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Hong Kong's feline friends offer insight into city's past
Dec 28, 2016 (AFP)
Busy traffic, loud noise and constant passers-by? Not a problem for these cats. Four-legged "assistants" can be found perched in certain shops across Hong Kong,...
Ant-like bees among newly discovered desert species
Dec 27, 2016 (UPI)
Researchers at Utah State University have discovered nine new desert bee species, including two featuring males that look very much like ants. "It's unclear why...
Scientists decipher meaning in bat calls
Dec 27, 2016 (UPI)
New analysis suggests communication among bats is learned and relatively sophisticated. Researchers at Tel Aviv University were able to tease out meaning from t...
Cheetahs 'sprinting' towards extinction: wildlife study
Dec 27, 2016 (AFP)
Cheetahs are "sprinting" to extinction due to habitat loss and other forms of human impact, according to a new study out this week which called for urgent actio...
Baby orangutans rescued in Thai police sting
Dec 24, 2016 (AFP)
Thai police rescued two baby orangutans in a sting operation after undercover officers arranged to buy the primates over a mobile phone messaging app from wildl...
Trillions of insects migrate overhead each year: study
Dec 22, 2016 (AFP)
British scientists have for the first time measured the migration of insects in the skies and found that more than three trillion pass over our heads each year....
Cambodia seizes huge haul of ivory and animal parts
Dec 22, 2016 (AFP)
Cambodian officials have seized 1.5 tonnes of illegal ivory and animal parts hidden in a timber shipment from Mozambique that was destined for China, a wildlife...
Survival of the unfittest: Vietnam's disappearing elephants
Dec 21, 2016 (AFP)
Baby elephant Gold has come a long way since he was found trapped in a well in central Vietnam earlier this year. Today, the one-year-old jumbo, whose tufts of ...
Norway slashes hunting quota for wolves
Dec 20, 2016 (AFP)
Norway on Tuesday slashed its hunting quota for wolves from 47 to 15 in a decision hailed as the "best Christmas gift" by environmental campaigners who feared a...
Rapid population decline among vertebrates began with industrialization
Dec 20, 2016 (SPX)
Rapid population decline among vertebrate species began at the end of the 19th century when industrialization was at its peak, according to researchers at The U...
The fight to save Earth's smallest rhino in Sumatra's jungles
Dec 20, 2016 (AFP)
Deep from within the Indonesian jungle a solitary, seldom seen forest giant emerges from the undergrowth. It is a Sumatran rhino, one of the rarest large mammal...
Outdoor recreation in protected areas negatively impacts wildlife
Dec 20, 2016 (SPX)
It's a good thing to explore the great outdoors. But a new study led by Colorado State University and the Wildlife Conservation Society found that recreation ac...
Plant's response to heat stress fluctuates between day and night
Dec 20, 2016 (SPX)
Climate change and recent heat waves have put agricultural crops at risk, which means that understanding how plants respond to elevated temperatures is crucial ...
Rainbow snake, tiny frog among new Mekong species
Dec 19, 2016 (AFP)
A rainbow-headed snake, a tiny frog and a lizard with dragon-like horns are among more than 150 new species confirmed by scientists last year in the ecologicall...
Gene transfer on the fungal highway
Dec 16, 2016 (SPX)
For bacteria, soil is difficult terrain, with dry areas and air spaces presenting insurmountable obstacles. In order to get around, they need a liquid film in w...
Predicting extinction - with the help of a Yule tree
Dec 16, 2016 (SPX)
At this time of year, the words "Yule tree" may conjure images of brightly decorated balsam firs. But for Lea Popovic, an associate professor of mathematics and...
Optical tractor beam traps bacteria
Dec 16, 2016 (SPX)
Up to now, if scientists wanted to study blood cells, algae, or bacteria under the microscope, they had to mount these cells on a substrate such as a glass slid...
Burning ivory, waging war: world battles poaching in 2016
Dec 16, 2016 (AFP)
It was one of the most momentous events in the battle against poaching: 11 giant pyres of elephant tusks going up in flames in Kenya as the world looked on. The...
Scientists examine 'perfect storms' fueling vast tropical biodiversity
Dec 14, 2016 (SPX)
Biodiversity on earth is greatest in the tropics with the number and variety of species gradually diminishing toward the poles. Understanding exactly what shape...
Evangelicals are more skeptical of evolution than of climate change
Dec 14, 2016 (SPX)
Evangelicals are more skeptical of evolution than of climate change, according to new research from Rice University. "Examining Links Between Religion, Evolutio...
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