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New Australia mass fish deaths in key river system
Jan 28, 2019 (AFP)
Fisheries officials said they were on their way to Menindee, a small outback town in far-west New South Wales state, after the third mass fish kill in the area ...
Polish animal activists block govt-ordered boar hunt
Jan 26, 2019 (AFP)
Polish authorities introduced the hunting plan to stem an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF), which is deadly to wild boar and pigs and was first spotted in ...
How bacteria build hyper-efficient photosynthesis machines
Jan 25, 2019 (SPX)
In the Journal of Biological Chemistry, a Canadian research team reports on how cyanobacteria finesse one of the most wasteful steps in photosynthesis. The stud...
Crocodiles snapped up at world's tallest statue
Jan 25, 2019 (AFP)
The reptiles, the largest around three metres, are being lured into metal cages and moved elsewhere in the western state of Gujarat on the back of pickup trucks...
Tool for controlling genetic inheritance tested in mice for the first time
Jan 24, 2019 (UPI)
Gene drive relies on the insertion of a self-replicating DNA sequence, called "CopyCat" DNA, using CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology. By copying and pasting t...
Invasive species could spell trouble on China's new 'Silk Road'
Jan 24, 2019 (AFP)
But a major new trade route organized by China and spanning 123 countries could accelerate the spread of invasive species like never before, researchers warned ...
Amputee Sumatran tiger gives birth to cubs
Jan 22, 2019 (AFP)
Gadis -- whose name means girl in Indonesian -- delivered her babies at the Padang Lawas conservation area in North Sumatra about a month ago, conservationists ...
Hong Kong failing to tackle wildlife smuggling epidemic: study
Jan 21, 2019 (AFP)
Despite its comparatively small size, the bustling southern Chinese transport hub plays a "disproportionate" role in wildlife crime, researchers said, accountin...
Butterflies, the unlikely victims of Trump's border wall
Jan 18, 2019 (AFP)
Among the many who will be affected? Butterflies. Mission, located in the lower Rio Grande Valley, is home to the National Butterfly Center, a private non-profi...
Geneticists accidentally engineer mice with especially short, long tails
Jan 18, 2019 (UPI)
The pathway was discovered accidentally by two separate research groups, both investigating genes related to physiological development. "We were trying to make ...
Romeo and Juliet: the last hopes to save Bolivian aquatic frog
Jan 16, 2019 (AFP)
Not only did the wildlife conservation team return with a potential mate for Romeo, who had been 10 years a bachelor, but also another four members of the Sehue...
Power stations driven by light
Jan 16, 2019 (SPX)
At Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU), research is being carried out in this area by the Chair of Physical Chemistry I, and the latest resu...
Crocodile mauls woman to death in Indonesia
Jan 16, 2019 (AFP)
Deasy Tuwo, the head of a laboratory at a pearl farm in Minahasa in North Sulawesi, was killed by the 4.4-metre (14-foot) reptile last Thursday, authorities sai...
The algae's third eye
Jan 15, 2019 (SPX)
The decades-long search for these light sensors led to a first success in 2002: Georg Nagel, at the time at Max-Planck-Institute of Biophysics in Frankfurt/M, a...
Ecologists: Alaska wildlife management threatens state's largest carnivores
Jan 15, 2019 (UPI)
In a new paper published in the journal PLOS Biology, ecologists argue the state's management plan privileges moose, caribou and deer over carnivores. By depres...
New research reveals how plants sense temperature
Jan 14, 2019 (UPI)
Temperatures affect plant biology in numerous ways, altering flowering time, crop yield, disease resistance and more. "It is important to understand how plants ...
Even short-lived insects become elderly
Jan 14, 2019 (UPI)
Among mammals, birds, reptiles and even fish, the signs of aging are easily observed. The aging process is less visible among insects. But new research confirms...
Panda celebrates first birthday in Malaysian zoo with ice cake
Jan 14, 2019 (AFP)
The youngster looked around shyly as a zookeeper carried her to a platform in her enclosure where the cake, which had a large number "one" on top, was waiting. ...
Bizarre 'bristle-jaw' creatures finally placed on tree of life
Jan 11, 2019 (SPX)
Now, researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have learned where arrow worms wiggle on the Tree of Life, and th...
Skull scans reveal how prehistoric dogs caught dinner
Jan 11, 2019 (UPI)
Scientists also determined the largest known dog species, Epicyon haydeni, were the size of grizzly bears. Computerized scans of animal skeletons have previousl...
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