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Frigid polar oceans, not balmy coral reefs, are species-formation hot spots
Jul 10, 2018 (SPX)
One frequently advanced explanation is that warm reef environments serve as evolutionary hot spots for species formation. But a new study that analyzed the evol...
Cyprus clifftop villas raise fears for endangered seals
Jul 10, 2018 (AFP)
But now environmentalists and residents are accusing developers of endangering the seals' habitat, by building luxury villas on top of the caves. Numbering only...
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...
First quolls born in Australian wild in half a century
Jul 09, 2018 (AFP)
Eastern quolls -- a furry carnivore that grows to about the size of a domestic cat -- disappeared from the mainland in the 1960s but clung on in the island stat...
Cross-species gene transfer is a major driver of evolution, study claims
Jul 09, 2018 (UPI)
Scientists at the University of Adelaide traced the origins of two different jumping genes, self-replicating DNA sequences, across 759 species of plants, animal...
Malaysia arrests poachers, seizes Malayan tiger skins
Jul 06, 2018 (AFP)
Pieces of tiger skins, along with skins, claws, meat and other parts from protected bears, a leopard, serow goats and a python were recovered during the raid We...
New wasp species with a massive stinger found in the Amazon
Jul 06, 2018 (UPI)
Clistopyga crassicaudata belongs to a genus of wasps that prey on spiders. The wasps use their stingers to both inject venom and lay eggs. Before depositing its...
Six sovereign wealth funds sign climate pledge
Jul 06, 2018 (AFP)
The state funds of Kuwait, Norway, New Zealand, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates -- global finance heavyweights mainly fuelled by domestic oil ...
America's first dogs came from Siberia, disappeared after Europeans arrived
Jul 05, 2018 (UPI)
The findings -- published this week in the journal Science Advances -- were made possible by the first genomic study of ancient dog DNA. Scientists sequenced th...
Fair game? Lions eat poachers on S.Africa reserve
Jul 05, 2018 (AFP)
The men entered the Sibuya Game Reserve on the southeast coast armed with a high-powered rifle and an axe in the early hours of Monday and were found dismembere...
Seven percent of Australia's reptiles 'risk extinction'
Jul 05, 2018 (AFP)
In an update to its "Red List" of threatened species, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said virtually all of Australia's unique reptile...
Scientists create embryos, hope to save near-extinct rhino
Jul 04, 2018 (AFP)
With only two northern white rhino (NWR) known to be alive today -- both infertile females -- the team hopes their breakthrough technique will lead to the re-es...
Shortage of vets spells misery for Karachi zoo animals
Jul 04, 2018 (AFP)
The ailment is curable -- or, rather, it should be. But at the Karachi Zoological Garden there are not enough vets to give proper treatment to its more than 850...
Science hope for threatened koalas
Jul 03, 2018 (AFP)
A mammoth effort by more than 50 researchers in seven countries uncovered 26,558 koala genes, yielding vital DNA clues for vaccines against diseases such as sex...
Study reveals source of parrots' high intelligence
Jul 03, 2018 (UPI)
The circuit is similar to the neural structure credited with providing primates their enhanced intelligence, an example of convergent evolution. "An area of the...
Gabon's unique 'orange crocodiles' intrigue scientists
Jun 28, 2018 (AFP)
Scientists looking for traces of ancient human life stumbled upon the unusual reptiles decade ago as they searched in the gloom of isolated caves in Gabon's sou...
Lynxes in Europe are still in trouble, study shows
Jun 26, 2018 (UPI)
A new survey suggests illegal hunting near the border region among Germany, the Czech Republic and Austria continues to depress the predator's numbers. In the 1...
Australian feral cats kill a million reptiles a day: study
Jun 25, 2018 (AFP)
Cats have wiped out entire populations of some animals in Australia since being introduced by Europeans settlers two centuries ago, with efforts to cull or ster...
Sri Lanka arrests villagers for killing leopard
Jun 24, 2018 (AFP)
The pair were accused of killing the big cat on Thursday after it attacked nearly a dozen people in a village 330 kilometres (210 miles) north of Colombo. Grues...
Dozens of last blue macaws to be reintroduced to Brazil
Jun 23, 2018 (AFP)
Brazilian Environment Minister Edson Duarte is due in Brussels on Sunday to sign the agreement with Belgium and Germany for bringing the birds back in the first...
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