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China removes pangolin from traditional medicine list
Jun 09, 2020 (AFP)
Pangolins were left out of the official Chinese Pharmacopoeia this year, along with substances including a pill formulated with bat faeces, the state-owned Heal...
France's wolf population rises further to 580 adults
Jun 09, 2020 (AFP)
The government has been allowing grey wolves to multiply despite fierce resistance from livestock owners, who say they are suffering from increased attacks on t...
Monkeys prefer to interact with a more realistic avatar
Jun 09, 2020 (UPI)
The uncanny valley effect describes the feelings of uneasiness inspired by the appearance of an avatar. Humans tend to be made uncomfortable by avatars that app...
Most protected areas are vulnerable to invasive species
Jun 08, 2020 (UPI)
Much attention is paid to the habitat destruction and pollution caused by humans, but people have also severely damaged global ecosystems through the introducti...
Scientists find gene that reduces a plant's pollen count
Jun 08, 2020 (UPI)
Pollen is to plants what sperm is to animals. The numbers of these two kinds of male gametes vary from plant to plant and animal to animal. It seems logical tha...
India arrests man over shocking death of elephant
Jun 06, 2020 (AFP)
The elephant died in agony last week in the southern state of Kerala, the latest casualty of a growing conflict in South Asia between nature and humans as ever ...
'Adapt and survive' as Galapagos girds for life without tourism
Jun 05, 2020 (AFP)
Authorities are desperately hoping for a revival of the vital tourism industry -- the main engine of the local economy -- once visitors are allowed to fly in ag...
Despite snags, Ethiopia scales up massive tree-planting campaign
Jun 05, 2020 (AFP)
They were responding to a call last July from Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who wanted his countrymen to plant 200 million trees in a single day, shattering the wo...
India vows probe after elephant killed with explosives
Jun 04, 2020 (AFP)
The elephant died in agony last week in the southern state of Kerala, the latest casualty in a growing conflict in South Asia between large animals and humans a...
Traps snare three endangered leopards in Sri Lanka
Jun 03, 2020 (AFP)
A third was found alive in a snare and released back to the wild after being tranquilised. In the latest case, the bloated carcass of a leopard was discovered T...
Grooming bees help boost colony immunity
Jun 02, 2020 (UPI)
Varroa mites and other ectoparasites, parasites that reside on the outside of a host's body, are a major threat to the health of honeybees and their colonies al...
Scientists find gene that causes Mexican cave fish to lose eyesight
Jun 02, 2020 (UPI)
Blind and seeing Mexican tetra varieties belong to the same species, Astyanax mexicanus. They are separated only by a few genetic mutations -- mutations that, u...
New sampling method allows scientists to observe cellular changes over time
May 26, 2020 (UPI)
Most cell sampling and analysis methods, including genetic and protein sequencing, destroy the target cell. As a result, sampling results provide only a single ...
Territorial aggression between bird species more common than thought
May 26, 2020 (UPI)
The new study, published Tuesday in the journal PNAS, suggests territorial aggression between species is driven by competition for breeding grounds and hybridiz...
Bumblebees nibble the leaves of flowers to trick them into flowering early
May 21, 2020 (UPI)
Research published Thursday in the journal Science suggests bumblebees trick flowers into flowering early by nibbling on their leaves. Previous studies have sho...
Turtles get boost as Malaysian state to ban egg trade
May 21, 2020 (AFP)
Turtles regularly crawl ashore to lay their eggs on beaches in northeastern Terengganu state, and the spectacle of babies hatching and scurrying into the sea is...
Hunting threatens one of the world's largest bird migrations
May 21, 2020 (UPI)
Researchers say the study suggests the birds that make up one of the world's largest migration corridors are more vulnerable that previously thought. "The Asia-...
Scientists use ultrasonic mind control on monkeys
May 20, 2020 (UPI)
For the study, published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, researchers had a pair of macaque monkeys participate in a visual test designed to investiga...
Endangered Saharan cheetah filmed in Algeria
May 20, 2020 (AFP)
The animal was spotted in the Hoggar Mountains national park in the vast country's desert south, parks official Salah Amokrane told the state-run APS news agenc...
Botswana probes mysterious death of 12 elephants
May 19, 2020 (AFP)
The landlocked southern African country which boasts the world's largest elephant population said 12 carcasses had been discovered over the past week in two vil...
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