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Animals have it all over us when it comes to color
Aug 07, 2017 (SPX)
The Queensland Brain Institute's Professor Justin Marshall , co-author of a study undertaken with international colleagues, said colour had an important role in...
The biology of color
Aug 07, 2017 (SPX)
While studies have long used color as a factor for understanding evolution, only recently have visual physiologists, sensory and behavioral ecologists, evolutio...
Lizards demonstrate rapid evolution in the face of extreme cold
Aug 07, 2017 (SPX)
The first direct measurement of natural selection influencing a wild population following a short-lived but extreme climatic event was reported in 1898 by biolo...
Surviving baby panda in 'perfect health' says French zoo
Aug 05, 2017 (AFP)
Zookeepers were on alert to ensure that the surviving panda cub of twins born on Friday makes it through the touchy first week of its life. "The first week is t...
US crushes nearly two tons of ivory in NY Central Park
Aug 03, 2017 (AFP)
On a brilliant summer's day with Manhattan's skyscrapers visible above the trees, decorative objects were placed on a conveyor belt and sent into a crusher, sen...
Giant panda gives birth to twins at record 23 years old
Aug 03, 2017 (AFP)
But Haizi started showing interest in courtship this spring, resulting in a blind date with a male panda suitor and -- four months later -- twin cubs that have ...
Idle spiders' epic sea journey from Africa to Australia
Aug 03, 2017 (AFP)
The Australian trapdoor spider, known scientifically as Moggridgea rainbow, is only found on Kangaroo Island off the south Australian coast and lives a sedentar...
Cockroaches spread seeds, too, research shows
Aug 03, 2017 (UPI)
The insects are mostly known for their role as decomposers, helping to break down decaying matter on the forest floor. But cockroaches also help disperse seeds....
China welcomes world's first panda born to wild and captive parents
Aug 02, 2017 (AFP)
Palm-sized and pink, covered in a downy layer of white fuzz from its tiny claws to its long tail, the cub was born early Monday morning in southwestern Sichuan ...
Malaysia seizes rare animal parts worth almost $1 mn
Aug 02, 2017 (AFP)
The contraband was found in two separate raids in the cargo terminal of Kuala Lumpur's main international airport on Sunday, customs officials said. In the firs...
Panda at French zoo expecting... twins!
Aug 01, 2017 (AFP)
A final scan has revealed that Huan Huan, who is on loan to Beauval zoo in central France from China with her male partner Yuan Zi, is expecting twins on Friday...
Bangladesh doubles wildlife sanctuary to save its tigers
Aug 01, 2017 (AFP)
More than half, or 52 percent, of the 6,017 square kilometre (2,325 square mile) Sundarbans -- one of the largest habitats of the tigers -- has been declared a ...
Some 'invasive' species have been around for a long time
Jul 31, 2017 (UPI)
The Lesotho Highlands are formed by the intersection of the Drakensberg and Maloti mountain ranges in Lesotho, a small, landlocked county in Southern Africa. In...
Zambia arrests 3 Chinese for rhino horn trafficking
Jul 30, 2017 (AFP)
Parks and wildlife ministry spokesman Sakabilo Kalembwe said the five were arrested at the Chanida border post. They were held for "illegal possession of 25 rhi...
Ancient DNA to help solve mysteries of the Canaanites
Jul 27, 2017 (UPI)
But exactly who they were, where they came from and what happened to them remain open questions. Those questions may soon have answers, however, thanks to new D...
Woman held at S.Africa airport for rhino horn smuggling
Jul 26, 2017 (AFP)
The woman whose nationality has not been revealed, was detained at Johannesburg's O.R. Tambo International Airport while in transit from the Zambian capital Lus...
Bienvenue! French zoo announces first ever panda pregnancy
Jul 26, 2017 (AFP)
A scan by zoo vets on Wednesday revealed that Huan Huan, on loan to Beauval zoo in central France from China along with her male partner Yuan Zi, is expecting h...
How fear alone can cause animal extinction
Jul 26, 2017 (SPX)
"It has been something of a mystery why predators are so important in animal extinctions," says Kyle Elliott, an assistant professor in McGill University's Dept...
Star chefs in Mexico to defend biodiversity
Jul 19, 2017 (AFP)
Joan Roca of Spain, Michel Bras of France and Gaston Acurio of Peru were among the big-name chefs who took part in the event Tuesday at Xochimilco, a UNESCO Wor...
Biodiversity rescues biodiversity in a warmer world
Jul 18, 2017 (SPX)
The variety of life, from plants and animals to microorganisms, is the basis of many services ecosystems provide to us, for example clean drinking water or food...
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