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A herd of wild elephants that trekked northward for months last year was recently spotted entering Wild Elephant Valley in Yunnan province's Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture.
The 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, or COP 15, kicked off in Kunming on Oct 11. As the first part of the opening ceremony, the short film Elephants' Journey in Yunnan was premiered and shown to participants in the main venue.
The project, with investment of 1 million yuan ($154,686), kicked off in December and was completed in May. The base, which covers three townships across 67 hectares, has grown some of the elephants' favorite plants, including 38,000 musa basjoo trees, a species of banana.
A wandering elephant herd has finally finished its northbound trip recently, returning to its natural habitat in Mojiang county, southwestern Yunnan's Pu'er city.
Zhang Yufu, 37, a truck driver in Yunnan province, was given a special assignment on Aug 3 by the company he works for－to follow a herd of 14 Asian elephants.
China will take a slew of measures to further promote the protection of Asian elephants, an official with the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (NFGA) said on Thursday.
Last month, the forestry department of Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture in the southwestern province of Yunnan received a report that an elephant calf had been found with deep cuts to its left front leg.
If there is a list of people who are best acquainted with wild Asian elephants in China, Zhou Xuesong's name is certain to be on it. From his mid-20s, he spent two decades chasing the animals in the rainforests of the southwestern province of Yunnan.
A herd of wild Asian elephants that has wandered Southwest China's Yunnan province for more than 17 months appears to be heading home to its traditional habitat in Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve.
The herd of 14 wild Asian elephants roaming around in southwest China's Yunnan Province is approaching their traditional habitat.
The herd of 14 wild Asian elephants roaming Southwest China's Yunnan province has continued heading southwest since July 21, local authorities said Tuesday.
The wandering herd of elephants in Southwest China's Yunnan province has become an international sensation, but an even cuter group within the herd has drawn even more attention — the baby elephant.
Can't stand the heat in the summer and you long for a dip in a pool? The herd of 14 wild Asian elephants roaming Yunnan province had the same idea.
Can't stand the heat in the summer and can't wait to have a dip in a pool? It's the same with the herd of 14 wild Asian elephants roaming Yunnan province.
The herd of 14 wild Asian elephants roaming southwest China's Yunnan province has moved 10.5 km in the southeastern direction, authorities said.
A male Asian elephant that strayed from its wild herd a month ago was returned to Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve in southwestern China's Yunnan province on Wednesday afternoon.
A male Asian elephant that strayed from its wild herd a month ago was returned to Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve in southwestern China's Yunnan province on Wednesday afternoon.
A male wild Asian elephant that strayed from the herd a month ago was successfully transferred back Wednesday afternoon to Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve in Southwest China's Yunnan province.
The herd of 14 wild Asian elephants roaming Southwest China's Yunnan province has moved southwest and remains in Yuxi city, according to local authorities.
As an elephant herd continues to roam far from its forest home in Yunnan province, there are no signs of the animals being rejoined by a lone male that strayed from the group on June 6.
Zhou Zhitao has lost count of the number of times he has encountered wild Asian elephants in the past decade during his work with the forestry authority in Pu'er, Yunnan province.
Authorities in Southwest China's Yunnan province have required relevant townships and villages in E'shan county to introduce effective and concrete measures to ensure the safety of local residents and the wild Asian elephants.
The herd of 14 wandering wild Asian elephants in Southwest China's Yunnan province has quickened its pace southward, authorities said Saturday.
It's no circus monitoring and ensuring the safety of pachyderms and people, as a herd of elephants parade their way through Yunnan province, China.
As the world becomes more fascinated by the wild Asian elephants, what set the herd off to start their journey baffles scientists. Though China's measures have been effective in mitigating the human-elephant conflict, experts warn that people should remain on alert and prepared.
The herd of 14 wandering wild Asian elephants in Southwest China's Yunnan province headed further south in Eshan county, authorities said on Thursday.
Updated information on the 15 wandering wild Asian elephants is being provided by firefighters in Yimen, Yuxi, Yunnan province. They've been monitoring the herd and providing real-time alerts about their movements since May 27.
In the past month, Ming Qingzhong, a university professor in Yunnan, has been closely monitoring 15 wild Asian elephants that have traveled 500 kilometers north from their habitat in the south of the province.
China's herd of 14 wandering wild Asian elephants has traveled southwards, re-entering Eshan county, in Southwest China's Yunnan province, authorities said on Tuesday.
An exhibition of 125 life-size elephant sculptures has gone on display in London as part of a campaign to highlight the need for coexistence between people and wildlife.
China's herd of 14 wandering wild Asian elephants has traveled further north, re-entering Shijie township in Yimen county, in Southwest China's Yunnan province, authorities said on Monday.
In this mini-series of Elephant Trek, we give an in-depth firsthand look at the many resources and logistics that are going into tracking, monitoring and protecting the migrating wild Asian elephant herd and the residents of Yunnan province.
The national and international focus on a herd of wild elephants which has traveled from Yunnan's Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture to the provincial capital Kunming has been unprecedented. And it is not only the elephants themselves and their behavior that have attracted people's attention, but also how much care local villagers and governments have shown the animals.
Two young elephants were recently seen "fighting" in Yuxi, Southwest China's Yunnan province. The two belong to a herd that has trekked more than 500 kilometers in more than one year.
China's famous herd of wandering elephants has shown a trend of returning south after their northward trek of some 500 km in Southwest China's Yunnan province, an expert said.
With protective fences and portable barricades built from 15 metric tons of steel installed at its gate, pupils at Naji Primary School in Pu'er, a city in Yunnan province, now do not have to worry about wild elephants entering the campus and disturbing them.
The baby elephant was so small that it didn't yet know how to swim, but it didn't hesitate to join others from its roaming herd in Yunnan province when they walked into a fishpond.
A herd of wild Asian elephants have begun an unusual long journey through Yunnan province, attracting worldwide attention. Let’s take a look.
Firefighters from Yunnan Provincial Forest Fire Brigade use drone to track the wandering wild Asian elephants in Shijie Yi autonomous town of Yimen county, Yuxi city, Southwest China's Yunnan province
The wandering wild Asian elephants forage and play late in the afternoon on June 16, 2021, in Shijie Yi autonomous town of Yimen county, Yuxi city, Southwest China's Yunnan province. The herd has been lingering in Yimen county for more than a week and traveled about a dozen kilometers heading southwest.
At 7:26 pm on Saturday, Li Zhongyun received a message via an app on his phone just after he finished work and arrived home in Yunnan province.
Monitors in Yunnan province have managed to closely follow a herd of wild Asian elephants that has trekked far away from its traditional habitat. They work around the clock, alerting communities that the animals are approaching.
The attitude and tolerance exhibited by the Chinese people toward the 15 elephants that have been wandering through Yunnan province is not only fascinating, but offers key lessons for Africa, according to one of the world's leading experts on the animals.
China's famous herd of wandering elephants continued to linger in the Shijie township in the city of Yuxi, Southwest China's Yunnan province, authorities said.
Xiong Chaoyong is a dad not only to his 10-year-old daughter, but also to an 18-year-old Asian elephant called Ranran.
The early bird catches the worm, so the saying goes. How about the early elephant? A baby elephant in Southwest China's Yunnan province has been on a long trip with its family since its birth. Want to learn about their travel experiences? Watch the animation and see.
Firefighters use drones to monitor the wandering wild Asian elephant herd in Yimen county, Yuxi city of Southwest China's Yunnan province, on June 13.
