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Hundreds of Macau greyhounds await their forever homes
Jul 27, 2018 (AFP)
They are walked each day by an army of dedicated volunteers from all over Macau, who have been helping out at the deserted Canidrome Club since it shut down on ...
Leopard geckos can grow new brain cells, study finds
Jul 27, 2018 (UPI)
For the first time, University of Guelph researchers have identified the presence of stem cells responsible for neuron generation in the brains of leopard gecko...
It's a small world: In Japan, moss wins hearts
Jul 27, 2018 (AFP)
"Oh, this baby's sporophyte is breaking out! I've never seen this before," an enchanted Shibo, 41, shouted, her head nearly close enough to kiss a fallen tree l...
New geometric shape helps cells efficiently pack, organize themselves
Jul 27, 2018 (UPI)
Until recently, scientists thought epithelial cells' packaging abilities relied on columnar, or bottle-like shapes, but Voronoi diagramming, a type of computer ...
Endangered pygmy elephant shot dead on Borneo
Jul 26, 2018 (AFP)
The male elephant, believed to be about four years old, was found Monday by the side of a road in the state of Sabah, on the Malaysian part of Borneo, local wil...
Tenth rhino dead in Kenya after disastrous transfer
Jul 26, 2018 (AFP)
The one surviving animal from last month's attempt to transfer 11 rhinos from Nairobi and Lake Nakuru national parks to Tsavo East is in a critical condition an...
Bolivian water frog in lovelorn race against clock
Jul 25, 2018 (AFP)
Romeo is the last known frog of his kind -- a Sehuencas water frog, or Telmatobius yuracare. And he has been fruitlessly calling for a mate from his tank at the...
2,700 scientists warn US-Mexico wall endangers wildlife
Jul 24, 2018 (AFP)
Iconic creatures such as the Peninsular Bighorn sheep, Mexican gray wolf and the Sonoran pronghorn antelope -- all of which are already endangered -- would see ...
Nature's antifreeze inspires revolutionary bacteria cryopreservation technique
Jul 23, 2018 (SPX)
The new technique could radically improve the work to store and transport human tissue. Researchers from the Department of Chemistry and Warwick Medical School ...
US proposes roll back of endangered species protections
Jul 19, 2018 (AFP)
The 1973 federal law is considered the gold standard for global environmental protection, and is credited with saving dozens of key species from extinction, inc...
Long way home as Przewalski's horses fly to Mongolia
Jul 19, 2018 (AFP)
Known as Przewalski's horses, the ancient species has narrowly avoided extinction thanks to breeding programmes at zoos worldwide and is now gradually being re-...
Ninth rhino dead after failed move to new park in Kenya
Jul 17, 2018 (AFP)
Eight rhinos were initially reported by officials to have died following last month's attempt to transfer 11 of the animals from Nairobi and Lake Nakuru nationa...
New venomous snake species found in Australia
Jul 16, 2018 (UPI)
Scientists have discovered a new species of bandy-bandy snake, Vermicella parscauda, on a remote peninsula in Australia's Far North. Biologists from the Univers...
Indonesian mob butchers hundreds of crocs in revenge attack
Jul 16, 2018 (AFP)
Images from the scene showed dozens of dead crocodiles lying on top of each other and covered in blood after the attack at a breeding farm in Papua province. Th...
Spiders go ballooning on electric fields
Jul 16, 2018 (SPX)
Scientists have attributed the flying behaviour of these wingless arthropods to 'ballooning', where spiders can be carried thousands of miles by releasing trail...
Evolution does repeat itself after all
Jul 13, 2018 (SPX)
That is one reason for why there are so many species in the tropics. The demographic history of a population can also influence biological diversity: Is the lev...
Eight rhinos die after move to a new park in Kenya
Jul 13, 2018 (AFP)
Kenya's Tourism and Wildlife Minister Najib Balala ordered the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) to "immediately suspend the ongoing translocation of black rhinos fo...
Nepal embarks on rhino diplomacy with rare gift to China
Jul 12, 2018 (AFP)
The young male and a female rhinos, Rudra and Rupsi, boarded a charted flight bound for Guangzhou along with a team of Nepali experts. "The rhinos were loaded i...
Eight wolf cubs the star attraction at Mexico City zoo
Jul 11, 2018 (AFP)
Of course, they are really cute: with not-quite-pointy ears, spindly legs, brown-and-black fur coats and hazel eyes. Normally, litters of this kind of wolf -- C...
Illegal ivory openly sold across Europe: study
Jul 10, 2018 (AFP)
Avaaz said nearly all of the 109 ivory pieces it bought in 10 EU countries were found to be illegal after they were tested at Britain's Oxford University. It sa...
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