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Pregnant elephant 'poisoned' in Indonesian palm plantation
Dec 27, 2017 (AFP)
The animal's body was found near the remote Seuneubok Bayu village in Aceh on December 22, after authorities received a tip off from locals, Aceh conservation c...
Study: Golden-crowned manakins are 'exceedingly rare' hybrid
Dec 26, 2017 (UPI)
The bird was first discovered in 1957 in Brazil and had gone unseen again until 2002. Researchers determined the bird was a hybrid after examining the keratin s...
Nepal's last known dancing bears rescued
Dec 24, 2017 (AFP)
The Himalayan nation banned performing bears back in 1973 but the illegal practice -- a traditional occupation for some street performer communities -- lingered...
Oman opens sprawling oryx reserve to ecotourists
Dec 23, 2017 (AFP)
Once extinct in the wild, the rare member of the antelope family famed for its elegant horns has been dragged back from the precipice in a sprawling reserve fen...
Salamander genome provides clues to the amphibian's regenerative abilities
Dec 22, 2017 (UPI)
The Iberian ribbed newt, Pleurodeles waltl, maxes out at a foot in length, but the amphibian boasts a massive genome -- six times larger than the human genome. ...
Norway court orders slaughter of reindeer
Dec 21, 2017 (AFP)
The country's Supreme Court said in a statement it had ruled "valid" a demand by the state for reindeer herder Jovsset Ante Sara, 25, to reduce his 200-strong h...
Chinese firm turns panda poop into toilet paper
Dec 20, 2017 (AFP)
The Qianwei Fengsheng Paper Company in southwest Sichuan province has teamed up with the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda to recycle t...
Malaysia's last female Sumatran rhino gravely ill
Dec 20, 2017 (AFP)
Iman is one of just two Sumatran rhinos known to still be alive in Malaysia. She lives in a wildlife reserve on Borneo island, where she is part of a captive br...
Plants used to variability most likely to adapt to climate change
Dec 19, 2017 (UPI)
But as a new study published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution showed, not all plant populations will be equally at risk. The study is one of the firs...
Oh, how cute: Tokyo crowds flock to see baby panda on first day
Dec 19, 2017 (AFP)
Long queues formed outside the zoo as fans -- many wearing panda cub hats or gloves -- waited patiently for a brief glimpse of Xiang Xiang, whose name is derive...
Fossil shows ancient bear had a sweet tooth
Dec 18, 2017 (UPI)
The fossil belongs to an extinct species called Protarctos abstrusus, a close relative of modern bears. The bear was slightly smaller than a black bear. It feat...
Pangolin traffickers opening up new routes: study
Dec 15, 2017 (AFP)
While at least 20 tonnes of pangolins and their parts are seized annually after being trafficked across borders, smugglers were using dozens of new routes for t...
When physics gives evolution a leg up by breaking one
Dec 14, 2017 (SPX)
In a new study, physicists and evolutionary biologists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have shown how physical stress may have significantly advanced the...
Scientists reveal rules for making ribs
Dec 14, 2017 (SPX)
In a new publication in the journal eLife, first authors Jennifer Fogel from USC, Daniel Lakeland from Lakeland Applied Sciences and colleagues examine the deve...
Australian lizards are eating the eggs of endangered loggerhead turtles
Dec 14, 2017 (UPI)
Over the last few decades, scientists have observed the Australia lizard develop a taste for the eggs of the endangered loggerhead turtle. Goannas now frequentl...
Genome reveals secrets of Tasmanian tiger's extinction
Dec 12, 2017 (UPI)
The tiger's newly sequenced genome is one of the most complete genetic maps compiled by scientists. The genetic blueprint suggest the species was suffering from...
Five elephants killed by train in India
Dec 11, 2017 (AFP)
The elephants, including a pregnant female, were part of a larger herd wandering through the plantation early Sunday in Assam state, home to India's biggest wil...
Pigeons can discriminate both space and time
Dec 11, 2017 (SPX)
What that means, says Edward Wasserman, Stuit Professor of Experimental Psychology in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the UI, is pigeons u...
Reproductive success best predictor for bear, dolphin population forecasting
Dec 11, 2017 (UPI)
Scientists at the University of New South Wales conducted a survey of dolphin studies in Australia and bear studies in North America. Their analysis of populati...
Militias, poachers wreak havoc on central Africa's wildlife: monitor
Dec 08, 2017 (AFP)
The threat comes from "highly organised armed groups who are linked to human rights violations and ongoing political instability" as well as state actors, armed...
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