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Thai police hunt 'elephant electrocutioner'
Apr 17, 2018 (AFP)
Cops are searching for the man after the second elephant was found dead over the weekend, lying on its side outside a pineapple farm in Chonburi province that e...
Astro-ecology: Saving endangered animals with software for the stars
Apr 16, 2018 (SPX)
The drones can survey large areas of difficult terrain from above, allowing ecologists to access hard to reach areas and monitor wildlife without disturbing the...
Most primitive kangaroo ancestor rediscovered after 30 years in obscurity
Apr 16, 2018 (SPX)
Kangaroos are icons of Australia's unique living fauna. However, their earliest ancestry is shrouded in mystery. At the beginning of the 1980's, a few enigmatic...
Albania's pelicans return to their lagoon 'kingdom'
Apr 16, 2018 (AFP)
The expansive site is one of the most important wetlands in the Adriatic basin, key for migratory wildlife and as a breeding area for the large elegant pelican....
New gadgets help reveal the collective behavior of wild animals
Apr 16, 2018 (SPX)
Combining animal tracking data with environmental data from satellites or drones means that scientists can begin to study whole groups and their interactions in...
Popularity of tigers, lions, bears could be their downfall: study
Apr 12, 2018 (AFP)
Online surveys, zoo websites, animated films and school questionnaires were scoured by US and French researchers for the study, published in journal PLOS Biolog...
Scientists study the brains of bats while they fly
Apr 12, 2018 (UPI)
The breakthrough, detailed in the journal eLife, could help scientists study the brains of animals as they behave naturally -- untethered and free of cumbersome...
Inuka, first polar bear born in the tropics, may be put down
Apr 12, 2018 (AFP)
Inuka, the first polar bear born in the tropics, has reached the grand old age of 27 -- well into his 70s in human years and two years older than the average li...
Study suggests lemurs live longer by eating less
Apr 12, 2018 (UPI)
Previous research has shown caloric restriction prolongs the life of macaques. Now, a new study -- published this week in the journal Communications Biology -- ...
Migrating birds avoid tropical diseases
Apr 11, 2018 (UPI)
When scientists analyzed the immune systems of sedentary birds species in Africa and Europe, as well as migratory birds that winter in Africa but return to Euro...
The problem of jaguars and space in western Paraguay
Apr 11, 2018 (SPX)
The species has been lost from 50% of its original range, and outside of the Amazon it is present in only 20% of its original range. This drastic change is a re...
'Wiggling and jiggling': Study explains how organisms evolve to live at different temperatures
Apr 10, 2018 (SPX)
This is the first study to link the enzyme's dance (in atomic detail) directly to its optimal temperature. These findings provide new insights into how the stru...
Strings of electron-carrying proteins may hold the secret to 'electric bacteria'
Apr 10, 2018 (SPX)
As part of their metabolism, the bacteria have developed a way to transfer electrons from the interior of the cell across their outer membrane to a receiving su...
Smiles and slapstick as Rohingya refugees learn to corral elephants
Apr 08, 2018 (AFP)
Part awareness raising, part pantomime, the scenario uses life-size puppets of elephants made from bamboo and old clothing and expertly propelled by volunteers....
What stops mass extinctions?
Apr 06, 2018 (SPX)
"Imagine a deadly disease that affects not only humans but other mammal species like dogs, cats and cows," said Roberto Ibanez, STRI staff scientist and in-coun...
Police 'closing in' on Grace Mugabe in ivory probe
Apr 06, 2018 (AFP)
The Herald newspaper, once the mouthpiece of the Mugabe regime, said police were making progress in their probe into Grace's role in allegedly smuggling ivory t...
Bolivia's jaguars facing threat from Chinese fang craze
Apr 06, 2018 (AFP)
Researchers believe there are around 7,000 of the speckled big cats in Bolivia, out of a global population of some 64,000, stretching from North America to Arge...
First population-scale sequencing project explores platypus history
Apr 05, 2018 (SPX)
Now, a greater effort to understand its ecological and population history has been made possible by the first, whole-scale genome sequencing efforts of 57 platy...
Raccoons' bizarre behavior gets locals' attention in US
Apr 05, 2018 (AFP)
Over the past two weeks, police in Youngstown, Ohio have responded to some fifteen calls from residents reporting sightings of "zombie" raccoons, according to l...
New pair of elephant twins welcomed to Tanzania park
Apr 05, 2018 (UPI)
Conservationists and researchers with the Wildlife Conservation Society documented the twins as they joined Eloise, their mom, and her friends and relatives. Re...
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