研究 • 教育 • 保存  Research • Education • Preservation 

To most people the image of owls is always associated with enigmatic raptors that lurk in remote forests🌲, with few people and buildings...

Antarctica is one of the most inhospitable places on the planet, yet a few species have evolved to live even within the most extreme...

In coastal and freshwater environments of many regions around the world, a large black bird has captured the attention of fishermen and...

Have you imagined seeing fighter jets flying around at 322 km/h in Hong Kong🛩️? These jets with dotted abdomen will dash through the...

The Eastern Cattle Egret, 𝘉𝘶𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴 (Boddaert., 1783) is a small, terrestrial, and white heron species with a...

Recently, we received the skull of a Common Bottlenose Dolphin (𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴) 🐬from Hong Kong Ocean Park, a...

𝘔𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘫𝘢𝘬 (Zimmermann, 1780), also called the red muntjac (赤麂), is Hong Kong’s only local Cervidae (deer)...

The collection of specimens that you can enjoy at the HKBM is diverse, and in some cases, we display only body parts, such as a head, a...

When we talk about pandas, the first image that comes to mind is one of the giant pandas🐼 ( Ailuropoda melanoleuca ), a famous black and...

With the Lunar New Year approaching under the Zodiac sign of the Tiger🐯, it is the perfect occasion to talk about cats. Our species...

When you see otters floating on the water and rubbing their faces, don’t you think otters are the most chill and cutest animals on...

Many people are familiar with the character of Baloo in The Jungle Book🐒, but do you know which bear species it represents? It is a...

The masked palm civet, 𝘗𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘮𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘢 (Smith, 1827), is a widespread species of civet found in Southern and South-East Asia,...

In the twilight hours🌙, as darkness descends upon the field, a mysterious fella emerges from the shadows with its whimsical facial mask....

🐾𝘝𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢 𝘻𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘢 Linnaeus, 1758, commonly known as the large Indian civet or Five-striped civet, is a mammal of the...

#Bats are nocturnal creatures, so to find their prey in total darkness they use an amazing strategy, known as #echolocation, also called...

Bats🦇 are easily overlooked as most bat species are nocturnal🌙. It is easy to miss them flying swiftly several metres over your head in...

One of the first thoughts that comes to mind while talking about armadillos, is probably how they can curl like a ball⚽. Well, the...

A creature that would look like a mix between a duck and a beaver, may have come out from the imagination of a child, and yet this...

Do you have dietary bias? Chinese Pangolins (𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘢 Linnaeus, 1758) definitely do.😮 Specimen of a Chinese...