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Kenya lions 'back in park' after city visit: rangers
Feb 20, 2016 (AFP)
Four lions who went on the prowl in Kenya's capital Nairobi after escaping from a national park have returned to the reserve, rangers said Saturday, after a day...
Monkey colony in Florida eats less human food than thought
Feb 19, 2016 (UPI)
There may be fewer rhesus macaque monkeys in central Florida than previously thought, and far less of their diets is made up of food given to them by humans, ac...
Correcting a misconception: Stick insect's propulsion joint discovered
Feb 17, 2016 (SPX)
The stick insect is a popular model organism in biological research for gaining a better understanding of insect walking movements. The advantage of the stick i...
Big-brained mammals more likely to go extinct: study
Feb 17, 2016 (AFP)
Mammals with large brains tend to be smarter but they also face a greater chance today of going extinct, according to a study published Wednesday. Scientists ha...
Armed groups line up to kill Congo's elephants
Feb 17, 2016 (AFP)
On a recent Sunday a team of rangers slung backpacks and assault rifles into a helicopter for the flight to a remote part of Garamba, a vast national park in De...
Flower identified by Rutgers plant biologist as new species
Feb 16, 2016 (SPX)
A Rutgers scientist has identified a flower trapped in ancient amber as belonging to a species completely new to science. Lena Struwe, professor of botany in th...
Scientists discover new microbes that thrive deep in the earth
Feb 16, 2016 (SPX)
They live several kilometers under the surface of the earth, need no light or oxygen and can only be seen in a microscope. By sequencing genomes of a newly disc...
Scientists revive 'water bears' that were frozen for 30 years
Feb 16, 2016 (UPI)
Microscopic tardigrades, or "water bears," have successfully reproduced after emerging from 30 years frozen in an Antarctic moss sample. The tiny creatures' rev...
Ivory trafficking in Africa controlled by a powerful few
Feb 15, 2016 (AFP)
Ivory trafficking in Africa, which threatens the survival of elephants, is highly concentrated in a few geographic hotspots and controlled by a powerful few, sa...
Unbear-lievable: doubts over Myanmar 'red panda' find
Feb 15, 2016 (AFP)
Doubts were cast Monday over a poignant tale of a rescued panda donated to a Mandalay zoo, after an expert said a photo in Myanmar's state media showed a creatu...
Peacock-culling plan ruffles feathers in India's Goa
Feb 13, 2016 (AFP)
The chief minister of India's popular tourist state of Goa moved to smooth ruffled feathers Saturday after a proposal to reclassify the national bird, the peaco...
You scratch my back and I might scratch yours: the grooming habits of wild chimpanzees
Feb 12, 2016 (SPX)
Bystanders can influence the way adult male chimpanzees establish grooming interactions according to research by anthropologists at the University of Kent. The ...
Radar reveals the hidden secrets of wombat warrens
Feb 12, 2016 (SPX)
For the first time ever, researchers from the University of Adelaide have been able to non-invasively study the inner workings of wombat warrens, with a little ...
Ants have been fighting and cooperating for 100 million years
Feb 12, 2016 (UPI)
A new comprehensive study of ancient ant fossils suggests the triumphant insect has been socializing and sparring with enemies for at least 100 million years. T...
An artificial diet may make it easier to rear insects
Feb 12, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists who conduct research on insects need to be able to keep them alive, sometimes for many generations. That can be difficult, especially since members o...
Wild elephant goes on rampage in Indian town
Feb 10, 2016 (AFP)
A wild elephant went on an hours-long rampage in a town in eastern India on Wednesday, damaging about 100 homes, shops and other buildings, a state minister sai...
Cryonics breakthrough: Frozen rabbit brain successfully returned
Feb 10, 2016 (UPI)
A team of scientists with California-based research outfit 21st Century Medicine has successfully frozen and recovered the brain of rabbit. The feat recently ea...
65-year-old Laysan albatross hatches 40th chick
Feb 10, 2016 (UPI)
Late last year, the world's oldest tagged bird became pregnant and laid an egg. This month, Wisdom, the 65-year-old Laysan albatross, broke her own record for t...
Study: Humans to blame for half of large carnivore attacks
Feb 09, 2016 (UPI)
New research out of Spain suggests human carelessness is to blame for roughly half of all large carnivore attacks. Scientists with the Spanish National Research...
The odor of stones
Feb 05, 2016 (SPX)
Diatoms are unicellular algae that are native in many waters. They are a major component of marine phytoplankton and the food base for a large variety of marine...
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