Three of the world’s nine tiger subspecies became extinct last century, and many scientists believe a fourth, the South China tiger, is already functionally extinct. The National Zoo ...

South China tiger, brown-eared pheasant, red-crowned crane, red ibis, white-flag dolphin and Chinese alligator. The black-and-white giant panda weighs on average 135 kg and lives on tender bamboo ...

The southern Chinese island of ... Luo is the 54th “tiger”, or senior official, to come under investigation by China’s top anti-corruption body this year, a total that already surpasses ...

South China tiger, brown-eared pheasant, red-crowned crane, red ibis, white-flag dolphin and Chinese alligator, totaling more than 100 species. The black-and-white-haired giant panda weighs on ...

The Siberian tiger is the largest subspecies of tiger and is a protected animal in China. Siberian tigers are normally found in northeastern China, southeastern Siberia in Russia and some parts of ...

Dr Michael Lau, a director at the WWF's Wetlands Conservation department, told the BBC it was "highly unlikely" that the animal they saw was a wild tiger. "The South China tiger is probably ...

Their biggest threat: humans. No trace of the wild South China tiger, Panthera tigris amoyensis (critically endangered, possibly extinct in the wild), has been seen for more than a decade.

Caspian, Javan and Bali tigers are already thought to have gone extinct, and it is highly likely that the South China tiger also no longer exists. It is estimated there are only about 600 Amur ...