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CZECH REPUBLIC-PRAGUE-SCIENCE FAIR

(240531) -- PRAGUE, May 31, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A boy examines invertebrates under a microscope at the Science Fair in Prague, the Czech Republic, on May 31, 2024. Organized annually by the Czech Academy of Sciences, the Science Fair offers visitors highlights from the world of natural, technical, social sciences, and humanities. (Photo by Dana Kesnerova/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CZECH REPUBLIC-PRAGUE-SCIENCE FAIR

(240531) -- PRAGUE, May 31, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A boy examines invertebrates under a microscope at the Science Fair in Prague, the Czech Republic, on May 31, 2024. Organized annually by the Czech Academy of Sciences, the Science Fair offers visitors highlights from the world of natural, technical, social sciences, and humanities. (Photo by Dana Kesnerova/Xinhua)

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China's Yangtze River undergoes "physical examination"

STORY: China's Yangtze River undergoes "physical examination" DATELINE: May 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:25 LOCATION: WUHAN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of staff members carring out examinations along the Yangtze River 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHANG JING, Head of pilot project of Yangtze River water ecological assessment and monitoring STORYLINE: The Yangtze River, the longest waterway in China, has undergone "physical examinations." Since April this year, China has launched an assessment of the water ecology in the Yangtze River Basin. Researchers from multiple departments will carry out "physical examinations" for 331 point positions, which are set in the Yangtze River's mainstream and tributaries, main lakes and water reservoirs. These point positions are distributed from northwest China's Qinghai Province to Shanghai, and the examinations will last until June this year. One of the important tasks of the examinations is to collect samples of large benthic invertebrates and zooplankton,

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Kids enjoy seeing invertebrates at refurbished aquarium

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Children look at a type of sea anemone at the reopened Shirahama Aquarium of Kyoto University in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, known for its collection of various invertebrates. The photo was taken in July 2014.

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AUSTRALIA-NEW SPECIES-BIODIVERSITY

(220809) -- CANBERRA, Aug. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo provided by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) on Aug. 9, 2022 shows a newly named Silverspot Weedfish. Australia's national science agency has revealed that it named and described more than 100 new species over the last year in a "win for biodiversity". Researchers from the CSIRO in Canberra identified 139 new species and described them in scientific journals over the last 12 months. The tally consists of 131 insects and invertebrates, four fish, three plants and one frog species, which include a species of ant that protects one of Australia's rarest butterfly species. (CSIRO/Handout via Xinhua)

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AUSTRALIA-NEW SPECIES-BIODIVERSITY

(220809) -- CANBERRA, Aug. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo provided by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) on Aug. 9, 2022 shows a newly named ant Anonychomyrma inclinata. Australia's national science agency has revealed that it named and described more than 100 new species over the last year in a "win for biodiversity". Researchers from the CSIRO in Canberra identified 139 new species and described them in scientific journals over the last 12 months. The tally consists of 131 insects and invertebrates, four fish, three plants and one frog species, which include a species of ant that protects one of Australia's rarest butterfly species. (CSIRO/Handout via Xinhua)

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AUSTRALIA-NEW SPECIES-BIODIVERSITY

(220809) -- CANBERRA, Aug. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo provided by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) on Aug. 9, 2022 shows one of the two new species of weevils found in lava caves at Undara Volcanic National Park in Queensland, Australia. Australia's national science agency has revealed that it named and described more than 100 new species over the last year in a "win for biodiversity". Researchers from the CSIRO in Canberra identified 139 new species and described them in scientific journals over the last 12 months. The tally consists of 131 insects and invertebrates, four fish, three plants and one frog species, which include a species of ant that protects one of Australia's rarest butterfly species. (CSIRO/Handout via Xinhua)

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Scutigera coleoptrata, House Centipede

Scutigera coleoptrata, house centipede, originating in Mediterranean region, now has spread to other parts of the world, Croatia, July 6, 2010. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)