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A snapshot of pupfish evolution in action
Jan 15, 2013 (SPX)
Chris Martin has bred more than 3,000 hybrid fish in his time as a graduate student in evolution and ecology at UC Davis, a pursuit that has helped him create o...
Kenyan officials impound two tonnes of ivory: police
Jan 15, 2013 (AFP)
Officials in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa have impounded more than 600 pieces of ivory, weighing two tonnes, they said Tuesday, the latest in a series of sei...
WWF urges Thai ivory ban to spare African elephant
Jan 15, 2013 (AFP)
Conservationists on Tuesday urged Thailand to end its legal trade in ivory to help curb the slaughter of African elephants by poachers cashing in on their highl...
New 'Moby Dick' lizard species found in Madagascar
Jan 15, 2013 (AFP)
A new lizard species has been discovered in Madagascar and named "Moby Dick" mermaid skink -- after the albino sperm whale imagined by Herman Melville -- for it...
Solving puzzles without a picture
Jan 14, 2013 (SPX)
One of the most difficult problems in the field of genomics is assembling relatively short "reads" of DNA into complete chromosomes. In a new paper published in...
Clamorous city blackbirds
Jan 14, 2013 (SPX)
Animals have developed a variety of strategies for dealing with increasing noise pollution in their habitats. It is known, for example, that many urban birds si...
Low extinction rates made California a refuge for diverse plant species
Jan 14, 2013 (SPX)
The remarkable diversity of California's plant life is largely the result of low extinction rates over the past 45 million years, according to a new study publi...
Study: Species face extinction unless bold conservation moves made
Jan 13, 2013 (UPI)
Despite record levels of funding of anti-poaching measures, many species face extinction and will need extensive protections, British researchers say. Scientist...
Networking ability a family trait in monkeys
Jan 11, 2013 (SPX)
Two years of painstaking observation on the social interactions of a troop of free-ranging monkeys and an analysis of their family trees has found signs of natu...
S.Africa poachers hack baby rhino with axe, machete
Jan 11, 2013 (AFP)
A two-month old rhino was hacked at least 18 times with axes and machetes when she got too close to poachers cutting off her slain mother's horn in South Africa...
Unlike we thought for 100 years: Molds are able to reproduce sexually
Jan 10, 2013 (SPX)
For over 100 years, it was assumed that the penicillin-producing mould fungus Penicillium chrysogenum only reproduced asexually through spores. An international...
Breeding season underway for famed Galapagos tortoises
Jan 09, 2013 (AFP)
Breeding season is underway for the endangered tortoises of Ecuador's Galapagos Islands, whose mating and nesting habits are carefully watched by wildlife speci...
Kenyan premier appeals for aid in poaching menace
Jan 09, 2013 (AFP)
Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga appealed Wednesday for international aid in helping the east African country deal with an escalating poaching menace. His ap...
Rare Form of Active 'Jumping Genes' Found In Mammals
Jan 09, 2013 (SPX)
Much of the DNA that makes up our genomes can be traced back to strange rogue sequences known as transposable elements, or jumping genes, which are largely idle...
The last link in the chain
Jan 08, 2013 (SPX)
For almost 30 years, researchers have sought to identify a particular enzyme that is involved in regulating electron transport during photosynthesis. An LMU tea...
Poachers slaughter Kenyan elephant family
Jan 08, 2013 (AFP)
Kenyan wildlife rangers on Tuesday were tracking a team of poachers who massacred a family of 11 elephants in what they said was the worst single such killings ...
Big brains are pricey, guppy study shows
Jan 08, 2013 (SPX)
Bigger brains can make animals, well, brainier, but that boost in brain size and ability comes at a price. That's according to new evidence reported in Current ...
Bird watching brings new discoveries
Jan 07, 2013 (SPX)
A recent study used bird watching records to build up the first bird watching database in China, which found a batch of new records of national level and a tren...
Siberian region offers bounty for wolves
Jan 07, 2013 (AFP)
A remote Siberian region has placed a bounty on the heads of its wolf population, complaining that thousands of the predators are killing too many reindeer and ...
Current theories about habitats and species diversity challenged
Jan 04, 2013 (SPX)
How can a square meter of meadow contain tens of species of plants? And what factors determine the number of species that live in an ecosystem? Science journal ...
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