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A Biodiversity Center To Safeguard Over 13M Specimens - Canberra

This file photo taken on July 9, 2025 shows specimens of bird egg clutches as part of the Australian National Wildlife Collection in Canberra, capital of Australia. Australia's national science agency has opened a biodiversity center to safeguard over 13 million specimens. The new building, named Diversity, in the capital Canberra, unites the Australian National Wildlife Collection and the Australian National Insect Collection under one roof in temperature-controlled, bushfire- and pest-resistant vaults, according to a statement released Thursday by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO). Photo by CSIRO/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Elephant Family charity s The Big Egg Hunt - London

EDITORIAL USE ONLY A florist from Fortnum & Mason adds finishing touches to their egg sculpture, which is one of 100 egg sculptures, on display in London's Covent Garden before being dotted across the capital for the Elephant Family Charity's 'The Big Egg Hunt', in partnership with Clarence Court Eggs. March 10, 2025. Photo by Doug Peters Media Assignments/PA Wire/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Elephant Family charity s The Big Egg Hunt - London

EDITORIAL USE ONLY Charlotte Colbert and Philip Colbert with their egg sculpture, which is one of 100 egg sculptures, on display in London's Covent Garden before being dotted across the capital for the Elephant Family Charity's 'The Big Egg Hunt', in partnership with Clarence Court Eggs. March 10, 2025. Photo by Doug Peters Media Assignments/PA Wire/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Elephant Family charity s The Big Egg Hunt - London

EDITORIAL USE ONLY Boyarde with their egg sculpture, which is one of 100 egg sculptures, on display in London's Covent Garden before being dotted across the capital for the Elephant Family Charity's 'The Big Egg Hunt', in partnership with Clarence Court Eggs. March 10, 2025. Photo by Doug Peters Media Assignments/PA Wire/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Elephant Family charity s The Big Egg Hunt - London

EDITORIAL USE ONLY Sophie Tea with her egg sculpture, which is one of 100 egg sculptures, on display in London's Covent Garden before being dotted across the capital for the Elephant Family Charity's 'The Big Egg Hunt', in partnership with Clarence Court Eggs. March 10, 2025. Photo by Doug Peters Media Assignments/PA Wire/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China: Woman Fries Egg Using Pan On Scorching Ground In Jiangjin, Chongqing

In Jiangjin, Chongqing, a woman demonstrated the heat by frying an egg with a pan on the ground instead of a stove on August 27. In the video, one can see that she waited for about 7 minutes after pouring some oil into the pan. Then, she cracked an egg into the pan, and in no time, a sunny-side-up egg was ready to serve.

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The return of crested ibises: from endangered to flourishing

STORY: The return of crested ibises: from endangered to flourishing DATELINE: April 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:38 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the views of the Qinling Mountains 2. various of the illustrations STORYLINE: A single feather, light as it is, can be a witness to a species' growth from the brink of extinction to a vibrant community. The Qinling Mountains, which bridge China's south and north and known as the country's "central water tower," is home to abundant rare animals and plants, and one of the most biodiverse regions on earth. Every March and April, a large number of crested ibis babies break out of the shells, and make their first cry in a husky but high-pitched tone. Known as the "Oriental gem," crested ibis has an important cultural status in East Asian countries because of its appearance and grace. Crested ibises are monogamous and typically produce only one egg a year, and low fertility rates once pushed the species to the brink of extinction

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Slovakians facing high-priced eggs during Easter

STORY: Slovakians facing high-priced eggs during Easter DATELINE: April 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:16 LOCATION: Bratislava CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of eggs at a market and chickens 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Slovak): MARTA, Sales manager at a grocery store in Malacky, Slovakia 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Slovak): ANNA, Customer in Poltar, Slovakia 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Slovak): BRANISLAV ORTH, Owner of a restaurant in Malacky, Slovakia 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Slovak): JIRI KETNER, Owner of a restaurant on the outskirts of Bratislava, Slovakia 6. various of people drawing on eggs STORYLINE: Decorating eggs and displaying them around the house is one of the oldest Easter traditions in Slovakia and Europe in general. This year, eggs are among the goods which saw their prices almost doubling since 2022 due to record-breaking inflation in Slovakia. Customers cut down purchasing and look more for home-produced eggs sold at farmers' markets, usually over the weekend. In many places, local egg production has been limited due to preventive

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Crested ibis throws out another egg from nest

SADO, Japan - A crested ibis sits at its nest on Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, on April 26, 2010. An Environment Ministry official saw the male crested ibis throw an egg out of the nest the same day. There is believed to be one egg remaining in the nest of the 3-year-old male and 1-year-old female ibis, which threw out an egg on April 22.

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Olympic torch relay held in Nagano

NAGANO, Japan - Pro-Chinese and anti-Chinese activists waving huge banners and placards stare at each other as police officers put up a security cordon on the route of the Beijing Olympic torch run in Nagano on April 26. Two people were detained by police after they tried to rush to the Olympic torch and one was held after throwing an egg at a torch runner.

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Red-crested white crane hatched in Toyama from egg laid elsewhere

TOYAMA, Japan - A baby red-crested white crane hatched at the Toyama Family Park municipal zoo in Toyama, Toyama Prefecture on May 27 from one of two fertilized eggs laid at the Hamura municipal zoo in Tokyo. According to Toyama Family Park officials, this is the third successful case of red-crested white crane hatching in Japan from eggs laid elsewhere. The Toyama park has been trying to hatch red-crested white cranes but none of the eggs laid at the zoo was fertilized, zoo officials say. The egg that hatched was laid in April and sent to Toyama on May 15. The photo shows a crane tending the newly-hatched chick inside the Toyama zoo.

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White House holds first Easter Egg Roll in two years

STORY: White House holds first Easter Egg Roll in two years DATELINE: April 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event STORYLINE: The White House on Monday held the first Easter Egg Roll in two years, a longtime tradition interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. "To all of you, have fun today and welcome to the White House," U.S. President Joe Biden said from the Blue Room balcony to a crowd of children and their parents. Biden was joined by his wife Jill Biden and two Easter Bunnies on a rainy and chilly day. "My job is to keep it from raining for another two minutes," he joked. The Bidens officiated one of the egg rolls, with the president blowing a whistle to start kids running down their lanes with a painted wooden spoon. American television host and comedian Jimmy Fallon, whose daughter participated in the egg roll, was among the celebrities in attendance. COVID-19 case numbers have begun to rise in the United States again, and nearly all

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Olympic torch relay held in Nagano

NAGANO, Japan - Pro-Chinese and anti-Chinese activists waving huge banners and placards stare at each other as police officers put up a security cordon on the route of the Beijing Olympic torch run in Nagano on April 26. Two people were detained by police after they tried to rush to the Olympic torch and one was held after throwing an egg at a torch runner. (Kyodo)

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Shrine near Tsukiji Market has mounds dedicated to living things

Tamago-zuka (egg barrow), pictured on May 12, 2015, is one of several mounds dedicated to living creatures eaten by humans built in the compound of the Namiyoke Inari shrine near the Tsukiji Market in Tokyo, Japan's largest fish and vegetable wholesale market. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Red-crested white crane hatched in Toyama from egg laid elsewher

TOYAMA, Japan - A tiny red-crested white crane hatched at the Toyama Family Park municipal zoo in Toyama, Toyama Prefecture on May 27 from one of two fertilized eggs laid at the Hamura municipal zoo in Tokyo. According to Toyama Family Park officials, this is the third successful case of red-crested white crane hatching in Japan from eggs laid elsewhere. The Toyama park has been trying to hatch red-crested white cranes but none of the eggs laid at the zoo was fertilized, zoo officials say. The egg that hatched was laid in April and sent to Toyama on May 15. The photo shows a crane tending the newly-hatched chick inside the Toyama zoo. (Kyodo)

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Crested ibis throws out another egg from nest

SADO, Japan - A crested ibis sits at its nest on Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, on April 26, 2010. An Environment Ministry official saw the male crested ibis throw an egg out of the nest the same day. There is believed to be one egg remaining in the nest of the 3-year-old male and 1-year-old female ibis, which threw out an egg on April 22. (Kyodo)

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Crested ibis seen laying egg for 1st time under gov't program

NIIGATA, Japan - A pair of crested ibises, which have been released into the wild under a government program, are seen on Niigata Prefecture's Sado Island in the Sea of Japan on March 28, 2010. The Environment Ministry said on March 29 that the pair are likely to have laid at least one egg. (Photo courtesy of the Environment Ministry)(Kyodo)

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Ibis chick is 1-month old

The first crested ibis bred in captivity in Japan is one month old on June 21. Officials at the ibis conservation center in Sadogashima Island, Niigata Prefecture, said the bird should be able to fly in about 10 days. The baby crested ibis, hatched from an egg laid by an bird donated by China, tips the scale at 1.3 kilograms on June 21, almost the same weight as Yang Yang, its mother, which weighs 1.36 kg.