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Male chimpanzees choose their allies carefully
Dec 05, 2012 (SPX)
Study finds male chimpanzees may increase their chances of siring offspring by recognizing the importance of third-party relationships. The ability of male chim...
South Sudan's elephants face extinction: experts
Dec 04, 2012 (AFP)
Elephant, giraffe and zebra in the world's newest nation South Sudan could soon be extinct due to rampant poaching and trafficking, conservation experts warned ...
Thais hunt for killer tiger after second deadly attack
Dec 04, 2012 (AFP)
Terrified Thai villagers were on Tuesday hunting a tiger suspected of killing two people in less than a week after a woman was mauled to death in a rubber plant...
S.Africa using surveillance aircraft to combat poaching
Dec 04, 2012 (AFP)
Faced with a dizzying spike in the rate of rhino killings, South Africa announced on Tuesday it was deploying a reconnaissance aircraft to combat poaching. Offi...
'Life of Pi' shows bond, but tigers face human threat
Dec 03, 2012 (AFP)
Oscar-winning director Ang Lee's new epic "Life of Pi" showcases the relationship between a teenage Indian boy and a Bengal tiger. But in reality, the predators...
India's 'dancing bears' retire in animal rights victory
Dec 02, 2012 (AFP)
The sight of poorly fed and badly treated bears being forced to dance on the streets of India is a thing of the past as a campaign to wipe out the practice has ...
American University biologist discovers new crab species
Nov 28, 2012 (SPX)
Areopaguristes tudgei. That's the name of a new species of hermit crab recently discovered on the barrier reef off the coast of Belize by Christopher Tudge, a b...
Rapid Changes in Climate Don't Slow Some Lizards
Nov 28, 2012 (SPX)
One tropical lizard's tolerance to cold is stiffer than scientists had suspected. A new study shows that the Puerto Rican lizard Anolis cristatellus has adapted...
Microbial Missing Link Discovered After Man Impales Hand on Tree Branch
Nov 28, 2012 (SPX)
It all started with a crab apple tree. Two years ago, a 71-year-old Indiana man impaled his hand on a branch after cutting down a dead tree. The wound caused an...
New model reveals how huddling penguins share heat fairly
Nov 28, 2012 (SPX)
Penguins that face the bitter cold and icy winds of Antarctica often huddle together in large groups for warmth during storms. Mathematicians at the University ...
Process for chameleon-like changes in abundant phytoplankton uncovered
Nov 27, 2012 (SPX)
An international team of biologists led by Indiana University's David M. Kehoe has identified both the enzyme and molecular mechanism critical for controlling a...
Rare rhino fossil preserved by prehistoric volcanic eruption
Nov 26, 2012 (SPX)
Less than 2% of the earth's fossils are preserved in volcanic rock, but researchers have identified a new one: the skull of a rhino that perished in a volcanic ...
New species literally spend decades on the shelf
Nov 26, 2012 (SPX)
Many of the world's most unfamiliar species are just sitting around on museum shelves collecting dust. That's according to a report in the Cell Press journal Cu...
Uncovering complexity
Nov 26, 2012 (SPX)
It's one of the basic tenets of biological research - by studying simple "model" systems, researchers hope to gain insight into the workings of more complex org...
Probing the mystery of the Venus fly trap's botanical bite
Nov 26, 2012 (SPX)
Plants lack muscles, yet in only a tenth of a second, the meat-eating Venus fly trap hydrodynamically snaps its leaves shut to trap an insect meal. This astonis...
Estonian brown bears head west
Nov 23, 2012 (AFP)
Estonia's thriving brown bear population has spread nationwide after hunters eased up in their traditional territory, an expert in the Baltic state said Friday....
Research finds evidence of a 'mid-life crisis' in great apes
Nov 22, 2012 (SPX)
This is the finding from a new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, that set out to test the theory that the patt...
Boring work: Wormhole sleuth peeks into ancient beetle history
Nov 21, 2012 (AFP)
Wormholes reproduced in ancient wood-printed illustrations have revealed the odyssey of European beetles, set against a backdrop of climate change and globalisa...
Ecuador's Lonesome George wasn't lonely after all
Nov 21, 2012 (AFP)
When Lonesome George, the last Pinta Island giant tortoise, died in June in the Galapagos, the world mourned the demise of a species. A report Wednesday, howeve...
Singapore gets dolphins after tussle with activists
Nov 20, 2012 (AFP)
A first batch of dolphins has arrived at a new oceanarium in Singapore after activists failed to have the animals' transfer from the Philippines blocked, offici...
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