In recent years, Guangzhou has completed two times terrestrial wildlife resources surveys, recording 457 species of terrestrial wild vertebrates and 3,516 species of vascular plants. The Cladopus, which had disappeared for nearly 60 years, was rediscovered in Guangzhou's Conghua District.

Cladopus that grow on rocks by the stream. (Photo provided to Newsgd.com)

Egret Island, a birds' paradise hidden in Liuhua Lake Park. (Photo provided to Newsgd.com)

Liuhua Lake Park. (Photo provided to Newsgd.com)

White-throated kingfishers on the Baiyun Mountain. (Photo provided to Newsgd.com)

Red-bellied tree squirrels in the Mingchun Ravine of Baiyun Mountain. (Photo provided to Newsgd.com)

Haizhu Wetland has become an important stretch of the bird ecological corridor in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. It has successfully discovered two new insect species, "Sphenoraia haizhuensis " and "Falsonnanocerus haizhuensis".

Haizhu Wetland (Photo provided to Newsgd.com)

Haizhu Wetland creates an ecological corridor for migratory birds. (Photo provided to Newsgd.com)

Nansha Wetland, located in the geometric center of the Pearl River Delta, is one of the important migration routes of birds.

Numerous waterfowl foraging shoals are preserved in the wetlands. Equipment such as water pumps are built in the shoal area to keep the water level controlled at 5 to 15 cm, which is suitable for waterfowl to stand and get food.

Waterfowl foraging shoals in the Nansha Wetland. (Photo provided to Newsgd.com)

Natural scenery of Nansha Wetland. (Photo provided to Newsgd.com)

Guangzhou Zoo now has about 400 species of wild animals, of which 44 are listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). In the past two years, it has successfully bred more than 1,000 wild animals such as sun bears, golden snub-nosed monkeys, and Hainan Eld's deers. A "sperm bank" has been established for breeding birds such as silver pheasant.

Vigorous silver pheasant in the Guangzhou Zoo. (Photo provided to Newsgd.com)

Hainan Eld's deers. (Photo provided to Newsgd.com)

Two Giant pandas, Xingyi and Yayi, in Guangzhou Zoo. (Photo provided to Newsgd.com)

On December 14, 2021, Guangzhou Zoo successfully bred a sun bear, a species that has fewer than 200 in zoos around the world in the past 20 years. (Photo provided to Newsgd.com)

Two Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys, national first-class protected animals, in Guangzhou Zoo. (Photo provided to Newsgd.com)