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Tonnes of ivory being shipped through Togo port: police
Aug 09, 2013 (AFP)
Togolese authorities said Friday they were seeking to dismantle a trafficking ring and stop tonnes of ivory from being shipped through the country's main port a...
Britain's panda may be pregnant, says zoo
Aug 09, 2013 (AFP)
Is Tian Tian pregnant? Hopes are high in Britain that it will get its first panda cub after Edinburgh Zoo said Friday there were "strong indications" that its f...
'Digging up' 4-billion-year-old fossil protein structures to reveal how they evolved
Aug 09, 2013 (SPX)
Modern proteins exhibit an impressive degree of structural diversity, which has been well characterized, but very little is known about how and when over the co...
Eavesdropping plants prepare to be attacked
Aug 09, 2013 (SPX)
In a world full of hungry predators, prey animals must be constantly vigilant to avoid getting eaten. But plants face a particular challenge when it comes to de...
The temperature tastes just right
Aug 09, 2013 (SPX)
Call it the Goldilocks Principle - animals can survive and reproduce only if the temperature is just right. Too hot and they will overheat. Too cold and they wi...
Togo police seize 700 kg of ivory
Aug 08, 2013 (AFP)
Police in Togo have seized 700 kilogrammes (1,540 pounds) of ivory in the capital city of Lome, the government told AFP on Thursday. "The anti-drug brigade last...
Climate change is causing modifications to marine life behavior
Aug 08, 2013 (SPX)
Oceans cover 71 percent of the Earth's surface, yet our knowledge of the impact of climate change on marine habitats is a mere drop in the proverbial ocean comp...
Diamonds and Gold Let Scientists Measure Temperate Inside Living Cells
Aug 07, 2013 (SPX)
How do you take the temperature of a cell? The familiar thermometer from a doctor's office is slightly too big considering the average human skin cell is only 3...
Researchers dismantle bacteria's war machinery
Aug 07, 2013 (SPX)
This is a veritable mechanics of aggression on the nanoscale. Certain bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus, have the ability to deploy tiny darts. This bio...
Australian zoo hoping for first panda birth Down Under
Aug 07, 2013 (AFP)
An Australian zoo said Wednesday it was hoping for the first successful panda birth in the southern hemisphere as it prepares one of its giant animals for artif...
'Evolution will punish you if you're selfish and mean'
Aug 06, 2013 (SPX)
Two Michigan State University evolutionary biologists offer new evidence that evolution doesn't favor the selfish, disproving a theory popularized in 2012. "We ...
Hope for tigers lives in Sumatra
Aug 01, 2013 (SPX)
In time for the third annual International Tiger Day, recent findings from a camera trap survey in Sumatra, Indonesia have uncovered a burgeoning tiger strongho...
Cracking how life arose on earth may help clarify where else it might exist
Jul 31, 2013 (SPX)
Does life exist elsewhere or is our planet unique, making us truly alone in the universe? Much of the work carried out by NASA, together with other research ins...
Scientist: Cloning extinct woolly mammoth technically possible
Jul 31, 2013 (UPI)
A British researcher whose team cloned Dolly the sheep, the world's first cloned mammal, says the technology could clone an extinct woolly mammoth. While a mamm...
Pangolins are the most illegally traded animal in the world
Jul 30, 2013 (UPI)
There are eight species of a pangolin in the world, and all eight are threatened by extinction, as they continue to be poached to death in Africa and Asia. The ...
Of bears and berries: Return of wolves aids grizzly bears in Yellowstone
Jul 30, 2013 (SPX)
A new study suggests that the return of wolves to Yellowstone National Park is beginning to bring back a key part of the diet of grizzly bears that has been mis...
Borneo's orangutans are coming down from the trees
Jul 30, 2013 (SPX)
Orangutans might be the king of the swingers, but primatologists in Borneo have found that the great apes spend a surprising amount of time walking on the groun...
Lizards show evolution is predictable
Jul 29, 2013 (SPX)
If you could hit the reset button on evolution and start over, would essentially the same species appear? Yes, according to a study of Caribbean lizards by rese...
Researchers unravel secrets of mussels' clinginess
Jul 29, 2013 (SPX)
Unlike barnacles, which cement themselves tightly to the surfaces of rocks, piers or ships, the clamlike bivalves called mussels dangle more loosely from these ...
Wisconsin mayfly swarm causes car accident
Jul 28, 2013 (UPI)
Millions, if not billions, of mayflies hatching along the Mississippi River near La Crosse, Wisconsin, gathered in a swarm large enough to appear on local radar...
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