FLORA FAUNA - AFRICA DAILY

Mar 14, 2012 (SPX)

Sawfishes wouldn't be sawfishes if they didn't come equipped with long toothy snouts-their saws. Now, researchers reporting in Current Biology, a Cell Press pub...

Crystal structure of archael chromatin clarified

Mar 14, 2012 (SPX)

Researchers at the RIKEN SPring-8 Center in Harima, Japan have clarified for the first time how chromatin in archaea, one of the three evolutionary branches of ...

Immortal worms defy ageing

Mar 14, 2012 (SPX)

Researchers from The University of Nottingham have demonstrated how a species of flatworm overcomes the ageing process to be potentially immortal. The discovery...

The white ghost of the Himalayas: A vision in the snow (Feature)

Mar 13, 2012 (IANS)

Some days ago, on a wind-swept, desolate mountainside in Jammu and Kashmir's Kargil district, infra-red cameras captured a shape moving about in the cold winter...

Japan experts to conduct study on Chilika lake dolphins

Mar 13, 2012 (IANS)

A team of scientists from Japan Tuesday began studying the underwater behaviour of the endangered Irrawaddy dolphin in the world-famous Chilika lake, a senior s...

New study will help protect vulnerable birds from impacts of climate change

Mar 12, 2012 (SPX)

Scientists from PRBO Conservation Science and the Department of Fish and Game have completed an innovative study on the effects of climate change on bird specie...

Chimp populations show great genetic diversity, with implications for conservation

Mar 12, 2012 (SPX)

Chimpanzee populations living in close proximity are substantially more different genetically than humans living on different continents, according to a study p...

Robotic Dinosaurs On the Way for Next-Gen Paleontology

Mar 12, 2012 (SPX)

Researchers at Drexel University are bringing the latest technological advancements in 3-D printing to the study of ancient life. Using scale models of real fos...

Thailand seizes tigers, lions in wildlife bust

Mar 08, 2012 (AFP)

Thai authorities seized more than 200 live animals, including tigers and lions among other rare species, in a raid on an illegal wildlife supplier on Wednesday,...

Niger rare giraffe population makes a comeback

Mar 07, 2012 (AFP)

The last West African giraffes, now living in the wild only in southwestern Niger, are making a comeback with numbers standing at 310 last year, the environment...

Researchers get first full look at prehistoric New Zealand penguin

Mar 06, 2012 (SPX)

After 35 years, a giant fossil penguin has finally been completely reconstructed, giving researchers new insights into prehistoric penguin diversity. The bones ...

How do you stop a synthetic-biology disaster?

Mar 06, 2012 (SPX)

Experts say at least $20 million to $30 million in government research is needed over the next decade to adequately identify and address the possible ecological...

Evolution of Earliest Horses Driven by Climate Change

Mar 06, 2012 (SPX)

When Sifrhippus sandae, the earliest known horse, first appeared in the forests of North America more than 50 million years ago, it would not have been mistaken...

Research offers way to save endangered Florida bird, and a lesson for conservationists

Mar 05, 2012 (SPX)

A team of researchers has found a key to the habitat puzzle for improving long-term survival of the endangered Florida Scrub-Jay. New research published online ...

Making the most of what you have

Mar 05, 2012 (SPX)

The bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae, which causes atypical pneumonia, is helping scientists uncover how cells make the most of limited resources. By measuring a...

Ice Age coyotes were supersized compared to coyotes today

Mar 01, 2012 (SPX)

Coyotes today are pint-sized compared to their Ice Age counterparts, finds a new fossil study. Between 11,500 and 10,000 years ago - a mere blink of an eye in g...

Amoeba may offer key clue to photosynthetic evolution

Mar 01, 2012 (SPX)

The major difference between plant and animal cells is the photosynthetic process, which converts light energy into chemical energy. When light isn't available,...

Immortal worms defy aging

Mar 01, 2012 (SPX)

Researchers from The University of Nottingham have demonstrated how a species of flatworm overcomes the ageing process to be potentially immortal. The discovery...

A Biodiversity Discovery That Was Waiting in the Wings - Wasp Wings, That Is

Feb 29, 2012 (SPX)

From spaghetti-like sea anemones to blobby jellyfish to filigreed oak trees, each species in nature is characterized by a unique size and shape. But the evoluti...

Climate change, increasing temperatures alter bird migration patterns

Feb 29, 2012 (SPX)

Birds in eastern North America are picking up the pace along their yearly migratory paths. The reason, according to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ...