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Genes controlling warbler colors evolved through two separate processes
Nov 30, 2020 (UPI)
These divergent pathways, described Monday in the journal Current Biology, could explain with this group of passerine birds evolved so rapidly. "Wood warblers a...
Sri Lanka battles to stop elephants eating plastic trash
Nov 30, 2020 (AFP)
Plastic in Sri Lankan landfills is a major killer of elephants, with autopsies showing large quantities of it in the stomachs of animals who died in agony after...
Cher welcomes 'world's loneliest elephant' to new home in Cambodia
Nov 30, 2020 (AFP)
The plight of Kaavan -- a 36-year-old bull elephant at Islamabad's dilapidated zoo and originally from Sri Lanka -- sparked global uproar from animal rights gro...
Mammoth move: loneliest elephant heads to Cambodia after Cher campaign
Nov 29, 2020 (AFP)
The famed singer and Oscar-winning actress has spent recent days at the Islamabad zoo to provide moral support to Kaavan -- an overweight, 36-year-old bull elep...
German researchers compile world's largest inventory of known plant species
Nov 27, 2020 (SPX)
The Leipzig Catalogue of Vascular Plants (LCVP) enormously updates and expands existing knowledge on the naming of plant species, and could replace The Plant Li...
German Entomological Institute names Danish mayfly Insect of the Year
Nov 27, 2020 (UPI)
A board of trustees established by the German Entomological Institute has named an Insect of the Year every year since 1999, with the aim of honoring an insect ...
Leaf-cutter ant first insect found with biomineral body armour
Nov 24, 2020 (AFP)
Biomineral armour is seen in the natural world in crustaceans like lobsters as well as in other marine animals -- sea urchin spines contain calcium carbonate fo...
Pakistan's lonely elephant Kaavan packs trunk for Cambodia
Nov 24, 2020 (AFP)
The plight of Kaavan, an overweight, 35-year-old bull elephant, has drawn international condemnation and highlighted the woeful state of Islamabad's zoo, where ...
Jumbo task: Elephant hoisted from deep well in India
Nov 23, 2020 (AFP)
The elephant fell more than 20 metres (70 feet) after it wandered into a village in Tamil Nadu state last week while looking for food. "Villagers heard sounds a...
Washington zoo panda named 'Little Miracle'
Nov 23, 2020 (AFP)
Xiao Qi Ji was one of four Mandarin Chinese names put up for public online vote and nearly 135,000 votes were received between November 16 and 20, the Smithsoni...
When milkweed leaves are scarce, hungry caterpillar get angry
Nov 19, 2020 (UPI)
As many parents are acutely aware, caterpillars are driven by a voracious hunger. In the iconic Eric Carle book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, a caterpillar happ...
DNA from giant viruses drives algae evolution
Nov 18, 2020 (UPI)
According to a new study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, genetic fragments from giant viruses, especially those from the nucleo-cytoplasmic large DN...
Extreme losses in a few animal populations explain global vertebrate declines
Nov 18, 2020 (UPI)
According to a new study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, declines in global vertebrate numbers are largely driven by extreme losses among a handful ...
Migratory species live fast, die young: study
Nov 17, 2020 (AFP)
In a study published in Nature Communications, researchers found that migratory animals have a shorter lifespan than their homebody counterparts. But they compe...
New technique helps scientists forecast movement of apex predators
Nov 16, 2020 (UPI)
The breakthrough -- detailed Monday in the journal PNAS -- will allow biologists and wildlife managers to precisely model apex predator populations at unprecede...
Wolves alter wetlands by killing beavers, study shows
Nov 13, 2020 (UPI)
The study, published Friday in the journal Science Advances, demonstrated how wolves observed through the university's Voyageurs Wolf Project and Voyageurs Nati...
Wrinkle-faced male bats lower their face masks when they mate
Nov 11, 2020 (UPI)
Until now, scientists didn't know much about the mating patterns of wrinkle-faced bats, Centurio senex, a species that lives among the caves of Mexico, Central ...
Newly sequenced bird genomes cover 92% of world's avian families
Nov 11, 2020 (UPI)
The project, a collaboration among hundreds of scientists at several dozen research institutions, is an effort to sequence the genome of every bird species on E...
Researchers discover the secret of how moss spreads
Nov 11, 2020 (SPX)
"We found a remarkable overlap between global wind patterns and the way in which this moss species has spread over time, one that we haven't been aware of until...
Prenatal hormone exposure affects 'biological age' of birds
Nov 11, 2020 (UPI)
The findings, published Wednesday in the journal Biology Letters, could have implications for aging in humans. Numerous studies have shown environmental conditi...
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