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Sakana-kun glad as emperor lauds fish's rediscovery

TOKYO, Japan - Fish expert and TV personality Sakana-kun speaks at a press conference on Dec. 24, 2010, at Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, where he is a visiting associate professor. Sakana-kun expressed his joy after Emperor Akihito praised the contributions made by researchers to the rediscovery of kunimasu, an indigenous freshwater salmon species thought to have become extinct over 70 years ago.

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CHINA-CHENGDU-ENDANGERED PLANT-REDISCOVERY (CN)

(220822) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File photo taken in 2021 shows researcher Hu Jun conducting a field investigation in Derong County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. According to the Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), researchers have rediscovered a critically endangered plant, Euonymus aquifolium, during China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Euonymus aquifolium is a rare and vegetatively distinctive species, and the rediscovery by Chinese researchers uncovered the only presently confirmed living individuals more than 110 years after a single gathering collected by British scientist E.H. Wilson in 1908, according to a research article published in the journal PhytoKeys. "I was lucky. Some experts have been looking for it for more than a decade, and some even fell down mountains during the expedition, but to no avail." said Hu Jun, assistant researcher of the institute. During the scientific expedition along the s

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CHINA-CHENGDU-ENDANGERED PLANT-REDISCOVERY (CN)

(220822) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 17, 2022 shows researcher Hu Jun checking specimens at Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences in southwest China's Sichuan Province. According to the Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), researchers have rediscovered a critically endangered plant, Euonymus aquifolium, during China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Euonymus aquifolium is a rare and vegetatively distinctive species, and the rediscovery by Chinese researchers uncovered the only presently confirmed living individuals more than 110 years after a single gathering collected by British scientist E.H. Wilson in 1908, according to a research article published in the journal PhytoKeys. "I was lucky. Some experts have been looking for it for more than a decade, and some even fell down mountains during the expedition, but to no avail." said Hu Jun, assistant researcher of the institute.

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CHINA-CHENGDU-ENDANGERED PLANT-REDISCOVERY (CN)

(220822) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 17, 2022 shows researcher Hu Jun checking specimens at Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences in southwest China's Sichuan Province. According to the Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), researchers have rediscovered a critically endangered plant, Euonymus aquifolium, during China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Euonymus aquifolium is a rare and vegetatively distinctive species, and the rediscovery by Chinese researchers uncovered the only presently confirmed living individuals more than 110 years after a single gathering collected by British scientist E.H. Wilson in 1908, according to a research article published in the journal PhytoKeys. "I was lucky. Some experts have been looking for it for more than a decade, and some even fell down mountains during the expedition, but to no avail." said Hu Jun, assistant researcher of the institute.

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CHINA-CHENGDU-ENDANGERED PLANT-REDISCOVERY (CN)

(220822) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 17, 2022 shows researcher Hu Jun checking specimens at Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences in southwest China's Sichuan Province. According to the Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), researchers have rediscovered a critically endangered plant, Euonymus aquifolium, during China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Euonymus aquifolium is a rare and vegetatively distinctive species, and the rediscovery by Chinese researchers uncovered the only presently confirmed living individuals more than 110 years after a single gathering collected by British scientist E.H. Wilson in 1908, according to a research article published in the journal PhytoKeys. "I was lucky. Some experts have been looking for it for more than a decade, and some even fell down mountains during the expedition, but to no avail." said Hu Jun, assistant researcher of the institute.

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CHINA-CHENGDU-ENDANGERED PLANT-REDISCOVERY (CN)

(220822) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken by researcher Hu Jun on Aug. 10, 2021 shows the leaves of Euonymus aquifolium in the wild. According to the Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), researchers have rediscovered a critically endangered plant, Euonymus aquifolium, during China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Euonymus aquifolium is a rare and vegetatively distinctive species, and the rediscovery by Chinese researchers uncovered the only presently confirmed living individuals more than 110 years after a single gathering collected by British scientist E.H. Wilson in 1908, according to a research article published in the journal PhytoKeys. "I was lucky. Some experts have been looking for it for more than a decade, and some even fell down mountains during the expedition, but to no avail." said Hu Jun, assistant researcher of the institute. During the scientific expedition along the southeastern slope of Mt. Gongga,

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CHINA-CHENGDU-ENDANGERED PLANT-REDISCOVERY (CN)

(220822) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken by researcher Hu Jun on Aug. 10, 2021 shows the flower, fruit and leaves of Euonymus aquifolium in the wild . According to the Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), researchers have rediscovered a critically endangered plant, Euonymus aquifolium, during China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Euonymus aquifolium is a rare and vegetatively distinctive species, and the rediscovery by Chinese researchers uncovered the only presently confirmed living individuals more than 110 years after a single gathering collected by British scientist E.H. Wilson in 1908, according to a research article published in the journal PhytoKeys. "I was lucky. Some experts have been looking for it for more than a decade, and some even fell down mountains during the expedition, but to no avail." said Hu Jun, assistant researcher of the institute. During the scientific expedition along the southeastern sl

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CHINA-CHENGDU-ENDANGERED PLANT-REDISCOVERY (CN)

(220822) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Researcher Hu Jun shows a specimen of Euonymus aquifolium at Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 17, 2022. According to the Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), researchers have rediscovered a critically endangered plant, Euonymus aquifolium, during China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Euonymus aquifolium is a rare and vegetatively distinctive species, and the rediscovery by Chinese researchers uncovered the only presently confirmed living individuals more than 110 years after a single gathering collected by British scientist E.H. Wilson in 1908, according to a research article published in the journal PhytoKeys. "I was lucky. Some experts have been looking for it for more than a decade, and some even fell down mountains during the expedition, but to no avail." said Hu Jun, assistant researcher of the institute.

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CHINA-CHENGDU-ENDANGERED PLANT-REDISCOVERY (CN)

(220822) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 17, 2022 shows researcher Hu Jun checking a picture of Euonymus aquifolium at Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences in southwest China's Sichuan Province. According to the Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), researchers have rediscovered a critically endangered plant, Euonymus aquifolium, during China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Euonymus aquifolium is a rare and vegetatively distinctive species, and the rediscovery by Chinese researchers uncovered the only presently confirmed living individuals more than 110 years after a single gathering collected by British scientist E.H. Wilson in 1908, according to a research article published in the journal PhytoKeys. "I was lucky. Some experts have been looking for it for more than a decade, and some even fell down mountains during the expedition, but to no avail." said Hu Jun, assistant researc

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CHINA-CHENGDU-ENDANGERED PLANT-REDISCOVERY (CN)

(220822) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken by researcher Hu Jun on Aug. 10, 2021 shows the Euonymus aquifolium in the wild. According to the Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), researchers have rediscovered a critically endangered plant, Euonymus aquifolium, during China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Euonymus aquifolium is a rare and vegetatively distinctive species, and the rediscovery by Chinese researchers uncovered the only presently confirmed living individuals more than 110 years after a single gathering collected by British scientist E.H. Wilson in 1908, according to a research article published in the journal PhytoKeys. "I was lucky. Some experts have been looking for it for more than a decade, and some even fell down mountains during the expedition, but to no avail." said Hu Jun, assistant researcher of the institute. During the scientific expedition along the southeastern slope of Mt. Gongga, 15 individ

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Rare plant species blossoms in NW China after "disappearing" for over a hundred years

STORY: Rare plant species blossoms in NW China after "disappearing" for over a hundred years DATELINE: April 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:35 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of students and teachers observing the Primula filchnerae 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHU SHA, Teacher of Yuandong Experimental Primary School 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHANG YING, Senior researcher of Shaanxi Xi'an Botanical Garden 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHANG YING, Senior researcher of Shaanxi Xi'an Botanical Garden STORYLINE: Primula filchnerae is considered as one of the most endangered species from northwest China's Shaanxi Province. For over a hundred years, it had been believed to be extinct in the wild. After its rediscovery in the Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi in 2015, the species has been preserved thanks to the rescue work made by botanists. In autumn 2021, researchers planted Primula filchnerae in an elementary school in Xi'an to help the students further understand the characteristics of the spe

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Sakana-kun glad as emperor lauds fish's rediscovery

TOKYO, Japan - Fish expert and TV personality Sakana-kun speaks at a press conference on Dec. 24, 2010, at Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, where he is a visiting associate professor. Sakana-kun expressed his joy after Emperor Akihito praised the contributions made by researchers to the rediscovery of kunimasu, an indigenous freshwater salmon species thought to have become extinct over 70 years ago. (Kyodo)