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Galapagos bans fireworks to protect unique wildlife
Dec 28, 2018 (AFP)
The local council said in a statement that it had agreed "unanimously a resolution that prohibits the importation, sale, distribution and use of fireworks or py...
UC San Diego researchers identify how skin ages, loses fat and immunity
Dec 27, 2018 (SPX)
In a study published in Immunity on December 26, University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers and colleagues show how fibroblasts develop i...
U-M howler monkey study examines mechanisms of new species formation
Dec 27, 2018 (SPX)
How do new species emerge in nature? One common but overly simplified version of the story goes like this: A population of animals or plants becomes geographica...
More bears needed to sustain Pyrenees population: activists
Dec 26, 2018 (AFP)
"The good news of 2018 is without doubt the release of two bears in the Bearn region in October," the Ferus association said, referring to the border region. "B...
Species at the extremes of the food chain evolve faster, study says
Dec 19, 2018 (SPX)
The paper, co-authored by Samuel Borstein, a PhD candidate in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, could challenge the way scientists think about...
Three generations, 1,000s of miles: Scientists unlock mystery of a dragonfly's migration
Dec 19, 2018 (SPX)
The researchers explain how the common green darner - a large, abundant dragonfly found across North America - takes three generations to complete its annual cy...
Leopard kills, decapitates 3-year-old in India
Dec 18, 2018 (AFP)
Wasim Akram was in the kitchen with his mother when the animal snuck inside, pounced on the child and took him deep into the woods, officials said. Local offici...
Brazil conservation plan could save three times the species for half the money
Dec 17, 2018 (UPI)
In coordination with the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment, researchers in Brazil and Britain designed a new computer model to identify the most effective a...
Dutch to ban raw ivory sales from 2019
Dec 17, 2018 (AFP)
Currently Dutch law permits the sale of raw ivory such as elephant tusks with an EU certificate, provided it entered the country between 1947 and 1990. "From Ma...
Dutch build artificial islands to bring wildlife back
Dec 16, 2018 (AFP)
But this vast 700-square-kilometre (270-square-mile) expanse of water, which regulates the level of water in the rest of the Netherlands, had become until recen...
Dracula ant's snap-jaw is the fastest known animal appendage
Dec 13, 2018 (UPI)
The dracula ant's snap-jaw is even faster than the mandibles of the trap-jaw ant. "These ants are fascinating as their mandibles are very unusual," Andrew Suare...
Study shows how catnip synthesizes chemical that drives cats wild
Dec 11, 2018 (UPI)
According to a new study, terpene is the produced by an unusual chain of chemical reactions. In peppermint, terpenes are synthesized by a single enzyme, but in ...
Study considers how climate change, shifting winds will impact migratory birds
Dec 11, 2018 (UPI)
Scientists at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology used radar observations collected at 143 weather stations to measure the altitude, density and direction of birds m...
Hummingbirds thrive at innovative Mexico gardens
Dec 07, 2018 (AFP)
Sold for 2,000 pesos (about $100) each, the lifeless corpses are a symbol of the threats faced by hummingbirds, which are known for their speedy wings, delicate...
Malaysia torches 2.8 tonnes of African pangolin scales
Dec 06, 2018 (AFP)
The Southeast Asian nation is battling to clamp down on rife trafficking through its borders of the ant-eating mammals, whose scales are highly valued in tradit...
Galapagos giant tortoise gene study hints at longevity secrets
Dec 04, 2018 (AFP)
A team of international researchers sequenced the genomes of two such tortoises, including Lonesome George -- the last known member of the subspecies Geochelone...
Chanel sheds crocodile and snake skin
Dec 04, 2018 (AFP)
Its head of fashion Bruno Pavlovsky said that it "would no longer use exotic skins in our future creations", saying it was becoming more difficult to source hig...
New study explores ecosystem stability
Dec 04, 2018 (SPX)
All stable ecosystems have species grouped by function, and the study found that these functional groupings are more important to an ecosystem's stability than ...
A bastard seal from the past reveals the potential for human hybrids
Dec 04, 2018 (SPX)
The researchers in the University of Helsinki and their international colleagues have located the preserved hybrid in the museum collections, and confirmed gene...
Planting more hedgerows could help UK bees thrive once again
Dec 03, 2018 (SPX)
And researchers suggest artificial intelligence could be used as a tool to design our landscapes so that trees, hedgerows and wildflowers are planted in the rig...
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