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Kenya seizes 4 tonnes of ivory as elephant slaughter surges
Oct 09, 2013 (AFP)
Kenyan customs officers have seized almost four tonnes of elephant ivory in two separate shipments, officials said Wednesday, amid a surge in poaching of the th...
Unlocking Biology With Math
Oct 09, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists at USC have created a mathematical model that explains and predicts the biological process that creates antibody diversity - the phenomenon that keep...
Dutch fishermen give vanishing eels new lease of life
Oct 07, 2013 (AFP)
On an autumn morning on a small Dutch canal, fisherman Aart van der Waal pulls up a fish trap stuffed with squirming eels -- not for the pot, but as part of a b...
Africa's most biodiverse area endangered by UK oil firm: WWF
Oct 07, 2013 (AFP)
Environmental campaigners WWF filed a complaint on Monday against a British oil company accused of intimidating the local population and endangering wildlife in...
Biochar quiets microbes, including some plant pathogens
Oct 03, 2013 (SPX)
In the first study of its kind, Rice University scientists have used synthetic biology to study how a popular soil amendment called "biochar" can interfere with...
Koalas in danger as Aussie temperatures soar: study
Oct 03, 2013 (AFP)
Australia's native koala could face a wipeout from increasing temperatures unless "urgent" action is taken to plant trees for shelter as well as eucalypts to ea...
'Killer hornets' leave 42 dead in China: Xinhua
Oct 03, 2013 (AFP)
Swarms of hornets have killed 42 people in northwestern China in recent months, state media said Thursday, as temperatures rise and development drives the sting...
Cameras capture Sumatran rhino in Indonesian Borneo
Oct 02, 2013 (AFP)
Hidden cameras have captured images of the critically endangered Sumatran rhino on the Indonesian part of Borneo island, where it was thought to have long ago d...
How plants respond to the changing environment in geological time periods
Oct 02, 2013 (SPX)
Understanding the impact of environmental change on plant traits is an important issue in evolutionary biology. As the only direct evidence of past life, fossil...
Kenya makes rare arrest of soldier for ivory possession
Oct 02, 2013 (AFP)
Kenyan wildlife officials arrested an army officer on Wednesday for possession of elephant ivory in a rare crackdown on a fellow government employee. "There is ...
Tick tock: Marine animals with at least two clocks
Oct 01, 2013 (SPX)
Animals living in marine environments keep to their schedules with the aid of multiple independent-and, in at least some cases, interacting-internal clocks. The...
Global partnership formed to save African elephants in protected areas
Sep 27, 2013 (UPI)
Conservation groups and six African countries committed to protect African elephants, reduce trafficking and lower consumer demand for ivory, organizers said. T...
Europe's bison, beavers and bears bounce back: report
Sep 26, 2013 (AFP)
Several European animal and bird species driven to near extinction by humans have made a dramatic comeback in the past 50 years thanks to conservation efforts, ...
Study finds 'microbial clock' may help determine time of death
Sep 26, 2013 (UPI)
A so-called microbial clock may help determine the time a person dies, research led by the University of Colorado-Boulder indicates. The clock is essentially th...
Zimbabwe poachers jailed 15 years for elephant poisoning
Sep 25, 2013 (AFP)
A Zimbabwe court on Wednesday sentenced three poachers to at least 15 years in prison each for poisoning and killing 81 elephants, state radio reported. A provi...
Immune to ageing
Sep 24, 2013 (SPX)
While ageing remains an inevitable fact of life, Max Planck researchers have discovered a microbe that stays forever young by rejuvenating every time it reprodu...
81 elephants die of poisoning in Zimbabwe: authorities
Sep 24, 2013 (AFP)
More than 80 elephants and other animals have died of cyanide poisoning by poachers in Zimbabwe's largest game park, wildlife authorities said Tuesday. The anno...
Four new species of 'legless lizards' discovered living on the edge
Sep 22, 2013 (SPX)
California biologists have discovered four new species of reclusive legless lizards living in some of the most marginal habitat in the state: a vacant lot in do...
S. Africa rhino poaching toll hits record near 700
Sep 22, 2013 (AFP)
Poachers have killed a record 688 rhinos in South Africa so far this year, more than the entire number slaughtered in 2012, according to figures issued Sunday, ...
Chinese star power enlisted to battle rhino poaching
Sep 22, 2013 (AFP)
Rhino conservationists are harnessing Chinese celebrity power in a bid to cut Asian demand for rhino horn, which has caused record slaughters in South Africa ov...
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