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Genetic switch regulates a plant's internal clock based on temperature
Sep 24, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists have discovered a key molecular cog in a plant's biological clock - one that modulates the speed of circadian (daily) rhythms based on temperature. T...
Answer to restoring lost island biodiversity found in fossils
Sep 24, 2014 (SPX)
Many native species have vanished from tropical islands because of human impact, but University of Florida scientists have discovered how fossils can be used to...
White tiger kills youth at New Delhi zoo
Sep 23, 2014 (AFP)
A white tiger on Tuesday attacked and killed a youth who apparently jumped into its enclosure at a zoo in the Indian capital. Witnesses said the tiger grabbed t...
Alarm over fate of monarch butterfly
Sep 23, 2014 (AFP)
The migration of monarch butterflies from Canada to Mexico is threatened by the use of pesticides that have reduced food sources for their epic journey, Mexican...
22 elephants poached in Mozambique in two weeks
Sep 22, 2014 (AFP)
Poachers slaughtered 22 elephants in Mozambique in the first two weeks of September, environmentalists said Monday, warning that killing for ivory by organised ...
Dwindling wind may tip predator-prey balance
Sep 22, 2014 (SPX)
Bent and tossed by the wind, a field of soybean plants presents a challenge for an Asian lady beetle on the hunt for aphids. But what if the air - and the soybe...
'Miracle' panda triplets open their eyes in Chinese zoo
Sep 19, 2014 (AFP)
A set of panda triplets, known as the world's only surviving trio, have opened their eyes for the first time more than a month after their birth in a Chinese zo...
New branch added to European family tree
Sep 19, 2014 (SPX)
The setting: Europe, about 7,500 years ago. Agriculture was sweeping in from the Near East, bringing early farmers into contact with hunter-gatherers who had al...
Expedition finds Nemo can travel great distances to connect populations
Sep 19, 2014 (SPX)
Clownfish spend their entire lives nestling in the protective tentacles of host anemones, but new research shows that as babies they sometimes travel hundreds o...
Nature of war: Chimpanzees inherently violent
Sep 19, 2014 (SPX)
Of all of the world's species, humans and chimpanzees are some of the only to engage in coordinated attacks on other members of their same species. Jane Goodall...
Poachers turn gamekeeper to guard Rwandan gorillas
Sep 17, 2014 (AFP)
For four decades Leonidas Barora was a renowned hunter, tracking animals in the lush forests of Rwanda. Now he only fires arrows to impress tourists, and to hel...
Chimps are natural-born killers, say scientists
Sep 17, 2014 (AFP)
Chimpanzees can be lethally violent to each other but this stems from an inherent streak and not, as some have suggested, from human interference, a study said ...
The science behind swimming
Sep 16, 2014 (SPX)
At nearly 100 feet long and weighing as much as 170 tons, the blue whale is the largest creature on the planet, and by far the heaviest living thing ever seen o...
Scientists say Chinese sturgeon will soon be no more
Sep 16, 2014 (UPI)
Chinese sturgeon are on their way out, say scientists in Asia. A recent survey, carried out by the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences and funded by China's Min...
How evolutionary principles could help save our world
Sep 16, 2014 (SPX)
The age of the Anthropocene--the scientific name given to our current geologic age--is dominated by human impacts on our environment. A warming climate. Increas...
Global wild tiger population to be counted by 2016
Sep 16, 2014 (AFP)
Thirteen countries with wild tiger populations agreed Tuesday to take part in a global count to establish how many of the critically endangered big cats are lef...
Bangladesh meet begins to save endangered tigers
Sep 14, 2014 (AFP)
Some 140 tiger experts and government officials from 20 countries met in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka Sunday to review progress towards an ambitious goal of do...
Brazil's Pantanal: paradise needing protection
Sep 12, 2014 (AFP)
The Pantanal, the world's largest tropical wetlands, stretches across western Brazil and into Bolivia and Paraguay and is a fragile ecological paradise in need ...
New species of extinct dolphin sheds light on river dolphin history
Sep 12, 2014 (SPX)
The unusual river dolphins, some of them known for their poor eyesight and side-swimming behavior are all descendants of ocean-dwelling species. Until now, howe...
UM Research Reveals Secrets of Animal Weapons
Sep 12, 2014 (SPX)
From antlers to horns, humans have long been fascinated by animals' ability to defend themselves with their natural-born weapons. But until now, no studies have...
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