Conservation Research: Ground-breaking Turtle and Tortoise Study Challenging Evolutionary Theories of Ageing
25 July 2022
25 July 2022
Even though humans live longer lives compared to their ancestors, we cannot escape the inevitability of aging. However, it may be possible to slow that trend: a new study of ageing in tortoises and t...
The Common Spotted Flat (Celaenorrhinus leucocera) is a rare butterfly in Hong Kong that is more frequently observed at KFBG it is one of our signature butterfly species. The larvae like to eat the ...
Have you ever wondered how bees create perfect hexagon shapes while constructing their honeycomb nests? After pondering this question while staring at a piece of perfectly formed honeycomb from a wil...
The baby bird season has arrived and the KFBG Wild Animal Rescue Centre is experiencing daily deliveries of rescued nestlings. Thanks to the rapid call out responses of the SPCA and their dedicated t...
This is a new wildlife trade report published by ADM Capital Foundation Wild, Threatened, Farmed: Hong Kong's Invisible Pets sheds light on the scale and nature of the city's exotic pet trade, iden...
Young nestling Collared Scops Owls are loveable birds, that often arrive from rescue looking like white fluff balls and grow up resembling a piece of tree bark with a pair of big eyes. These owls ar...
It is the eleventh World Pangolin Day today! Unfortunately, this mysterious creature is still under severe threat over most of its native range and several of the 8 species are close to extinction in...
We have an exciting travel story to share: A rescued Black-faced Spoonbill with leg ring number A49” returned to Hong Kong from South Korea. It was previously treated in our Wild Animal Rescue ...
Endangered Tricarinate Hill Turtles waited more than 4 years before being rehomed to Centre Emys Switzerland – but now they have arrived!
7 December 2021
7 December 2021
On 23rd November 2021, KFBG Wild Animal Rescue Centre transferred ten endangered Tricarinate Hill Turtles (Melanochelys tricarinata) to the Centre Emys in Switzerland to enter their education and con...
White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus) chicks resemble little black balls they are masters of disguise - important when there are many predators such as snakes and raptors that see you as ...