The now-extinct gibbon was buried with the grandmother of China’s first emperor and her many pets.

They may be a prospective source for an influenza pandemic, researchers warn.  

Austrian-American botanist Joseph Rock collected thousands of plant samples in his 27 years in the Middle Kingdom, leaving after the Communist Party’s takeover.

The bat version of the STING protein helps dampen the mammals' immune response to infection, researchers have found.

The Chinese giant salamander is not one but five different species.

The proposed limitations stem from fears of intellectual property theft.

Researchers used the genome sequence of Artemisia annua to boost the plant’s production of artemisinin.

The researcher stole genetically modified seeds and planned to give them to a crop research institute in China, the US Justice Department says.

The virus caused an outbreak that began in Guangdong Province and left nearly 25,000 piglets dead.