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Bacteria passed from mom to offspring is most beneficial, study shows
Jul 17, 2017 (UPI)
The study, published this week in the journal Nature Communications, offers scientists a better understanding of bacterial symbiosis. Only a small percentage of...
To avoid getting eaten, spiders walk like ants
Jul 14, 2017 (UPI)
Some spiders are seemingly aware of this fear factor discrepancy and use it to their advantage. To avoid predation, jumping spiders mimic the walk of ants. Most...
3 lions shot after escaping from South Africa's Kruger Park
Jul 13, 2017 (AFP)
The farmer shot one dead and wounded another on Wednesday. Parks authorities armed with rifles then used a helicopter to track down the injured animal and the t...
Villagers in Niger 'massacre' 27 hippos
Jul 13, 2017 (AFP)
The "massacre ...started in March and then assumed dramatic proportions" mainly in island settlements on the Niger river, the prefect of the Ayorou region, Jand...
'Sixth extinction' of wildlife faster than feared: scientists
Jul 11, 2017 (AFP)
More than 30 percent of animals with a backbone -- fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals -- are declining in both range and population, according to the...
Sea spiders use guts, not heart, to move oxygen
Jul 10, 2017 (UPI)
"Unlike us, with our centrally located guts that are all confined to a single body cavity, the guts of sea spiders branch multiple times and sections of gut tub...
Colorado camper wakes to find bear biting head
Jul 10, 2017 (AFP)
The 19-year-old survival instructor at Glacier View Ranch described his "immense pain" as he heard the black bear "crunching" on his skull. It dragged him aroun...
Three tonnes of ivory seized in Vietnam
Jul 09, 2017 (AFP)
Police in the central province of Thanh Hoa found 2.7 tonnes of tusks inside cartons on the back of a truck that was on its way to Hanoi, according to a report ...
Borneo's orangutans in 'alarming' decline: study
Jul 07, 2017 (AFP)
The first-ever analysis of long-term orangutan population trends revealed a worrying decline, they said. An international team of researchers used a combination...
The big ecological roles of small natural features
Jul 07, 2017 (SPX)
Similarly across landscapes, the keystone concept of disproportionate importance extends to other ecological elements, such as salt marshes in estuaries. Now an...
Birth of wolf cubs in Mexico raises hopes for endangered species
Jul 07, 2017 (AFP)
They were born in April to a female named Pearl, who was nice and plump and ended up delighting vets with a surprisingly large litter. "We were expecting four o...
Hong Kong seizes 7.2 tonnes of ivory
Jul 06, 2017 (AFP)
The 7,200 kilogramme (16,000 pound) haul was hidden underneath frozen fish and raised suspicions because of the high transportation fees listed on the bill of i...
Praying mantises all over the world hunt and eat birds
Jul 05, 2017 (UPI)
New research suggests the long-armed insects also hunt and eat birds. And their taste for the mammals isn't geographically isolated, but present across the glob...
Japan panda fans get latest fix of cute with new footage
Jul 04, 2017 (AFP)
The tiny panda, still without a name, was the first to be born at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo in five years to the delight of animal lovers and local businesses, sparking ...
Camera-trap research paves the way for global monitoring networks
Jul 03, 2017 (SPX)
In recent years, there have been numerous calls for coordinated global monitoring networks to understand and mitigate the effects of ecosystem change and biodiv...
War vets, inner city youth join to trap Florida pythons
Jul 01, 2017 (AFP)
Now he has found some semblance of redemption in the swamps of Florida, mucking around with disadvantaged inner city youths to catch snakes and get a taste of n...
The legacy of all-year blooms in Poland's painted village
Jun 30, 2017 (AFP)
"As you can see I'm covered in flowers," she said, adding neon green leaves to the fluorescent orange and pink garland spanning the fence's brick base in front ...
Rare Siamese crocodile eggs found in Cambodia
Jun 29, 2017 (AFP)
The clutch of fist-sized eggs was discovered this week by environmental officers and local villagers near a pond in southwestern Koh Kong province, according to...
Most modern horse breeds can be traced to Oriental stallions
Jun 29, 2017 (UPI)
"Apart from stallion lines in Northern European breeds, all stallion lines detected in other modern breeds derive from more recently introduced Oriental ancesto...
Bacterial organizational complexities revealed
Jun 28, 2017 (SPX)
The results, led by Michigan State University and the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, are featured in the current issue of Sc...
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