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We Are Not Alone
Nov 12, 2014 (SPX)
The adult human body is made up of about 37 trillion cells. Microbes, mainly bacteria, outnumber body cells by 10 to 1. Increasingly, scientists recognize that ...
Panama sets new raptor migration record
Nov 11, 2014 (UPI)
More than two million raptors soared through skies above Panama City, circling and gliding as they made their way across the Central American capital as they co...
Migratory birds, fish and mammals get new UN protection
Nov 10, 2014 (AFP)
Polar bears, whales, sharks and gazelles were among 31 new species granted new protection status Sunday by the UN conservation body, following six days of "inte...
UN offers wider protections to 31 species of animals
Nov 10, 2014 (UPI)
The conservation body of the United Nations has offered wider, stronger protection to 31 species of animals, including a variety of vulnerable birds, sharks and...
Of dragonflies and dinosaurs: mapping the evolution of insects
Nov 09, 2014 (SPX)
When the dinosaurs ruled the earth, they were already bugged by creatures who had gotten there many millions of years earlier: Dragonflies and damselflies. In f...
Tanzania dismisses China ivory buying spree report
Nov 07, 2014 (AFP)
Tanzanian officials on Friday dismissed allegations by an environmental activist group that Chinese diplomatic and military staff went on buying sprees for ille...
Researchers unveil see-through mouse
Nov 07, 2014 (UPI)
Complete invisibility remains out of reach for scientists, but researchers at the University of Tokyo have gotten pretty darn close with a new procedure that re...
Complete 9,000-year-old frozen bison mummy found in Siberia
Nov 07, 2014 (SPX)
Many large charismatic mammals went extinct at the end of the Ice Age (approx 11,000 years ago), including the Steppe bison, Bison priscus. A recent find in Eas...
When less is more: Death in moderation boosts population density in nature
Nov 06, 2014 (SPX)
In nature, the right amount of death at the right time might actually help boost a species' population density, according to new research that could help in und...
Madagascar: Fossil skull analysis offers clue to mammals' evolution
Nov 06, 2014 (SPX)
The surprise discovery of the fossilized skull of a 66- to 70-million-year-old, groundhog-like creature on Madagascar has led to new analyses of the lifestyle o...
Nature adores a hybrid
Nov 06, 2014 (SPX)
Overfishing, climate change and pollution have reduced fish populations in Canadian lakes and rivers. While hatchery-raised fish could return numbers to normal,...
A fraction of the global military spending could save the planet's biodiversity
Nov 06, 2014 (SPX)
A fundamental step-change involving an increase in funding and political commitment is urgently needed to ensure that protected areas deliver their full conserv...
First amphibious ichthyosaur discovered, filling evolutionary gap
Nov 06, 2014 (SPX)
The first fossil of an amphibious ichthyosaur has been discovered in China by a team led by researchers at the University of California, Davis. The discovery is...
Little evidence conservation organizations respond to economic signals
Nov 06, 2014 (SPX)
A University of Tennessee, Knoxville, study finds that nonprofit organizations aiming to protect biodiversity show little evidence of responding to economic sig...
Invasive species threaten global biodiversity
Nov 06, 2014 (AFP)
Until a few decades ago, there were no beavers in Patagonia. That changed when 20 pairs of the tree-chewing creature were introduced with the hopes of creating ...
Green spaces don't ensure biodiversity in urban areas
Nov 05, 2014 (SPX)
Planting trees and creating green space in cities is good for attracting species, but it may not be enough to ensure biodiversity in built environments, a Unive...
New tool could help reshape the limits of synthetic biology
Nov 05, 2014 (SPX)
NYU Langone yeast geneticists report they have developed a novel tool - dubbed "the telomerator" - that could redefine the limits of synthetic biology and advan...
Study reveals startling decline in European birds
Nov 05, 2014 (SPX)
Bird populations across Europe have experienced sharp declines over the past 30 years, with the majority of losses from the most common species, say the Univers...
Fight to save endangered Indus dolphins, turtles
Nov 04, 2014 (AFP)
Local legend has it that Pakistan's Indus River dolphin was once a woman, transformed by a curse from a holy man angry that she forgot to feed him one day. Afte...
Saving lonely species is important for the environment
Nov 03, 2014 (SPX)
The lemur, Javan rhino and Santa Cruz kangaroo rat are all lonesome animals. As endemic species, they live in habitats restricted to a particular area due to cl...
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