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Ranavirus potential new culprit in amphibian extinctions
Jul 11, 2014 (SPX)
Amphibian declines and extinctions around the world have been linked to an emerging fungal disease called chytridiomycosis, but new research from the National I...
Possible harmful algal bloom in western Lake Erie this summer
Jul 11, 2014 (SPX)
NOAA and its research partners predict that western Lake Erie will have a significant bloom of cyanobacteria, a toxic blue-green algae, during the 2014 bloom se...
Scientist identifies world's biggest-ever flying bird
Jul 09, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists have identified the fossilized remains of an extinct giant bird that could be the biggest flying bird ever found. With an estimated 20-24-foot wingsp...
Global effort needed to stem elephant slaughter: CITES
Jul 09, 2014 (AFP)
Elephants will be wiped out in some parts of Africa unless more countries get involved in efforts to prevent poaching and ivory smuggling, according to wildlife...
Advances in mollusk parasite culturing methods drives research
Jul 09, 2014 (SPX)
Researchers at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences dug into the last 70 years of peer-reviewed publications about protozoan parasites that infest bivalve moll...
A tale of a tail: Kangaroos' powerful fifth leg
Jul 08, 2014 (SPX)
A Simon Fraser University study on how kangaroos use their tails as a 'fifth' leg is providing new insight into the diversity of biological movement, and specif...
First show off, then take-off
Jul 08, 2014 (SPX)
LMU paleontologists are currently studying a new specimen of Archaeopteryx, which reveals previously unknown features of the plumage. The initial findings shed ...
Discovery Provides Insights on How Plants Respond to Elevated CO2 Levels
Jul 08, 2014 (SPX)
Biologists at UC San Diego have solved a long-standing mystery concerning the way plants reduce the numbers of their breathing pores in response to rising carbo...
Wild things: crackdown on menu for China's animal eaters
Jul 07, 2014 (AFP)
Porcupines in cages, endangered tortoises in buckets and snakes in cloth bags -- rare wildlife is on open sale at a Chinese market, despite courts being ordered...
Thousands celebrate birthday of first Taiwan-born panda cub
Jul 06, 2014 (AFP)
Thousands braved the summer heat Sunday to celebrate the first birthday of Yuan Zai, the first giant panda cub born in Taiwan, who has attracted hundreds of tho...
Anti-poaching experts gather amid warnings super-rich drive illegal trade
Jul 04, 2014 (AFP)
Hundreds of experts will gather in Geneva next week to discuss a "disturbing upswing" in the illegal wildlife trade, driven increasingly by ostentatious display...
The carbon footprint of flowering trees
Jul 03, 2014 (SPX)
Why is it important to understand a tree's carbon footprint? The authors of a new study say this vital information can help consumers appreciate the true benefi...
Fewer Deer may Mean Less Lyme Disease
Jul 03, 2014 (SPX)
Since white-tailed deer serve as the primary host for the adult blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) - the vector for Lyme disease - scientists have wondered wh...
Smuggled elephant ivory price triples: conservationists
Jul 03, 2014 (AFP)
The price of ivory taken from African elephants slaughtered for their tusks has tripled in the past four years in China, the world's biggest market, conservatio...
Plants respond to leaf vibrations caused by insects' chewing
Jul 03, 2014 (SPX)
Previous studies have suggested that plant growth can be influenced by sound and that plants respond to wind and touch. Now, researchers at the University of Mi...
Study Finds Emperor Penguin in Peril
Jul 03, 2014 (SPX)
An international team of scientists studying Emperor penguin populations across Antarctica finds the iconic animals in danger of dramatic declines by the end of...
Dispel your spider fears in New York on July 4
Jul 03, 2014 (AFP)
Terrified of spiders? Then get down and personal with the venomous beasts at one of New York's top museums as it debunks the Hollywood myth that they're dangero...
Thai ivory boom 'fuelling Africa elephant crisis'
Jul 02, 2014 (AFP)
Thailand's "out of control" ivory market is driving Africa's elephant poaching crisis, conservationists warned Wednesday, accusing the kingdom of backsliding on...
Sequencing electric eel genome unlocks shocking secrets
Jul 02, 2014 (SPX)
For the first time, the genome of the electric eel has been sequenced. This discovery has revealed the secret of how fishes with electric organs have evolved si...
'Slavery' driving apes to extinction: experts
Jul 01, 2014 (AFP)
Thousands of great apes are killed or trafficked into "slavery" each year in a multi-million dollar illegal trade that is driving some of man's closest relative...
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