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'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...
Adaptations inspired by cultural change common in the animal kingdom
Jun 03, 2019 (UPI)
One of the best examples of a cultural change with evolutionary impacts is the development of dairy farming. The increased production of animal milk for human c...
Frogs find disease-free haven in New Guinea, scientists want to keep it that way
Jun 03, 2019 (UPI)
The authors of a new study, published this week in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, have a plan to keep New Guinea disease free and its fro...
Fungi communities mostly comprise a few common species
May 31, 2019 (UPI)
In recent years, scientists have become increasingly interested in the role microbial communities in soil play in the ecological health of fields and forests. T...
Mammals evolve bigger brains when dads take on parenting duties
May 30, 2019 (UPI)
Researchers analyzed data on the parenting behaviors, brain size and fertility of 478 mammal species, including lions, mice, meerkats, monkeys and apes. The ana...
Poaching slows but Africa's elephants still face extinction
May 28, 2019 (AFP)
In 2011, poachers killed some 40,000 tuskers -- about ten percent of the continent's population, according to figures from the Convention on International Trade...
Packs of wolf-dogs could wipe out wolves in Europe, scientists warn
May 23, 2019 (UPI)
"We need to address this issue before wolf-dog hybrids back-cross with wolves to the extent that wolf populations will be lost to hybrid swarms, and the conserv...
Illegal hunting threatens songbird prized as delicacy: study
May 22, 2019 (AFP)
About 300,000 of the birds pass through southwestern France, where they fall prey to hunters who for decades have defied bans on harvesting them in the name of ...
Poison meant for city rats is killing wildlife in South Africa
May 20, 2019 (UPI)
Scientists at the University of Cape Town measured the levels of rat poison compounds in liver and blood samples from 41 animals in Table Mountain National Park...
Bigger, slow-breeding species need extra protections, conservationists claim
May 17, 2019 (UPI)
Researchers warn that slow-breeding giants, like elephants and rhinos, might not reveal themselves as "endangered" until it is too late. A slow decline among a ...
Zimbabwe sells 100 elephants to China, Dubai
May 15, 2019 (AFP)
Parks and Wildlife Management Authority spokesman Tinashe Farawo told AFP Zimbabwe's elephants were overcrowding national parks, encroaching into human settleme...
Mammals that hang, swing exhibit greater differences in vertebrae numbers
May 14, 2019 (UPI)
Previously, scientists have pointed to differences in running speed as the source of vertebrae diversity, but the latest findings, published this week in the jo...
Food rewards may mask animal intelligence
May 14, 2019 (UPI)
According to a new study, when animals are given treats for learning and completing tasks, differentiating between a test subject's knowledge and performance, a...
Israel police arrest suspect in poisoning of rare vultures
May 13, 2019 (AFP)
A resident of the Bedouin village of Tuba Zangariya in northern Israel was detained on Sunday and remanded in custody by a court in Tiberias, police said in a s...
Fake blood flows at anti-extinction protest in Paris
May 12, 2019 (AFP)
As sightseers and police looked on, members of the Extinction Rebellion campaign group emptied canisters containing around 300 litres of red liquid on the famou...
Rare Asian black bear spotted in Korean DMZ
May 10, 2019 (AFP)
The area around the four-kilometre (2.5-mile) wide strip running across the peninsula bristles with minefields and fortifications. But while it is the world's l...
'Daywake' gene helps fruit flies resist urge to nap on cool afternoons
May 10, 2019 (UPI)
Naps can sometimes be beneficial. Animals programmed to nap can avoid expending energy during the hottest part of the day. For humans, naps can help boost memor...
Crowdfunding brings life-saving water to Myanmar's deer
May 10, 2019 (AFP)
Shwe Settaw nature reserve in Magway Division is home to the endemic species of Eld's or golden deer. But their habitat lies in the country's central dry zone, ...
Evolution brought rare flightless bird species back from the dead
May 09, 2019 (UPI)
According to a new study, the bird twice settled on an isolated atoll near the Seychelles called Aldabra, losing its ability to fly after a several thousand yea...
Japanese man jailed for smuggling insects from Ecuador
May 09, 2019 (AFP)
The defendant was arrested at the international airport in Quito in March with 248 spiders, cockroaches, wasps, bees and butterflies in his suitcases, the envir...
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