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Poaching puts pressure on Malayan tiger: group
May 15, 2012 (AFP)
A Malaysian government plan to double its population of endangered Malayan tigers to 1,000 through tighter protection is under threat due to persistent poaching...
More evidence for longevity pathway
May 15, 2012 (SPX)
New research reinforces the claim that resveratrol-a compound found in plants and food groups, notably red wine-prolongs lifespan and health-span by boosting th...
Feeding without the frenzy
May 14, 2012 (SPX)
Like their human cousins, orangutans enjoy food and don't mind working a little to get it. If the menu's right, giraffes are even less picky. Two teams of stude...
Kenyan ranches relocating rhinos in fear of poachers
May 11, 2012 (AFP)
Claus Mortensen is a private Kenyan rancher with a passion -- endangered rhinos -- and now a mission: to save his herd from slaughter by ruthless poachers who s...
UI professor identifies largest known crocodile
May 11, 2012 (SPX)
A crocodile large enough to swallow humans once lived in East Africa, according to a University of Iowa researcher. "It's the largest known true crocodile," say...
Nepal winning battle against rhino poachers
May 11, 2012 (AFP)
In a nation where a civil war and years of political deadlock have stunted prosperity and development, the burgeoning rhino population is one of Nepal's rare su...
Thousands of birds found dead on Chile beaches
May 11, 2012 (AFP)
About 2,000 birds were found dead on beaches in central Chile, a natural history museum director said Friday, accusing fishermen of snagging them in their nets ...
Study: Crows can recognize human voices
May 11, 2012 (UPI)
Crows can learn to recognize familiar human voices and the calls of familiar birds from other species, Austrian researchers say. Scientists at the University of...
UGA study finds in extinction risk, there's not always safety in numbers
May 10, 2012 (SPX)
A basic tenet underpinning scientists' understanding of extinction is that more abundant species persist longer than their less abundant counterparts, but a new...
US rhino horn trafficking draws motley profiteers
May 10, 2012 (AFP)
A rodeo cowboy, a Chinese businessman, a Vietnamese nail salon owner and a US antiques expert are among eight people snared so far this year in the largest rhin...
Camera trap video offers rare glimpse of world's rarest gorilla
May 10, 2012 (SPX)
Conservationists working in Cameroon's Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary have collected the first camera trap video footage of the Cross River gorilla. With fewer than ...
Endangered species, languages linked at high biodiversity regions
May 10, 2012 (SPX)
Biodiversity hot spots - the world's biologically richest and most threatened locations on Earth - and high biodiversity wilderness areas - biologically rich bu...
South African rhinos at mercy of global smuggling network
May 09, 2012 (AFP)
Petty hunters, corrupt wildlife officials and Asian traffickers have all been snared in South Africa's crackdown on rhino poaching as special prosecutors battle...
Alarm as Peru pelican and dolphin deaths rise
May 08, 2012 (AFP)
Peru's northern beaches have been declared off-limits as scientists scramble to pin down what is causing the mysterious deaths of thousands of birds and dolphin...
Mystery of the domestication of the horse solved
May 08, 2012 (SPX)
New research indicates that domestic horses originated in the steppes of modern-day Ukraine, southwest Russia and west Kazakhstan, mixing with local wild stocks...
Big game hunts defended after Spanish king's disputed trip
May 08, 2012 (AFP)
An international hunters' group Tuesday defended their sport after a spate of bad publicity sparked by luxury big game trips by Spanish King Juan Carlos and Don...
The zombie-ant fungus is under attack
May 08, 2012 (SPX)
A parasite that fights the zombie-ant fungus has yielded some of its secrets to an international research team led by David Hughes of Penn State University. The...
Dry heat increases bark beetle bite
May 08, 2012 (SPX)
Climate change appears to be good news for destructive bark beetles, according to a new study by Lorenzo Marini from the University of Padova in Italy, and his ...
Fundraising blitz in South Africa to save the rhino
May 07, 2012 (AFP)
The battle against rhino poaching is at a fever pitch in South Africa, the country hardest hit by the scourge, spawning scores of fundraising campaigns running ...
Ecosystem Effects of Biodiversity Loss Rival Climate Change and Pollution
May 07, 2012 (SPX)
Loss of biodiversity appears to affect ecosystems as much as climate change, pollution and other major forms of environmental stress, according to results of a ...
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