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Brain disease killing bald eagles traced to unknown cyanobacterium
Mar 25, 2021 (UPI)
In pockets of the American South, however, scientists have found local eagle populations suffering from outbreaks of a mysterious neurodegenerative disease, cal...
Vietnam's wildlife defender fights poachers and prejudice
Mar 24, 2021 (AFP)
The bear, flat on its back, was being pumped for its bile, a fluid drawn from its gallbladder that has long been used in traditional medicine to treat liver dis...
Australians warned of deadly spider 'plague' after floods
Mar 24, 2021 (AFP)
Relentless downpours have caused vast flooding in New South Wales state, with parts of suburban northwest Sydney still under water. Residents welcomed sunshine ...
North American deserts are home to tremendous butterfly diversity
Mar 23, 2021 (UPI)
The research -- published Tuesday in the journal iScience -- highlights the importance of an ecosystem thought of as being mostly inhospitable. "When you think ...
French beauty spot seeks to stem surge of nature-seeking tourism
Mar 23, 2021 (AFP)
Huge traffic jams, chaotic parking, ever larger crowds, litter and the trampling of flora have forced the Calanques National Park to act. As well as introducing...
Competition leaves a permanent genetic imprint on the brains of songbirds
Mar 22, 2021 (UPI)
Competition for territory, mates and prey drive evolution, but evolutionary changes are often only visible across vast timescales. Scientists at Indiana Univers...
Scientists map Earth's undiscovered biodiversity
Mar 22, 2021 (UPI)
The map, published Monday in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, highlights places all over the world where little is known about local biodiversity -- pl...
'Cooperative and active': Panda couple mates in France
Mar 21, 2021 (AFP)
Huan Huan, a female panda on loan from China at the Beauval zoo in central France, was "put in contact" eight times on Saturday with partner Yuan Zi, it said. F...
Crucial UN biodiversity summit set for October
Mar 19, 2021 (AFP)
The meeting is seen as a vital chance for nations to set guidelines for protecting nature and slowing the catastrophic pace of species loss. The UN said the sum...
From poaching to avocados, Kenya's elephants face new threat
Mar 18, 2021 (AFP)
He has survived ivory poachers, spear attacks and terrible drought, but the mighty bull could be confronting a new threat to his natural realm: surging demand f...
Mapping Liberia's ecosystems to understand their value
Mar 17, 2021 (SPX)
The data collected by the team and the satellites will be used by the Liberian government and the global non-profit Conservation International to factor the cou...
Endangered Australian songbird 'losing its song'
Mar 17, 2021 (AFP)
A rapid decline in the rare songbird means its young are struggling to learn mating calls as adults disappear, according to researchers at the Australian Nation...
Americans brace for a rare and creepy billion-bug invasion
Mar 15, 2021 (AFP)
No, it's not a horror film -- well, not exactly -- but rather the regular, if very infrequent, arrival of the cicada, a thumb-sized insect with alarmingly wide-...
Frosty reception for China hotel with polar bears on show
Mar 12, 2021 (AFP)
At "Harbin Polar Land" in northeastern China, the hotel bedrooms' windows face onto the bears' pen, with visitors told the animals are their "neighbours 24 hour...
Kosovo's abused 'restaurant bears' move to greener pastures
Mar 12, 2021 (AFP)
Yet just eight years ago, he was a so-called "restaurant bear" -- chained up in front of an eatery, forced to drink alcohol and serve as entertainment for custo...
Tourists flocking to see fireflies puts new stress on vulnerable ecosystems
Mar 11, 2021 (UPI)
Wildlife tourism has benefits, injecting cash into local economies and raising awareness about environmental problems, but tourism can also put pressure on alre...
Endangered leatherback turtles hatch in Ecuador
Mar 10, 2021 (AFP)
The Dermochelys coriacea -- the turtle's scientific name -- eggs were artificially incubated on the Punta Bikini beach, in the Manabi province in the southwest ...
Placenta works as 'dumping ground' for genetic defects
Mar 10, 2021 (UPI)
The study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, lends support to the theory that the placenta serves as a "dumping ground" for genetic defects, while the ...
Research shows we're surprisingly similar to Earth's first animals
Mar 09, 2021 (SPX)
According to a UC Riverside study, 555-million-year-old oceanic creatures from the Ediacaran period share genes with today's animals, including humans. "None of...
A billion years from now, a lack of oxygen will wipe out life on Earth
Mar 09, 2021 (SPX)
As our Sun ages, it is becoming more luminous, meaning that in the future Earth will receive more solar energy. This increased energy will affect the surface of...
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