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When spiders leave the nest, they turn aggressive
Jul 02, 2019 (UPI)
Most spiders are solitary creatures and, like other solitary animals, solo spiders tend to behave aggressively toward other spiders. But most spiders aren't bor...
Insect apocalypse: German bug watchers sound alarm
Jul 01, 2019 (AFP)
Now the group of German entomology enthusiasts can boast a world-class scientific treasure: evidence of what is described as one of Earth's worst extinction pha...
'10 steps ahead': Kenya's tech war on wildlife poachers
Jun 30, 2019 (AFP)
It's an antiquated approach to outsmarting would-be hunters, but this ranger is not alone. High on a mast nearby, a new camera scans around the clock for intrus...
Monarch butterflies bred in captivity don't fly south, researchers find
Jun 25, 2019 (UPI)
When researchers at the University of Chicago bought and released monarch butterflies from a commercial breeder, the butterflies failed to fly south. Even when ...
Zimbabwe wants ivory ban lifted so it can sell $600-mln stockpile
Jun 24, 2019 (AFP)
Mnangagwa said selling the elephant tusks and rhino horns would enable the impoverished nation to fund conservation efforts for 20 years. Zimbabwe, Botswana, Na...
When two animals interact, their brains synchronize
Jun 21, 2019 (UPI)
Most of the research into the neural processes underpinning animal behavior have focused on specimens by themselves, but many animals spend most of their waking...
New study deciphers the success of alien bird species
Jun 20, 2019 (UPI)
For the study, a team of researchers in Australia and the United States compiled a database of 4,000 alien bird introductions. Using complex statistical analysi...
Indonesia pet orangutans released back into the wild
Jun 19, 2019 (AFP)
Five-year-old primate Elaine, covered in fuzzy cinnamon-coloured hair, was one of two critically endangered Sumatran Orangutans released back into the wild Tues...
Species of bush tomato a reminder that gender, sexuality are fluid
Jun 18, 2019 (UPI)
The plant serves as a reminder, researchers claim, that gender and sexuality are frequently fluid in the plant and animal kingdom. The bush tomato species was f...
Modern microbes found living inside dinosaur bones
Jun 18, 2019 (UPI)
"This is breaking new ground -- this is the first time we've discovered this unique microbial community in these fossil bones while they're buried underground,"...
Rare wolf killed in Bangladesh after first appearance in decades
Jun 16, 2019 (AFP)
The grey wolf was last seen in Bangladesh in 1949, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Locals in a town near the Sundarbans -- the ...
France's 'wolf brigade': Alps guards with licence to kill
Jun 15, 2019 (AFP)
Next to them, two khaki-clad watchmen settle down for the night in the Mercantour National Park on the border with Italy, equipped with thermal-vision cameras, ...
Gut bacteria reveal which lemurs are most vulnerable to deforestation
Jun 14, 2019 (UPI)
For a new study, scientists surveyed the microbes found in the guts of 12 different lemur species. The results, published this week in the journal Biology Lette...
'Hundreds' of elephants being poached each year in Botswana: report
Jun 13, 2019 (AFP)
The Elephants Without Borders research in the scientific journal "Current Biology" will likely increase pressure on Botswana, which last month sparked sparked c...
Study: Almost 600 plant species have gone extinct in last 250 years
Jun 11, 2019 (UPI)
Published Monday in the journal Nature, Ecology & Evolution, the study states that 571 plants have been wiped from the face of the Earth and plants species are ...
Indian temple helps nurture 'extinct' turtle back to life
Jun 11, 2019 (AFP)
The northeastern state of Assam was once rich in freshwater turtles, but habitat loss and over-exploitation -- they were once a popular local food -- have massi...
France to step up wolf culls as population surges
Jun 07, 2019 (AFP)
The ONCFS hunting and wildlife agency said on-the-ground tracking and mathematical modelling had determined 479 to 578 adult wolves on French territory during t...
14 lions on the loose in S.Africa, with nowhere to go
Jun 07, 2019 (AFP)
The lions have been spotted roaming around the Foskor phosphate mine outside the town of Phalaborwa on the western boundary of the famed wildlife park, which is...
New disease threats pose danger to snow leopard population
Jun 06, 2019 (UPI)
Researchers identified antibodies from pathogens in the blood of wild snow leopards they say could pose a threat to the species, according to a study published ...
'Landscape of fear': how invasive species disrupt habitats
Jun 05, 2019 (AFP)
The six-year study of lizards on a string of remote islands found that the arrival of a predator can prompt species that previously co-existed peacefully to clu...
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