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Wolves in wolves' clothing not all the same
Jun 16, 2014 (SPX)
New research co-authored by University of Calgary alumna Erin Navid provides evidence that British Columbia's mainland wolves and coastal wolves are more distin...
Going inside an ant raft
Jun 16, 2014 (SPX)
Three years ago, Georgia Institute of Technology researchers took a close look at how fire ants work together to build waterproof rafts to stay alive. By lookin...
Viewing plant cells in 3-D (no glasses required)
Jun 13, 2014 (SPX)
Plant cells are beginning to look a lot different to Dr. A. Bruce Cahoon and his colleagues at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). They've adopted a new a...
Energy demands of raising a pup push sea otter moms to the limit
Jun 13, 2014 (SPX)
Parents often complain that child-rearing is exhausting, but consider the poor sea otter mom. By the time a sea otter pup is weaned, its mother may be so deplet...
Motherhood is no picnic for sea otter moms
Jun 13, 2014 (SPX)
Sea otters have voracious appetites, and for good reason. As the smallest marine mammals, they face unprecedented metabolic challenges just to stay warm. They c...
Tiny plants ride on the coattails of migratory birds
Jun 13, 2014 (SPX)
Since the days of Darwin, biologists have questioned why certain plants occur in widely separated places, the farthest reaches of North American and the Souther...
Newly discovered paddle prints show how ancient sea reptiles swam
Jun 13, 2014 (SPX)
Trackways formed on an ancient seabed have shed new light on how nothosaurs, ancient marine reptiles that lived during the age of the dinosaurs, propelled thems...
Kenya ivory smuggler suspects charged: court
Jun 12, 2014 (AFP)
Two alleged smugglers have been charged in Kenya for possession of a huge haul of seized ivory, prosecutors said, with police seeking a third man alleged to be ...
Quick getaway: How flies escape looming predators
Jun 10, 2014 (SPX)
When a fruit fly detects an approaching predator, it takes just a fraction of a second to launch itself into the air and soar gracefully to safety-but there's n...
Togo goes high-tech in crackdown on ivory smuggling
Jun 10, 2014 (AFP)
Togo has gone hi-tech in its crackdown on ivory smugglers, employing DNA testing to determine the origin and age of contraband tusks and expose those at the hea...
Cellular Self Destruction
Jun 10, 2014 (SPX)
We humans climb trees, compose operas, and send rockets to the far corners of the universe. Corals, on the other hand, just kind of sway there at the bottom of ...
What a 66-million-year-old forest fire reveals about the last days of the dinosaurs
Jun 10, 2014 (SPX)
As far back as the time of the dinosaurs, 66 million years ago, forests recovered from fires in the same manner they do today, according to a team of researcher...
Salting roads cuts lives short for butterflies: study
Jun 09, 2014 (AFP)
Covering icy roads with salt can save the lives of human drivers, but US researchers said Monday the practice may be cutting butterfly lives short. Sodium chlor...
Conserving migratory ungulates in Mongolia's grasslands
Jun 09, 2014 (SPX)
Mongolian and international conservationists, including researchers from the Vetmeduni Vienna, have joined forces to raise awareness of the global importance of...
Hunch-bat, Zorro snake among new Mekong species
Jun 05, 2014 (AFP)
From a hunch-backed bat to a giant flying squirrel, scientists have identified 367 new species in the Greater Mekong area since 2012, according to a new WWF rep...
Feral cats behind extinction of unique Aussie mammals: study
Jun 04, 2014 (AFP)
An Australian study has blamed feral cats for the extinction of native mammals and warns 100 species are under threat from the creatures that inhabited the home...
Activists urge Singapore casino resort to free dolphins
Jun 04, 2014 (AFP)
Singapore animal-rights activists on Wednesday repeated calls for a casino resort to release dolphins from a marine life park after four of them died in captivi...
Iron, steel in hatcheries may distort magnetic 'map sense' of steelhead
Jun 04, 2014 (SPX)
Exposure to iron pipes and steel rebar, such as the materials found in most hatcheries, affects the navigation ability of young steelhead trout by altering the ...
'Extinct' bat found in Papua New Guinea
Jun 04, 2014 (AFP)
A big-eared bat which was thought to be extinct has been found in a forest in Papua New Guinea, highlighting the unique biodiversity of the developing nation, r...
Spider venom may save the bees: study
Jun 03, 2014 (AFP)
Venom from one of the world's most poisonous spiders may help save the world's honeybees, providing a biopesticide that kills pests but spares the precious poll...
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