nursed in Vinnytsia zoo yard

VINNYTSIA, UKRAINE - JULY 18, 2024 - One of the six falcon chicks is being nursed at the zoo yard in Mykola Leontovych Central Park, Vinnytsia, west-central Ukraine.

Falcon chicks nursed in Vinnytsia zoo yard

Falcon chicks nursed in Vinnytsia zoo yard

VINNYTSIA, UKRAINE - JULY 18, 2024 - One of the six falcon chicks is being nursed at the zoo yard in Mykola Leontovych Central Park, Vinnytsia, west-central Ukraine.

Falcon chicks nursed in Vinnytsia zoo yard

Falcon chicks nursed in Vinnytsia zoo yard

VINNYTSIA, UKRAINE - JULY 18, 2024 - Owner of the zoo yard Vitalii Vedenko feeds one of the six falcon chicks in Mykola Leontovych Central Park, Vinnytsia, west-central Ukraine.

Falcon chicks nursed in Vinnytsia zoo yard

Falcon chicks nursed in Vinnytsia zoo yard

VINNYTSIA, UKRAINE - JULY 18, 2024 - Falcon chicks are being nursed at the zoo yard in Mykola Leontovych Central Park, Vinnytsia, west-central Ukraine.

Falcon chicks nursed in Vinnytsia zoo yard

Falcon chicks nursed in Vinnytsia zoo yard

VINNYTSIA, UKRAINE - JULY 18, 2024 - One of the six falcon chicks is being nursed at the zoo yard in Mykola Leontovych Central Park, Vinnytsia, west-central Ukraine.

Falcon chicks nursed in Vinnytsia zoo yard

Falcon chicks nursed in Vinnytsia zoo yard

VINNYTSIA, UKRAINE - JULY 18, 2024 - One of the six falcon chicks is being nursed at the zoo yard in Mykola Leontovych Central Park, Vinnytsia, west-central Ukraine.

Falcon chicks nursed in Vinnytsia zoo yard

Falcon chicks nursed in Vinnytsia zoo yard

VINNYTSIA, UKRAINE - JULY 18, 2024 - Owner of the zoo yard Vitalii Vedenko shows one of the six falcon chicks nursed at his facility in Mykola Leontovych Central Park, Vinnytsia, west-central Ukraine.

Falcon chicks nursed in Vinnytsia zoo yard

Falcon chicks nursed in Vinnytsia zoo yard

VINNYTSIA, UKRAINE - JULY 18, 2024 - Falcon chicks are being nursed at the zoo yard in Mykola Leontovych Central Park, Vinnytsia, west-central Ukraine.

INDONESIA-CENTRAL SULAWESI-MALEO-CONSERVATION

INDONESIA-CENTRAL SULAWESI-MALEO-CONSERVATION

(240611) -- CENTRAL SULAWESI, June 11, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A local villager releases a maleo chick at Lore Lindu National Park in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, June 10, 2024. The maleo (Macrocephalon maleo) is endemic to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and the nearby island of Buton, where it lives in tropical lowland and mountain forests. To protect this critically endangered species, a group of local villagers are creating a better living environment for the maleo by building habitats and incubators near its nesting sites, collecting and protecting eggs, and releasing chicks into the wild. (Photo by Deden Isman/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

INDONESIA-CENTRAL SULAWESI-MALEO-CONSERVATION

INDONESIA-CENTRAL SULAWESI-MALEO-CONSERVATION

(240611) -- CENTRAL SULAWESI, June 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A local villager releases a maleo chick at Lore Lindu National Park in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, June 10, 2024. The maleo (Macrocephalon maleo) is endemic to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and the nearby island of Buton, where it lives in tropical lowland and mountain forests. To protect this critically endangered species, a group of local villagers are creating a better living environment for the maleo by building habitats and incubators near its nesting sites, collecting and protecting eggs, and releasing chicks into the wild. (Photo by Deden Isman/Xinhua)

XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240509) -- BEIJING, May 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A red-crowned crane guards its chick and egg at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 7, 2024. Zhalong National Nature Reserve has made a detailed plan to ensure an ideal environment as the captive-bred red-crowned cranes there are in their breeding season. The reserve is dubbed the "home of red-crowned cranes" in China, and serves as the world's largest habitat and reproduction base for wild red-crowned cranes. To date, more than 380 red-crowned cranes bred in captivity have been released into the wild. (Photo by Wang Yonggang/Xinhua)

CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-RED-CROWNED CRANES-BREEDING SEASON (CN)

CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-RED-CROWNED CRANES-BREEDING SEASON (CN)

(240508) -- QIQIHAR, May 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A red-crowned crane guards its chick and egg at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 7, 2024. Zhalong National Nature Reserve has made a detailed plan to ensure an ideal environment as the captive-bred red-crowned cranes there are in their breeding season. The reserve is dubbed the "home of red-crowned cranes" in China, and serves as the world's largest habitat and reproduction base for wild red-crowned cranes. To date, more than 380 red-crowned cranes bred in captivity have been released into the wild. (Photo by Wang Yonggang/Xinhua)

CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-RED-CROWNED CRANES-BREEDING SEASON (CN)

CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-RED-CROWNED CRANES-BREEDING SEASON (CN)

(240508) -- QIQIHAR, May 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A red-crowned crane guards its chick and egg at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 7, 2024. Zhalong National Nature Reserve has made a detailed plan to ensure an ideal environment as the captive-bred red-crowned cranes there are in their breeding season. The reserve is dubbed the "home of red-crowned cranes" in China, and serves as the world's largest habitat and reproduction base for wild red-crowned cranes. To date, more than 380 red-crowned cranes bred in captivity have been released into the wild. (Photo by Wang Yonggang/Xinhua)

CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-RED-CROWNED CRANES-BREEDING SEASON (CN)

CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-RED-CROWNED CRANES-BREEDING SEASON (CN)

(240508) -- QIQIHAR, May 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A red-crowned crane chick has fun on its mother's neck at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 7, 2024. Zhalong National Nature Reserve has made a detailed plan to ensure an ideal environment as the captive-bred red-crowned cranes there are in their breeding season. The reserve is dubbed the "home of red-crowned cranes" in China, and serves as the world's largest habitat and reproduction base for wild red-crowned cranes. To date, more than 380 red-crowned cranes bred in captivity have been released into the wild. (Photo by Wang Yonggang/Xinhua)

CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-RED-CROWNED CRANES-BREEDING SEASON (CN)

CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-RED-CROWNED CRANES-BREEDING SEASON (CN)

(240508) -- QIQIHAR, May 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A red-crowned crane guards its chick and egg at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 7, 2024. Zhalong National Nature Reserve has made a detailed plan to ensure an ideal environment as the captive-bred red-crowned cranes there are in their breeding season. The reserve is dubbed the "home of red-crowned cranes" in China, and serves as the world's largest habitat and reproduction base for wild red-crowned cranes. To date, more than 380 red-crowned cranes bred in captivity have been released into the wild. (Photo by Wang Yonggang/Xinhua)