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Three tiger cubs killed by Indian train
Nov 16, 2018 (AFP)
"The cubs were hit by a train early on Thursday and their mangled remains were recovered and sent for post-mortem," A.K. Mishra from Maharashtra state's forestr...
Primates of the Caribbean: Ancient DNA reveals history of mystery monkey
Nov 15, 2018 (SPX)
The research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (12 November 2018) and carried out by a team of experts from international conservatio...
Cubs of Indian tiger shot in controversial hunt spotted alive
Nov 15, 2018 (AFP)
The mother was shot dead in early November after being accused of killing more than a dozen villagers, capping off one of India's most high-profile tiger hunts ...
How plants evolved to make ants their servants
Nov 14, 2018 (SPX)
In exchange, plants use ants to spread their seeds and even act as bodyguards. A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences breaks down th...
Fin whale, mountain gorilla populations rise amid conservation action
Nov 14, 2018 (AFP)
In an update of its "Red List" of threatened species, the IUCN said that a broad whaling ban had allowed the fin whale's global population to roughly double sin...
Planned flying fox cull will harm endangered species, scientists warn
Nov 12, 2018 (UPI)
According to a new study published in the journal Oryx, the Mauritian flying fox is only responsible for a small -- and manageable -- amount of fruit losses. Ad...
China postpones lifting rhino, tiger parts ban
Nov 12, 2018 (AFP)
The State Council, China's cabinet, unexpectedly announced last month that it would allow the sale of rhino and tiger products under "special circumstances", a ...
Lions suspected in drowning of 400 buffaloes in Botswana
Nov 08, 2018 (AFP)
The mass drowning occurred in Chobe River near the border with Namibia. Early investigations by authorities in both countries "suggest that an exceptionally lar...
Survey reveals 49 new bee species in Utah
Nov 08, 2018 (UPI)
Thanks to a four-year survey conducted by entomologists at Utah State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, scientists have an improved understandi...
Spying on bees reveals pesticides impair social behavior
Nov 08, 2018 (AFP)
Previous research has shown that the common class of pesticides known as neonicotinoids can harm bees' ability to forage outside the nest. The latest findings a...
Goffin's cockatoos can create and manipulate novel tools
Nov 08, 2018 (SPX)
The Goffin's cockatoo (Cacatua goffiniana) is a type of parrot. Captive Goffins are capable of inventing and manipulating tools, even though they aren't known t...
Scientists design bioreactor to regrow amputated frog's legs
Nov 07, 2018 (UPI)
The findings were published Tuesday in the journal Cell Reports. Using a 3D printer, researchers at Tufts produced a bioreactor from silicon, then filled it wit...
Ornithologists discover three-species hybrid warbler
Nov 07, 2018 (UPI)
The bird, documented by ornithologists at Cornell University, is the offspring of a hybrid mother and father from a separate genus. It's the first time scientis...
Sound-absorbing fur helps moths avoid bat predation
Nov 06, 2018 (UPI)
Some moths boast ears capable of recognizing bats' ultrasonic signals, helping them avoid predation. But many moth species are deaf. Without the ability to hear...
Four rhinos die after Chad conservation effort
Nov 06, 2018 (AFP)
"An additional two black rhino carcasses have been discovered in Zakouma National Park in Chad, bringing the total mortalities to four, of the six that were rei...
Climate change has greater effect on species in tropical mountains
Nov 06, 2018 (UPI)
Researchers from Cornell and three other universities compiled data for the study, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Duri...
Another tiger killed in India after hunting controversy
Nov 05, 2018 (AFP)
In the latest incident, a female tiger was beaten with sticks inside a protected forest by villagers who believed the big cat had attacked a local resident. "Th...
A wilderness 'horror story'
Nov 01, 2018 (SPX)
These disturbing findings are particularly troubling as numerous recent studies reveal that Earth's remaining wilderness areas are increasingly important buffer...
Handful of states hold fate of world's vanishing wilderness
Oct 31, 2018 (AFP)
True wild spaces -- land and sea areas mostly unaffected by mankind's explosive expansion and insatiable appetite for food and natural resources -- now cover ju...
Sierra Leone's chimpanzees pay price of human expansion
Oct 30, 2018 (AFP)
Poachers hunt them for their meat, farmers shoot them to protect their crops and a lack of political will means more and more of their habitat is being surrende...
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