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Out of India
Nov 21, 2014 (SPX)
Working at the edge of a coal mine in India, a team of Johns Hopkins researchers and colleagues have filled in a major gap in science's understanding of the evo...
'Horrific' record 1,020 rhino killed in South Africa
Nov 20, 2014 (AFP)
A record 1,020 rhinos have been poached in South Africa this year, the government said Thursday, scuppering multiple efforts by authorities to curb the slaughte...
Businesses Can Help Preserve Endangered Species
Nov 19, 2014 (SPX)
Raptors, or birds of prey, some of which are endangered species, typically live in environments that provide natural land cover, such as forests and grasslands....
Fossils cast doubt on climate-change projections on habitats
Nov 19, 2014 (SPX)
Leave it to long-dead short-tailed shrew and flying squirrels to outfox climate-modelers trying to predict future habitats. Evidence from the fossil record show...
Three popular daffodil varieties determined to be highly salt tolerant
Nov 19, 2014 (SPX)
As the world's diminishing fresh water resources are increasing allocated for human use, agricultural and horticultural production operations must rely more oft...
NMSU professor focuses on house fly research
Nov 19, 2014 (SPX)
Not every idea for scientific research comes from deep intellectual conversations. Sometimes, the most mundane situations can spark the interest of the scientis...
WWF releases 11,000 sturgeons to restock Danube
Nov 18, 2014 (AFP)
WWF has released 11,000 threatened sturgeons in the Danube river to restock Europe's last wild sturgeon populations, the conservationist group said on Tuesday. ...
Ten ways remote sensing can contribute to conservation
Nov 18, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists from the WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society), NASA, and other organizations have partnered to focus global attention on the contribution of satellite...
Uganda suspends officials after ton of ivory stolen from vault
Nov 18, 2014 (AFP)
Uganda's wildlife authority has suspended five top officials after a ton of seized ivory worth over a million dollars vanished from government strongrooms, its ...
Wildlife groups offer $15,000 reward for info on wolf killing
Nov 17, 2014 (UPI)
When a wolf's telemetry collar signaled that it wasn't moving, federal wildlife officials went to investigate. They found the collar's wearer dead, shot and kil...
Returning bears pose dilemma in Europe
Nov 16, 2014 (AFP)
If Europeans go down to the woods today they might be in for a big surprise: bears. And in countries no longer used to big predators, it's no picnic. Reintroduc...
Switching on a dime: How plants function in shade and light
Nov 14, 2014 (SPX)
Photosynthesis is the process by which plants convert energy from the sunlight into chemical energy in the form of sugars. These sugars are used by plants to gr...
Intimidating chimpanzee males are more likely to become fathers
Nov 14, 2014 (SPX)
Chimpanzee males that treat females aggressively father more offspring over time. The findings, in the Cell Press journal Current Biology, are based on genetic ...
Poaching-weary S.Africa mulls legalising rhino horn trade
Nov 13, 2014 (AFP)
Pelham Jones bought his first rhinos for a private game park in South Africa some 25 years ago, completing his collection of the "Big Five" animals that visitor...
The tiger beetle: Too fast to see
Nov 12, 2014 (SPX)
Speed is an asset for a predator. Except when that predator runs so fast that it essentially blinds itself. The tiger beetle, relative to its size, is the faste...
Environmental groups sue to protect Pacific walrus
Nov 12, 2014 (UPI)
A coalition of environmental protection and wildlife conservation groups are suing the federal government for allowing exploratory oil drilling in Chukchi Sea. ...
Bizarre mapping error puts newly discovered species in jeopardy
Nov 12, 2014 (SPX)
WCS scientists in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have discovered a new species of plant living in a remote rift valley escarpment that's supposed to be ...
Scientific collaborative publishes landmark study on the evolution of insects
Nov 12, 2014 (SPX)
An international team of more than 100 researchers--including Dr. Michelle Trautwein of the California Academy of Sciences--has published the first modern roadm...
New laws threaten Brazil's unique ecosystems
Nov 12, 2014 (SPX)
Brazil's globally significant ecosystems could be exposed to mining and dams if proposals currently being debated by the Brazilian Congress go ahead, according ...
Weeds yet to reach their full potential as invaders
Nov 12, 2014 (SPX)
Weeds in the UK are still evolving hundreds of years after their introduction and are unlikely to have yet reached their full potential as invaders, UNSW Austra...
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