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Lack of genetic diversity threatens India's tigers with extinction
May 15, 2013 (UPI)
India's tigers are facing extinction owing to a collapse in the variety of their mating partners and the resultant lack of genetic diversity, scientists say. Re...
The cicadas are rising: US invasion in 5, 4, 3...
May 14, 2013 (AFP)
The hordes are rising. A cicada invasion is imminent in the US, with millions of the large cricket-like insects poised to emerge from the earth after 17 years l...
Trout invasion behind Yellowstone elk decline: study
May 14, 2013 (AFP)
Researchers trying to explain declining elk numbers in the Yellowstone National Park (YNP) placed part of the blame Wednesday on a previously unlinked phenomeno...
Kenyan conservationist charged for ivory possession
May 13, 2013 (AFP)
A top official in a Kenyan conservation group was Monday charged with illegal possession of 19 kilogrammes of elephant ivory worth more than $20,000. Susan Soil...
Sumatran tigers may go extinct in 10 years
May 11, 2013 (UPI)
Conservationists said the critically endangered Sumatran tiger may go extinct from the Jambi province on Sumatra, Indonesia, in a decade. There are between 250 ...
London Zoo desperately seeking mate for almost-extinct fish species
May 10, 2013 (UPI)
The London Zoo says it is desperately seeking a mate for two samples of a critically endangered tropical fish in its collection -- unfortunately both male. The ...
Human impacts on natural world underestimated
May 10, 2013 (SPX)
A comprehensive five-year study by University of Calgary ecologists - which included monitoring the activity of wolves, elks, cattle and humans - indicates that...
Siberian bears said 'better behaved' after this winter's hibernation
May 10, 2013 (UPI)
Bears waking after winter hibernation in Siberia must have slept well as they are better behaved this year than last year, officials said. "Compared to this tim...
Chinese star calls on Asia to help end elephant slaughter
May 09, 2013 (AFP)
Ivory jewelry and carvings are prized by some in Asia, but people should know they come from the massacre of elephants whose survival is threatened by rampant p...
Sumatran orangutans' rainforest home under new threat
May 09, 2013 (AFP)
A baby Sumatran orangutan swings playfully on a branch at an Indonesian rescue centre, a far cry from the terror he endured when his pristine rainforest home wa...
Nepal hunts tiger after deadly double attack
May 09, 2013 (AFP)
Police and wildlife rangers have launched a hunt for a tiger which mauled two people to death Thursday in Nepal, officials said. The tiger first killed a 75-yea...
Outrage over China tiger abuse
May 07, 2013 (AFP)
A Chinese tiger park has sought to quell public anger after images of holidaymakers sitting astride a strapped-down cub prompted outrage online, state media sai...
Gunmen threaten unique CentrAfrican elephant reserve: WWF
May 07, 2013 (AFP)
A group of 17 gunmen entered an animal park in the Central African Republic, threatening "one of the biggest massacres of elephants" in the region, conservation...
Vietnam, S.Africa target illegal rhino hunters
May 06, 2013 (AFP)
South Africa and Vietnam have agreed to exchange the names of registered hunters in a bid to stop rhino poachers who obtain hunting permits under false pretence...
Quantum-assisted Nano-imaging of Living Organism Is a First
May 06, 2013 (SPX)
In science, many of the most interesting events occur at a scale far smaller than the unaided human eye can see. Medical researchers might realize a range of br...
Scientists saving Darwin finches one pesticide-soaked cotton ball at a time
May 05, 2013 (UPI)
Scientists aren't exactly sure when the nest fly Philornis downsi first showed up on the Galapagos Islands, but their population began exploding in the 1990s --...
Sumatran orangutans' rainforest home faces new threat
May 05, 2013 (AFP)
A baby Sumatran orangutan swings playfully on a branch at an Indonesian rescue centre, a far cry from the terror he endured when his pristine rainforest home wa...
Cicadas get a jump on cleaning
May 02, 2013 (SPX)
As cicadas on the East Coast begin emerging from their 17-year slumber, a spritz of dew drops is all they need to keep their wings fresh and clean. Researchers ...
The many faces of the bacterial defense system
May 02, 2013 (SPX)
Even bacteria have a kind of "immune system" they use to defend themselves against unwanted intruders - in their case, viruses. Scientists at the Helmholtz Cent...
Cheating favors extinction
May 02, 2013 (SPX)
Cooperative behaviour is widely observed in nature, but there remains the possibility that so-called 'cheaters' can exploit the system, taking without giving, w...
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