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Some species more vulnerable to climate change than they appear
Nov 22, 2017 (UPI)
In analyzing the ecosystems within tidal pools and shallow waters along the West Coast, researchers realized beds of mussels and seaweed provide protection agai...
Norwegian court blocks wolf culling
Nov 21, 2017 (UPI)
The decision was made after the World Wide Fund for Nature sued the state to prevent wolf hunting in the counties of Østfold, Oslo, Akershus and Hedmark. WWF a...
How odd flies prized by Mark Twain dive and thrive in super-salty lake
Nov 20, 2017 (AFP)
After decades of study, researchers revealed Monday how the alkali fly -- a crucial part of the Mono Lake ecosystem -- has managed to make the most of nature's ...
Trump reverses elephant trophy decision, keeps ban
Nov 20, 2017 (AFP)
"Put big game trophy decision on hold until such time as I review all conservation facts. Under study for years. Will update soon with Secretary Zinke. Thank yo...
Study finds 'black box' methods used by biologists probably overestimate number of new species
Nov 17, 2017 (SPX)
A recent University of Kansas study published in the peer-reviewed journal Molecular Ecology demonstrates the misuse and abuse of methods scientists commonly us...
In bee decline, fungicides emerge as improbable villain
Nov 16, 2017 (SPX)
Instead, they found a shocker: fungicides, commonly thought to have no impact. "Insecticides work; they kill insects. Fungicides have been largely overlooked be...
Critics hit US over elephant trophy imports
Nov 16, 2017 (AFP)
The move reverses a prohibition imposed under Barack Obama and is the latest rollback of Obama-era controls on a number of fronts. It also came on the same day ...
Indonesia smugglers stuffed exotic birds in pipes: police
Nov 16, 2017 (AFP)
Four men have been charged after 41 endangered white cockatoos and 84 eclectus parrots were discovered squashed into plastic piping that had been cut and sealed...
US court convicts Irish man of rhino horn trafficking
Nov 15, 2017 (AFP)
At the end of his sentence, Michael Hegarty will be on supervised release for three years, the Department of Justice said in a statement. He was convicted in Fl...
Sad farewell as Malaysia-born panda heads to China
Nov 14, 2017 (AFP)
Two-year-old Nuan Nuan, whose name means "warmth", was born in Malaysia's national zoo in August 2015 a year after her parents Feng Yi and Fu Wa arrived in the ...
Unloved vultures fight for their survival in Pakistan
Nov 14, 2017 (AFP)
Bird numbers have plummeted by more than 99 percent since the 1990s, according to the local branch of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), which is desperately attemp...
New type of cell has been found in the eye of a deep-sea fish
Nov 14, 2017 (SPX)
University of Queensland scientists found the new cell type in the deep-sea pearlside fish (Maurolicus spp.), which have an unusual visual system adapted for tw...
Malaysia rescues 140 pangolins from suspected smugglers
Nov 08, 2017 (AFP)
The pangolins, the world's most heavily trafficked mammals, were recovered on Tuesday in two separate raids in the northern Malaysian state of Kedah. Despite co...
Endangered vaquita porpoise dies in captivity
Nov 06, 2017 (AFP)
The vaquita marina, known as the "panda of the sea" for the distinctive markings circling its eyes, has been pushed to the brink of extinction by illegal gillne...
Flights of honeybees reveal individual directional tendencies
Nov 03, 2017 (UPI)
Left-handedness is relatively rare among humans. But according to the latest research, plenty of bees go left. The insects are more democratic in their directio...
Landmark discovery turns marathon of evolution into a sprint
Nov 03, 2017 (SPX)
The surprise discovery came when the research team inadvertently replicated a process that bacteria use to evolve their machinery for making natural products. N...
Humans don't use as much brainpower as we like to think
Nov 03, 2017 (SPX)
But a study published Oct. 31 in the Journal of Human Evolution comparing the relative brain costs of 22 species found that, when it comes to brainpower, humans...
Malawi turns to British troops in poaching war
Nov 02, 2017 (AFP)
The combined force, armed with rifles and handcuffs, did not encounter any poachers as it patrolled the 530 square kilometre (240 square mile) Liwonde national ...
Study reveals how the social lives of orphaned elephants are impacted by poaching
Oct 31, 2017 (UPI)
The maturation process for young elephants in highly social, closely knit communities is reliant upon the relationships between calves and their moms and aunts....
Croatian village gives shelter to abandoned bears
Oct 31, 2017 (AFP)
Up to 1,000 bears are estimated to live in the southeastern European country, particularly in the central forested areas of Gorski Kotar and Lika. Although they...
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