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Scientists create better tools to study the processes of life
Jun 28, 2017 (SPX)
The University of Leeds in collaboration with Avacta Life Sciences, a Leeds spin-out company has developed tools, called Affimer technology, which can replicate...
Panda conservation offers broad ecological benefits, research shows
Jun 26, 2017 (UPI)
Analysis of habitat restoration projects in China suggest panda conservation efforts offer broad ecological benefits, including boosts in biodiversity. Panda co...
City rats: Why scientists are not hot on their tails
Jun 26, 2017 (SPX)
People around the world denounce rats for fouling foods, spreading disease, starting fires, and even disabling motor vehicles. One might assume because of the t...
Panda mania hits Germany as China's cuddly envoys arrive
Jun 24, 2017 (AFP)
The pair, named Meng Meng and Jiao Qing, jetted in on a special Lufthansa cargo plane, accompanied by two Chinese panda specialists, the Berlin Zoo's chief vet ...
Yellowstone grizzly bear removed from endangered list
Jun 23, 2017 (AFP)
Conservation groups were however quick to criticize the move, saying dropping federal protections would again put grizzly bears at risk. The grizzly bear was fi...
'It's a girl!': Tokyo zoo announces baby panda's sex
Jun 23, 2017 (AFP)
Tokyo's Ueno Zoo celebrated the first birth of a baby panda in five years on June 12, prompting rolling television reports and setting off panda fever nationwid...
Zimbabwe begins mass transfer of animals to Mozambique
Jun 22, 2017 (AFP)
Fifty elephants, 100 giraffes, 200 zebras and 200 buffaloes will be among the several thousand animals that will be transferred between the two neighbours, Zimb...
Man stopped on Thai border with orangutans, tortoises, raccoons
Jun 22, 2017 (AFP)
The animals were packed into plastic boxes and suitcases loaded into Ismail Bin Ahmad's car, officials said. The 63-year-old was stopped Wednesday as he was att...
Both tidal and circadian clocks guide the behavior of some animals
Jun 21, 2017 (UPI)
The circadian clock is well studied. Scientists have identified genes and the portion of the brain linked with our innate understanding of the temporal rhythms ...
Mass wildebeest drownings bolster Mara River ecosystem
Jun 19, 2017 (UPI)
"The Mara River intersects one of the largest overland migrations in the world," Amanda Subalusky, a postdoctoral researcher at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem ...
$1.2 million of pangolin scales seized in Malaysia
Jun 16, 2017 (AFP)
Customs officials at Kuala Lumpur International Airport discovered 16 boxes of the smuggled scales weighing almost 400 kilogrammes (880 pounds). Last Friday, cu...
Distantly related fish species still look and act similarly, study shows
Jun 15, 2017 (UPI)
Scientists at James Cook University looked at anatomical and feeding patterns among a variety of fish species native to Australia. They discovery a surprisingly...
Hong Kong launches ivory ban bill
Jun 14, 2017 (AFP)
The southern Chinese city is a major hub for ivory sales and announced last year that it would ban the import and export of the goods, but later clarified it wo...
Germany to welcome two giant pandas
Jun 14, 2017 (AFP)
The two new residents, Meng Meng and Jiao Qing, will fly into Berlin on a special Lufthansa cargo plane on June 24, accompanied by two Chinese vets, Berlin zoo'...
Romania to ban wild animals in circuses
Jun 13, 2017 (AFP)
Any animal "born in captivity or captured in the wild", regardless of how tame they are, will not be allowed to be used in public shows, the bill states. Circus...
Mussels add muscle to biocompatible fibers
Jun 12, 2017 (SPX)
The Rice lab of chemist Jeffrey Hartgerink had already figured out how to make biocompatible nanofibers out of synthetic peptides. In new work, the lab is using...
Tracking invasive species? Follow the people
Jun 12, 2017 (AFP)
The first global census of non-native fauna and flora found the highest concentrations in Hawaii, New Zealand's North Island, and the Lesser Sunda Islands of In...
Japan zoo toasts birth of panda cub, snug in mum's furry hug
Jun 12, 2017 (AFP)
Eleven-year-old mum Shin Shin gave birth just before noon, officials at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo said in a statement. Pandas are born pink, hairless and weighing around...
Dogs and wolves have an innate sense of inequity
Jun 08, 2017 (UPI)
Previously, researchers have hypothesized dogs gained a sense of inequity through domestication. But the latest study -- published in the journal Current Biolog...
African park ranger hits out at Hong Kong ivory trade
Jun 06, 2017 (AFP)
The southern Chinese city, a major hub for ivory sales, announced last year that it would ban the import and export of the goods, but later clarified that it wo...
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