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Long-necked 'dragon' discovered in China
Jan 29, 2015 (SPX)
University of Alberta paleontologists including PhD student Tetsuto Miyashita, former MSc student Lida Xing and professor Philip Currie have discovered a new sp...
Warming seas decrease sea turtle basking
Jan 28, 2015 (SPX)
Green sea turtles may stop basking on beaches around the world within a century due to rising sea temperatures, a new study suggests. Basking on sun-warmed beac...
Culprit identified in decline of endangered Missouri River pallid sturgeon
Jan 28, 2015 (SPX)
Pallid sturgeon come from a genetic line that has lived on this planet for tens of millions of years; yet it has been decades since anyone has documented any of...
Penn research shows relationship critical for how cells ingest matter
Jan 28, 2015 (SPX)
To survive and fulfill their biological functions, cells need to take in material from their environment. In this process, proteins within the cell pull inward ...
Experts in crisis talks to save rare rhino from extinction
Jan 28, 2015 (AFP)
Conservationists and scientists met in Kenya this week to come up with a last ditch plan to save the northern white rhinoceros from extinction. There are only f...
The world's oldest known snake fossils
Jan 28, 2015 (SPX)
Fossilized remains of four ancient snakes have been dated between 140 and 167 million years old - nearly 70 million years older than the previous record of anci...
China officials dine on endangered salamander: reports
Jan 27, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese officials feasted on a critically endangered giant salamander and turned violent when journalists photographed the luxury banquet, according to media re...
Ivory in Uganda seizure likely stolen from impound vault
Jan 27, 2015 (AFP)
A huge haul of elephant ivory seized in Uganda probably includes tusks stolen from government strongrooms last year, wildlife officials said Tuesday. In Novembe...
These jellyfish aren't just drifters
Jan 26, 2015 (SPX)
Jellyfish might look like mere drifters, but some of them have a remarkable ability to detect the direction of ocean currents and to swim strongly against them,...
Uganda seizes massive ivory and pangolin haul
Jan 25, 2015 (AFP)
Ugandan wildlife officers have seized a huge haul of elephant ivory and pangolin scales, representing the deaths of hundreds of endangered animals, police said ...
Blended ecological systems yield insight for managing beargrass
Jan 23, 2015 (SPX)
In a study that blended tribal cultural knowledge with scientific methods, U.S. Forest Service researchers identified the ecological conditions of forest sites ...
Climate change does not bode well for picky eaters
Jan 23, 2015 (SPX)
In a part of the world that is experiencing the most dramatic increase in temperature and climate change, two very similar species of animals are responding ver...
Endangered chimps may experience drastic habitat loss within 5 years
Jan 23, 2015 (SPX)
Dramatic habitat loss by 2020 threatens the population of the planet's most endangered chimp subspecies, according to research published in BMC Evolutionary Bio...
Record 1,215 rhino poached in S.Africa in 2014
Jan 22, 2015 (AFP)
The slaughter of rhinos in South Africa hit a new record in 2014, with poachers killing 1,215 of the iconic savannah animals as Asian-led demand for their horn ...
Oldest primate lived in trees
Jan 22, 2015 (SPX)
Say "primate" and most people wouldn't think of a tree-dwelling, squirrel-like creature that weighs no more than a deck of playing cards, but a new study sugges...
Fossil ankles indicate Earth's earliest primates lived in trees
Jan 22, 2015 (SPX)
Earth's earliest primates have taken a step up in the world, now that researchers have gotten a good look at their ankles. A new study has found that Purgatoriu...
Roller coaster geese
Jan 21, 2015 (SPX)
Roller Coaster migratory flights of geese give unique insights into bird physiology and biomechanics at high altitudes. An international team of scientists stud...
India's tiger population jumps 30%: census
Jan 20, 2015 (AFP)
India, home to most of the world's wild tigers, on Tuesday reported a 30 percent jump in the animal's numbers in a rare piece of good news for conservationists....
Mitigation-driven animal translocations are problematic
Jan 20, 2015 (SPX)
The use of animal translocations as a means to mitigate construction projects and other human developments is a widespread animal-management tool. The paper, pr...
Picture this - biosecurity seen from the inside
Jan 20, 2015 (SPX)
When plants come under attack internal alarm bells ring and their defence mechanisms swing into action - and it happens in the space of just a few minutes. Now,...
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