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Leopards spotted in Pakistan capital's park as virus clears way
May 16, 2020 (AFP)
Rangers in the Pakistani capital's Margalla Hills National Park saw animal activity increase soon after the city was locked down in March to counter the coronav...
Three Russians charged in Sri Lanka for stealing wildlife, plants
May 15, 2020 (AFP)
The men were arrested in February in the Horton Plains National Park with 529 animal species, most of which are endemic to the country, wildlife department rang...
US border wall threatens wildlife, lawsuit says
May 13, 2020 (AFP)
The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in US federal court in Washington by Defenders of Wildlife, Center for Biological Diversity and the Animal Legal Defense Fund. Bui...
Canada zoo to send pandas home after bamboo shortage
May 13, 2020 (AFP)
Er Shun and her mate Da Mao have lived in the country since 2013 as part of a 10-year loan agreement with a breeding facility in Chengdu. The arrival of the cut...
Ants use collective cognition to navigate obstacles
May 12, 2020 (UPI)
According to a new study, published Tuesday in the journal eLife, collective brainpower makes seemingly chaotic environs navigable. "Cooperation is a common mea...
Rhino killed as poaching attempts increase amid India virus lockdown
May 10, 2020 (AFP)
The lack of vehicles on the highway near Kaziranga National Park in Assam state -- home to the world's biggest population of one-horned rhinos -- amid the lockd...
Killing of rare river dolphins sparks poaching fears in Bangladesh lockdown
May 10, 2020 (AFP)
Locals in the southeastern town of Raojan found the remains of the 62-inch (157-centimetre) long Ganges river dolphin on the banks of the Halda River, fishery d...
Researchers find honey bee gene that causes virgin birth
May 07, 2020 (UPI)
Scientists found the gene, named GB45239, on the bee's eleventh chromosome. The discovery, detailed this week in the journal Current Biology, ends a 30-year sea...
Asian giant hornets spotted for first time in US
May 07, 2020 (AFP)
Two of the wasps -- the world's largest hornet species -- were discovered late last year in the western state of Washington, and scientists have since been tryi...
Electrical activity in living organisms mirrors electrical fields in atmosphere
May 06, 2020 (SPX)
The study's findings may change established notions about electrical activity in living organisms, paving the way for revolutionary, new medical treatments. Ill...
HK penguins chill during pandemic while carers work overtime
May 05, 2020 (AFP)
Piles of fresh snow have been laid out as some 100 penguins excitedly gather for the mid-morning feeding session. Usually, this daily ritual at the South Pole S...
Indian officials capture rare snow leopard, send it to zoo
May 03, 2020 (AFP)
The endangered creature was found on Saturday after it became trapped inside a pen containing sheep and goats in Giu village near the Tibetan border in India's ...
Poaching could increase under virus lockdowns: watchdog
Apr 29, 2020 (AFP)
The Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC) said that a ban on the sale of wild animals in China was causing backlogs in smuggling networks of pangolin scales and ivo...
Decreasing land available for biodiversity offsetting, conservationists warn
Apr 29, 2020 (UPI)
New research, published this week in the journal Nature Communications, suggests land for this kind of biodiversity offsetting is becoming increasingly scarce, ...
Born Wild: The Next Generation
Apr 23, 2020 (SPX)
BORN WILD: THE NEXT GENERATION is narrated in part and hosted by "Good Morning America" co-anchor Robin Roberts The film is a story of nurture and care but also...
Scientists uncover principles of universal self-assembly
Apr 22, 2020 (SPX)
Now, a team of scientists in Turkey has demonstrated the fundamental principles of a universal self-assembly process acting on a range of materials starting fro...
Humans to blame for spread of coronavirus and other 'zoonoses'
Apr 21, 2020 (AFP)
It is human activity that enabled the virus to jump to people, and specialists are warning that if nothing changes many other pandemics of this nature will foll...
New algorithm can predict evolution of genetic mutations
Apr 15, 2020 (UPI)
The machine learning model -- detailed this week in the journal Nature Communications -- works by analyzing how different combinations of genetic mutations trig...
Newly discovered black iguana species in Caribbean is endangered
Apr 14, 2020 (UPI)
Researchers announced their discovery in the journal ZooKeys. According to the paper, the new species -- the melanistic black iguana -- is severely threatened. ...
Bird companions help black rhinos avoid poachers
Apr 09, 2020 (UPI)
According to a new study, published Thursday in the journal Current Biology, their nickname is well-earned. Field observations suggest black rhinos with oxpecke...
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