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World governments urge end to domestic ivory markets
Sep 11, 2016 (AFP)
In a bid to stop the killing of elephants for their tusks, world governments voted Saturday at a major conservation conference to urge the closure of all domest...
There are four species of giraffe, not one: scientists
Sep 08, 2016 (AFP)
There are actually four species of giraffe, not one as previously believed, researchers said Thursday in a discovery that could change conservation efforts for ...
San Diego zoo burns $1 mn worth of rhino horn
Sep 08, 2016 (AFP)
Rhino horns worth around $1 million were to be burned on Thursday at the San Diego Zoo in a bid to raise awareness about the endangered species decimated by poa...
An exceptional palaeontological site going back 100,000 years is unearthed in Arrasate
Sep 07, 2016 (SPX)
The site was discovered in 2012 by quarry workers after carrying out a blasting operation. When they spotted the presence of a great many fossil remains in the ...
Four out of 6 great apes one step away from extinction
Sep 07, 2016 (SPX)
The Eastern Gorilla - the largest living primate - has been listed as Critically Endangered due to illegal hunting, according to the latest update of The IUCN R...
European earthworms decrease species diversity in North America
Sep 07, 2016 (SPX)
In Europe, they are classified as beneficial organisms, but many North American ecosystems are not adapted to these subterranean burrowers. This is because almo...
Unlocking the mystery on how plant leaves grow their teeth
Sep 06, 2016 (SPX)
Dr. Toshiaki Tameshige, Associate Professor Naoyuki Uchida and Professor Keiko Torii of the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM) of Nagoya Universit...
Nearly 260 smuggled reptiles found at Dutch airport
Sep 05, 2016 (AFP)
Agents seized almost 260 reptiles, including protected lizards, crammed into suitcases at Amsterdam airport and arrested three Spaniards suspected of traffickin...
The panda is no longer endangered, conservation group says
Sep 05, 2016 (UPI)
The giant panda has been officially removed from the endangered species list, the international body for species protection said on Sunday. The iconic conservat...
At 82, Jane Goodall embraces modern technology to save planet
Sep 03, 2016 (AFP)
Best known for rolling with chimpanzees in the African wild and revealing the apes' true nature as never before, Jane Goodall is now embracing modern technology...
Trapped in a nuclear weapon bunker wood ants survive for years in Poland
Sep 01, 2016 (SPX)
Having built their nest over the vertical ventilation pipe of an old nuclear weapon bunker in Poland, every year a large number of wood ants fall down the pipe ...
Study documents a lost century for forest elephants
Sep 01, 2016 (SPX)
Because forest elephants are one the slowest reproducing mammals in the world, it will take almost a century for them to recover from the intense poaching they ...
Africa elephant census reveals dramatic decline
Aug 31, 2016 (AFP)
The results of a three year aerial survey of Africa's elephants published Thursday revealed a dramatic 30 percent decline in savannah elephant populations, larg...
Defend or grow? These plants do both
Aug 31, 2016 (SPX)
From natural ecosystems to farmers' fields, plants face a dilemma of energy use: outgrow and outcompete their neighbors for light, or defend themselves against ...
US to host world's largest conservation meeting
Aug 31, 2016 (AFP)
Some 8,000 heads of state, policymakers and environmentalists convene in Hawaii this week for the world's largest gathering aimed at forging a path forward on t...
Jungle school helps rescued orangutans return to wild
Aug 31, 2016 (AFP)
Ignoring the shrieks of his rowdy, wrestling classmates, baby orangutan Otan practises swinging alone at his "jungle school" on Borneo island, switching hands a...
Zimbabwe dehorns rhinos to curb poaching
Aug 30, 2016 (AFP)
Wildlife authorities in Zimbabwe have begun dehorning the country's 700 adult rhinos to curb rampant poaching, a conservation group said Tuesday. "Our target is...
Darwinian hope for Tasmania's tumour-ravaged devils: study
Aug 30, 2016 (AFP)
Their numbers decimated by a vicious facial cancer, Tasmanian devils seem to be pulling back from the brink of extinction through lightning-fast genetic evoluti...
Monkeys at the zoo have human microbes in their guts
Aug 30, 2016 (UPI)
When monkeys are brought into captivity, they lose the bacterial diversity of their native micriobiome. As researchers from the University of Minnesota recently...
Brain scans show dogs know what humans are saying: Study
Aug 30, 2016 (UPI)
A new study suggests dogs understand words and intonations in human speech. When a team of scientists in Hungary monitored the brain activity of dogs while list...
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