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Chinese poachers' ship hauled off Philippine reef
Apr 19, 2013 (AFP)
A Chinese fishing vessel that ran aground on one of the Philippines' most famous coral reefs more than a week ago was removed on Friday, the coast guard said. T...
Centipede and viper eat each other to death in Macedonia
Apr 18, 2013 (UPI)
Nature can be a cold and grisly place. Scientists perusing the Macedonian island of Golem Grad in Lake Prespa found that out the hard way when they happened upo...
Dormant plant seeds allow fore greater species diversity
Apr 18, 2013 (UPI)
Seeds that sprout quickly are a boon for farmers and gardeners who value productivity and efficiency, but if diversity is your bag, then you'll want to stick wi...
Study proposes alternative way to explain life's complexity
Apr 18, 2013 (SPX)
Evolution skeptics argue that some biological structures, like the brain or the eye, are simply too complex for natural selection to explain. Biologists have pr...
Secrets of bacterial slime revealed
Apr 18, 2013 (SPX)
Newcastle University scientists have revealed the mechanism that causes a slime to form, making bacteria hard to shift and resistant to antibiotics. When under ...
How some leaves got fat: It's the veins
Apr 18, 2013 (SPX)
A "garden variety" leaf is a broad, flat structure, but if the garden happens to be somewhere arid, it probably includes succulent plants with plump leaves full...
Chinese poachers could face 20 years over pangolins
Apr 17, 2013 (AFP)
Twelve suspected Chinese poachers could face up to 20 years in prison for possession of hundreds of dead pangolins or scaly anteaters, Philippine wildlife autho...
Self-medication in animals much more widespread than believed
Apr 17, 2013 (SPX)
It's been known for decades that animals such as chimpanzees seek out medicinal herbs to treat their diseases. But in recent years, the list of animal pharmacis...
Emaciated Sumatran tiger on brink of death
Apr 17, 2013 (AFP)
A critically endangered Sumatran tiger at a notorious Indonesian zoo where hundreds of animals have died in recent years is emaciated and on the brink of death,...
Sharks dive by the moon: study
Apr 16, 2013 (AFP)
The moon and water temperature affect the diving behaviour of sharks, researchers reported Tuesday, in a discovery that could help prevent fishermen from catchi...
The genetics of life and death in an evolutionary arms-race
Apr 15, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists at The University of Manchester have found evidence of the genetic basis of the evolutionary arms-race between parasitoids and their aphid hosts. The...
Moa's ark
Apr 15, 2013 (SPX)
Some of the largest female birds in the world were almost twice as big as their male mates. Research carried out by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) shows...
World-first research will save koalas
Apr 15, 2013 (SPX)
The "holy grail" for understanding how and why koalas respond to infectious diseases has been uncovered in an Australian-led, world-first genome mapping project...
Early warning signs of population collapse
Apr 15, 2013 (SPX)
Many factors - including climate change, overfishing or loss of food supply - can push a wild animal population to the brink of collapse. Ecologists have long s...
Environmental change triggers rapid evolution
Apr 15, 2013 (SPX)
Environmental change can drive hard-wired evolutionary changes in animal species in a matter of generations. A study by Umea University ecologist Tom Cameron an...
Chinese 'poachers' face jail in Philippines
Apr 11, 2013 (AFP)
Twelve Chinese fishermen whose ship grounded in a protected marine sanctuary in the Philippines could face long jail terms after being charged with poaching and...
Indonesian, 83, faced 'fight for survival' in Komodo attack
Apr 11, 2013 (AFP)
An 83-year-old Indonesian woman told Thursday how she faced a "fight for survival" when a Komodo dragon pounced and sunk its teeth into her, in the latest attac...
Notre Dame study finds Asian carp DNA not widespread in the Great Lakes
Apr 11, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists from the University of Notre Dame, The Nature Conservancy, and Central Michigan University have presented their findings of Asian carp DNA throughout...
Study provides new insight into photosynthesis
Apr 09, 2013 (SPX)
Pigments found in plants and purple bacteria employed to provide protection from sun damage do more than just that. Researchers from the University of Toronto a...
Kayakers captures video of elusive oarfish
Apr 08, 2013 (UPI)
Oarfish, a long eel-like fish, or lamprid, populate temperate to tropical oceans but are rarely seen, preferring to stick to the deeper, murkier depths -- betwe...
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