Report warns of unprecedented struggles in a warming Arctic

The Arctic is seeing unprecedented declines in sea ice and snow cover triggered by abnormally warm temperatures, according to a new report released by the US government. The change has been so dramatic that a record-breaking delay in the fall freeze up of sea ice is threatening some wildlife...

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US permanently protects some of the Arctic's most important marine areas

Just one week after scientists warned of unprecedented change brought on by warming in the Arctic, President Obama announced permanent protection for 115 million acres of federal waters in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. Including previous presidential withdrawals, today’s action...

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Rudolph and Friends Help Mitigate Warming Effect of Climate Change, Here's How

Dec 24, 2016 04:18 AM EST



A new study revealed that reindeer could help mitigate climate change by simply reducing the height and abundance of shrubs on the Arctic Tundra through grazing.


The study, published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, showed that areas in the...

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Here's How Life Was Formed Again After the Dinosaurs

Dec 14, 2016 10:25 AM EST



The asteroid that allegedly hit the Earth and killed all dinosaurs did not actually wipe out all life on Earth. In fact, it may have been one of the reasons why life was restored. There had been reports that life re-emerged exactly where the asteroid hit...

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Trichy Animal Mobile Ambulances Now Operational, Gives Free Medical Treatment to Farm Animals

Dec 19, 2016 05:17 AM EST



Finally, animals will get instant treatment for free. Under the National Agriculture Development Project (NADP), two animal medical mobile ambulances have become operational with the help of the Veterinary University Training and Research Centre (VUTRC) in...

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Giraffes May Become Extinct, Scientists Say

Dec 09, 2016 10:26 AM EST



Scientists are alarmed as they have found the population of giraffes to nosedive by 40 percent in the recent years. With all the attention in global warming and climate change, many are surprised to find giraffes to be slowly ebbing away. Scientists believe...

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30th Anniversary

Only in the forests of central China can one find the beloved giant panda, the elusive snow leopard and pheasants in all the colors of the rainbow, along with an amazing spectrum of biodiversity. China is known as a region of extremes.  Its dense mountain forests plunge into deep valleys ...

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Polar Bear Population Likely to Plummet by 30% Due to Rapid Melting of Sea Ice

Dec 08, 2016 10:24 AM EST



Polar bears are one of the most threatened species in the planet. The world’s largest bear is constantly threatened to disappear especially with the melting of the Arctic sea ice.


According to a report from Phys.org, the first systematic assessment...

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Protecting snow leopards and pandas with Disneynature's Born in China

Through the release of its new film, Born in China, Disneynature takes moviegoers on a journey into the wilds of China. The film follows three animal families—the elusive snow leopard, the clever monkey, and the majestic panda—as they struggle to survive over the course of a year while emb...

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Record low sea ice impacts polar bears

“In mid-November, I spent a week in Churchill on Canada’s Hudson Bay Coast. It’s one of the most popular places for viewing polar bears, as they gather on the shore waiting for the sea ice to form, so they can end their long summer fast. This was my fifth time in Churchill, and I was ...

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Tyson Foods Launches $150M Alternative Protein and Food Sustainability VC

Dec 07, 2016 10:14 AM EST



We are slowly going to a world where plant-based food and meatless meats are gaining ground with consumers for health and environmental reasons. However, it seems companies like Tyson Foods still have an ace up its sleeve.
The company, almost synonymous with...

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Celebrating the biggest conservation wins of 2016

For the first time in 100 years, tiger numbers are growingAfter a century of constant decline, the number of wild tigers is on the rise. Around 3,890 tigers now exist in the wild, according to data released in April. That’s up from an estimated 3,200 reported in 2010. WWF works with g...

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Owl Wars: The Secret Behind Barred Owls' Domination Over Northern Spotted Owls

Dec 06, 2016 05:44 AM EST



Barred owls have been encroaching on the territory of Northern spotted Owls, pushing the already endangered species even further from increasing their population in the Pacific Northwest. Researchers from Michigan State University have developed a model to shed...

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How Do Whales Talk? Whale 'Talking' Different From Singing, Scientists Discover

Dec 05, 2016 06:59 AM EST



People normally flock to ocean parks and bodies of water to see the spectacle that are whales touring the waters and splashing all around. Their fins slap on the water with a beauty that is truly unique to their kind. But scientists discover they’re not...

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Animal Fat in UK's Money Upsets Vegans, Bank of England Yields

Dec 04, 2016 07:00 AM EST



The Bank of England has announced that it will be changing its polymer notes and is working on potential solutions after upsetting Vegans, vegetarians, and other animal advocates over their animal-fat-infused £5 bank note.


“Information recently provided ...

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Dog Sniffing Device More Effective in Detecting Explosives

Dec 03, 2016 04:38 AM EST



Researchers from the government and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have taken a cue from man’s best friend to improve current explosive and contraband detection technology. “Active sniffing” has been proven to boost these ...

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New CRISPR Experiment Corrects Clotting in Mice

Dec 02, 2016 06:32 AM EST



The future of gene editing is slowly approaching great promise. Recent developments surrounding CRISPR/Cas9 showed its efficiency and promise in correcting disease-causing mutations. For the first time, it was used to develop a dual gene therapy to treat...

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Flesh-Eating Parasite May Cause Hundreds of Deaths in the US

Dec 01, 2016 08:22 AM EST



In October, people were alarmed to hear reports about a 67-year-old man dying from infections caused by a flesh-eating parasite which he got from Ocean City in Maryland. It is the first time that an incident such as this has been reported in the United States...

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New Discovery on Cat Tongues Leads to 'Soft Robot' Innovations

Nov 30, 2016 08:49 AM EST



New research from Georgia Tech has revealed one interesting discovery on cats’ tongue anatomy. This new discovery has led scientists to conceptualize “soft robotics” which can be used for gripping items.


According to a report from Washington...

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Invasion Alert! Supercolony of Ants Set To Take Over The Planet, Research Suggests

Nov 29, 2016 03:50 AM EST



A supercolony of ants found in Ethiopian forests is set to invade the globe, a new study suggests.


According to the researchers, the infamous ant species, Lepisiota canescens, is displaying signs of supercolony formation and this could be a global threat.
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190,000 Birds Euthanized in the Netherlands to Avoid Bird Flu Outbreak

Nov 28, 2016 08:01 AM EST



Several countries are fearing another possible pandemic as the H5N8 virus, also known as the bird flu, is spreading across the world like wildfire. Netherlands has reportedly euthanized more than 190,000 ducks in the country in hopes of containing the virus and...

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Born to Perform: Conserving the Jaguar in the Amazon

Nov 27, 2016 05:46 AM EST



The central Amazon Jaguar Conservation Unit is the biggest jaguar stronghold in the world, but even here, biological diversity and jaguar populations can fluctuate. The Wildlife Conservation Society has recently presented a plan to help guide m...

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Bluebird Feces Key to Healthy Vineyards

Nov 26, 2016 08:38 AM EST



Research showed that bluebirds inhabiting the California vineyards are beneficial to the winegrowers after studying their poop.


The new study published in The Auk: Ornithological Advances led by Julie Jedlicka from Missouri Western State University, aims to ...

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US Shift Away from Coal Is Saving Tuna From Mercury Contamination, Study Finds

Nov 25, 2016 06:26 AM EST



President-elect Donald Trump’s stance against climate change is alarming after what appears to be reductions in environmental toxins in the Atlantic bluefin tuna. 
Concern for the species began with a professor in New York found excess levels of mercury ...

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Cats Locked Inside a House Forced to Eat Each Other to Survive

Nov 24, 2016 05:57 AM EST



A home in Adelaide, Australia was recently raided by local police as there had been reports that more than 10 cats had been locked inside a woman’s home. According to reports, the cats were starved to death and were forced to eat each other to...

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Natural Sunlight Could Increase the Toxicity of Oil Spills to Wildlife

Nov 22, 2016 05:32 AM EST



A new study revealed that ultraviolet radiation from the sun could exacerbate the toxicity of the contaminants called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) from oil spills.


The study, published in the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, showed...

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Adorable Miniature Pigs and Sheep Help Out in New Zealand Winery

Nov 22, 2016 08:40 AM EST



Are these the cutest animal helpers ever or what? Kunekune pigs and babydoll sheep contribute to the upkeep of the Yealands Winery, nibbling on the weeds and providing natural fertilizer. Plus, they’re too small to snack on the harvest.


According to a...

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Thanksgiving 2016: Archaeologists Unearth Evidence of Turkey Domestication in Mexico 1500 Years Ago

Nov 22, 2016 07:39 AM EST



Thanksgiving is soon approaching, but have you ever wondered when turkeys were first domesticated? Archaeologists from the Field Museum have discovered the first evidence of domestication as offerings 1,500 years ago.


According to the study published in...

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LOOK: Real-Life Version of Niffler in J. K. Rowling's 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'

Nov 21, 2016 06:44 AM EST



Harry Potter spin-off “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” dominated the box office this weekend, and everyone fell in love with the film’s cute beasts. Most of the creatures are just a fantasy, but one beast called the...

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Corals of the Caribbean: How Corals with High Genetic Diversity Survived Climate Change

Nov 20, 2016 04:30 AM EST



Scientists from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute have discovered one group of corals that survived the Caribbean coral extinction between one and two million years ago continues to adapt to future climate changes because of their high genetic ...

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Evidence of Dairying Discovered by Researchers Along Mediterranean Coast

Nov 18, 2016 10:43 AM EST



The significance of meat and dairy products in the Neolithic Mediterranean area is a debatable topic. Studies done in the past have proved that the attraction for milk may have been a driver for the domestication of animals like sheep, goats, and cow.


A new...

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US drilling plans spare Arctic’s federal waters

America’s Arctic will be free of new offshore oil and gas drilling, at least for the next five years, and that’s good news for people and wildlife.
Temperatures in the Arctic are warming faster than any other place on Earth, and melting sea ice is opening up access to the region’s previously ...

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80,000 Reindeer Starve to Death as Arctic Sea Ice Melts

Nov 18, 2016 06:55 AM EST



In the space of one decade, abnormal weather patterns in Arctic Russia have resulted in the death of 80,000 reindeer due to starvation. What’s even more shocking is the speed with which it happened: 20,000 deer died in 2006 and 61,000 animals starved to...

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Nine big wins for the world’s tigers

5. Surveys in India and Bhutan show increases in tiger populationsFebruary 2015: A new survey announcing significant increases in India’s Bengal tiger population shows conservation efforts are working: tiger numbers increased from 1,411 in 2006 to 2,226 in 2014. The survey, published by I...

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Fountain of Life Found? Old Mice Revived by Human Teenager's Blood

Nov 17, 2016 05:00 AM EST



Could it be that the long search for the Fountain of Youth is already over? The fountain that we thought to be more like a spring that can automatically change an old person into a young one may probably be coming from us, specifically in our own stream of life...

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Skilful cockatoos able to shape same tool from different materials

Tool manufacture was once regarded a defining feature of humankind, but it is now known that a variety of animal species use and make their own tools. In nature, some of the most striking cases of tool-related behaviour are seen not just among close relatives of Homo sapiens, such as chimps...

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A hawk's-eye view of raptor hunting

New research from The Auk: Ornithological Advances suggests that the neural processes underlying visual hunting behavior in hawks are similar to those in humans. To study a raptor’s head movements while hunting, the scientists behind the study recruited an unusual research assistant...

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Scientists uncover genetic evidence that 'we are what we eat'

Researchers at the University of Oxford have demonstrated that the diets of organisms can affect the DNA sequences of their genes.

In a study on two groups of parasites, the team detected differences in DNA sequences that could be attributed to the composition of their food.
The results are...

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Canadian and European boreal forests differ but neither is immune to climate change

Rudy Boonstra has been doing field research in Canada’s north for more than 40 years.

Working mostly out of the Arctic Institute’s Kluane Lake Research Station in Yukon, the U of T Scarborough Biology Professor has become intimately familiar with Canada’s vast and unique...

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How mammary glands appeared in the course of evolution

A joint team of geneticists from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, demonstrated that the emergence of mammary glands in placental mammals and marsupials results from recycling certain ‘architect’ genes....

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Tooling Around: Wild Chimpanzees Use Branches to Fish for Algae

Nov 15, 2016 05:20 AM EST



Man is known to possess reason and intellect, traits that motivate us to observe if other organisms in the world might be similar to us. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany shared their recent discovery ...

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When fish come to school, kids get hooked on science

A program that brings live fish into classrooms to teach the fundamentals of biology not only helps students learn, but improves their attitudes about science, a new study finds.

The study of nearly 20,000 K-12 students, who raised zebrafish from embryos over the course of a week, found that...

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Dinosaur discovery casts light on final flurry of animals' evolution

A dinosaur fossil that almost went undiscovered is giving scientists valuable clues about a family of creatures that flourished just before the mass extinction.

The bird-like species, found at a building site in southern China and nicknamed the ‘Mud Dragon’, was preserved almost...

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6 things to know about Tanzania’s largest protected area—and why we need to save it

Selous Game Reserve, one of Africa’s oldest reserves and Tanzania’s largest protected area, holds vast potential, but it also faces a number of threats. By bringing together governments, local communities, industry and civil society groups, we can transform Selous into a success sto...

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Deformed Wing Virus, A Major Factor to High Mortality Rate Among Honey Bees

Nov 13, 2016 09:46 AM EST



Bees face a whole lot of threats from the environment. A group of Austrian scientists is of the view that one of them is not appreciated, without much studies being conducted. According to researchers, the rate of infection of the fatal deformed wing virus, an...

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How sharks recycle toxic ammonia to keep their skin moist

The Pacific spiny dogfish shark is a master at recycling the ocean’s toxic ammonia and converting it into useful urea, according to new research from University of British Columbia (UBC) zoologists.

Animals typically eat protein in order to grow, but sharks also require protein to...

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New research shows investing in elephant conservation is smart economic policy

African countries lose approximately $25 million annually in tourism revenue due to current levels of elephant poaching. In east, southern, and west Africa, investing in elephant conservation brings economic gains similar to investments in education. However, this is not the case for the...

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Deadly Blue Coral Snake Venom Might Actually Save Lives

Nov 03, 2016 08:24 AM EDT



Branded by scientists as the “killer of killers,” the long-glanded blue coral snake, one of the most feared species of serpents in the world, could actually save lives by using its venom as pain relief.


According to a research of Dr. Brian Fry ...

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Researchers Find 'Center of the Center of Biodiversity' in the Philippines

Oct 24, 2016 11:26 AM EDT



Led by the University of Kansas, an expedition seeking through the ridges and geographically isolated areas in the Philippines found out that it tripped on “the center of center of biodiversity”–the Philippine island of Mindanao. 


Originally ...

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Hunter’s Moon 2016: Tonight’s blood moon could see DOOMSDAY planet Nibiru hurtle to EARTH

Nibiru, also known as Planet X, is said to be a mysterious and colossal planet that passes Earth every few thousand years.
It is said to be so huge that its gravitational pull could wreak havoc on Earth – triggering earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions.


Doomsday p...

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Weird Al"s Gibberish Song Is Perfect Nonsense

“Weird Al” Yankovic and his band stopped by Jack White’s Third Man Records in Nashville where they recorded a song under some very unique circumstances.


Yankovic and crew piled into White’s restored 1947 Voice-o-Graph booth, which records straight to vinyl, and...

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Why Are Powerful Women Icons Always Wearing High Heels?

You needn’t look beyond Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign to understand this paradox: the more powerful a woman is, the more we pay attention to her outfits.
In January, The New York Times wrote that Clinton “ended the clothing conversation” by opting for practical, inoffensive looks: ...

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Why This 51-Year-Old Mother Of Two Is Living A New Life In China

August marks the official six-month anniversary of my arrival in Shenzhen. In that brief time I’ve started a new job, celebrated another birthday, made friends, learned some Chinese, had a very short-lived romance, lost a few pounds and, in general, tried to adjust to a new country, a new c...

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TV Anchor Freaks When Alligator Starts Flailing In His Hands

A Boston sports anchor tried to be a good sport earlier this week when he was holding an alligator.
WBZ-TV’s Steve Burton was taping an interview with reptile expert Michael Ralbovsky that is scheduled to air on Sunday.
Part of the segment required Burton to hold a small alligator, but he b...

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BIRD BRAIN! Man Cuts Off Ears To Look More Like His Parrot

This was no fly-by-night decision.
Ted Richards loves his parrots so much that he had his face and eyeballs tattooed to look more them. 
If that wasn’t bird-brained enough, the 56-year-old resident of Bristol, England, went even further by having his ears removed in a six-hour o...

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Zika Update: People Infected with Zika VIrus Might be Immune to Reinfection

Oct 14, 2016 07:28 AM EDT



A new study involving researchers from Kansas State University’ Biosecurity Research Institute showed that people who are infected with Zika virus may developed immunity against possible reinfection.


The study, published in the journal Nature Medicine,...

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Sad News: 800 Sea Turtle Nests Destroyed by Hurricane Matthew

Oct 13, 2016 06:15 AM EDT



The devastation brought about by the strong gusts and rain of Hurricane Matthew did not only impacted lives of humans but also destroyed about 800 sea turtle nests along the northern Palm Beach County.


According to the report from Palm Beach Post, about 63...

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Conservationists Claim Seeing a Yangtze River Dolphin in China -- Is the Extinct Species Back?

Oct 12, 2016 10:03 AM EDT



Amateur conservationists from China have reported spotting the extinct Yangtze river dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer) in a stretch of the Yangtze river in China. With this claim, could the creature be back from extinction?


According to a report from Chinese...

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How NOAA Researchers' Geotagging Program May Have Killed an Endangered Orca

Oct 11, 2016 10:03 AM EDT



In a shocking turn of events, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) geotagging program may have killed an endangered orca after implanting the tracking device on the animal.


According to a report from the Associated Press, the 20-year-old...

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Giving rhinos a lift since 2003

Rhinos, one of the oldest groups of mammals, are virtually living fossils. They once roamed across Africa’s savannas and Asia’s tropical forests, but today, very few rhinos survive outside of national parks and reserves.
WWF has worked for decades to stop rhino poaching, increase rhino pop...

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CITES: Big steps for wildlife

During the world’s largest ever wildlife trade meeting—the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP17) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)—governments united behind a series of tough decisions to provide greater protection t...

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Scientists Claim Beer is Key to Peaceful Euthanasia

Oct 09, 2016 04:00 AM EDT



Scientists are finding ways to make euthanizing as humanely as possible. The latest solution: beer, at least for invertebrates.


Unlike vertebrates, invertebrates’ perception of pain and distress is poorly characterized. The research is one of the first...

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Tuna and Great White Shark Share Same 'Super Predator Genes'

Oct 09, 2016 04:20 AM EDT



In spite of the genetic separation between tuna and sharks, it has been found out that both share the same “super predator” genetic traits such as their ability to swim quickly and their fast metabolism.


In a study published in ths journal Genome ...

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Dangers of Wind Energy: Wind Turbines Deadly to Golden Eagles, Migratory Birds

Oct 08, 2016 12:05 PM EDT



There’s a disadvantage in using wind turbine for energy — it’s killing birds. A team of researchers has found that this technology for wind energy is not only deadly to local birds but also those migrating from hundreds of miles...

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Decoding of tarsier genome reveals ties to humans

Small enough to fit into the palm of your hand, with enormous eyes and an appetite for meat, tarsiers are an anomaly of nature. They are also our distant cousins, according to scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, who recently sequenced and analyzed the tarsier...

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Owner of Starved Pit Bull Puppy Sentenced to Jail Time

In April, the Internet was introduced to the tragic tale of Rocky, an emaciated pit bull puppy rescued from the Pennsylvania basement of Angelique Miles. On Monday, Miles pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of animal cruelty and was sentenced to six months in jail and 200 hours of...

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Tarsiers and Humans are Distant Cousins, Study Suggests

Oct 07, 2016 09:18 AM EDT



It has been long debated where the tarsiers belong into the evolutionary primate tree. Now, a new genome study can finally answer the question and end the controversy once and for all. The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, revealed that...

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10-Lb. Yorkie Helps Vietnam Vet Fight Off Bear

Benji the Yorkshire terrier doesn’t look like your typical Jean-Claude Van Damme action star, but this pup really knows how to throw his ten pounds around.
On Thursday, Benji’s owner, Larry Yepez, was attacked by a black bear outside his Midpines, California, home reports The Washington Po...

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More Tigers in American Backyards than in the Wild

A Risk to People and Wild Tigers
The lack of regulation of captive tigers is a major threat to public safety. Lax oversight means tigers can be held in areas that may not be adequately secured.
Officials are rarely able to determine how many tigers there are in captivity within state...

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Male Orca Found Dead in Canadian Waters Most Likely Died Due to Human Error

Oct 06, 2016 06:04 AM EDT



Officials have announced that the male killer whale found in the Canadian waters off Vancouver Island died due to an easily preventable human error.


According to the official necropsy report, the 20-year old orca died due to severe fungal infection that may...

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Meet Loki: The Mischievous Vampire Kitty of Instagram

Fanged feline Loki isn’t here to suck our blood; she is here to steal our hearts.
The furry Nosferatu is one of the newest “must follow” meowers to pop up on Instagram, racking up over 30,000 fans.
Loki’s owner, Kaet, adopted the cutie two years ago from the Chittenden County Humane Soci...

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Environmental change drove diversity in Lake Malawi cichlids

Africa’s Lake Malawi is home to hundreds of species of cichlids, the freshwater fish whose broad array of colors make them popular denizens of household aquariums. A new study shows how dramatic environmental changes during the lake’s history likely drove that dazzling...

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Choosing a mate: It's the brain, not the nose, that knows

How does a male moth find the right type of female for mating when there are two similar types luring him with their pheromones? In many species, differences in the antenna used by the male to smell these perfumes are responsible for his choice. However, in the European Corn Borer (Ostrinia...

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EFN Grantee and Conservationist Walks for Elephants in Kenya

In the race to save elephants, Education for Nature (EFN) grantee Jim Nyamu is taking it slow. A Kenyan native, Nyamu has dedicated his life and career to saving the dwindling elephant population from illegal poaching in Eastern Africa. He will raise awareness by walking more than 650 miles ...

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Protecting Kenya’s Rhinos

Rotiken Denis, warden for the Maasai Mara Rhino Monitoring Team in Kenya, is a Maasai with a background in wildlife management. He is responsible for preventing rhino poaching in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Narok County, Kenya.
My team and I are the security of the Maasai Mara...

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A Win for Tigers in Nepal

Protecting the future
With as few as 3,200 tigers left in the wild there is still more work to be done. Nepal’s results are a major step toward the global goal of doubling wild tiger numbers by 2022—also known as Tx2. “Tigers are a part of Nepal’s natural wealth and we are committed to ensuri...

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Sad News: 26 Jaguars Killed in Panama This Year

Oct 05, 2016 05:54 AM EDT



Scientists and conservationists are alarmed with the increasing number of jaguar killings in Panama, with 26 jaguars killed from January to September this year.


Their findings, published in the Journal for Nature Conservation and presented at the 20th...

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VIDEO: This Baby Already Knows Cats Are One of the Best Parts of Life

Sure, smashed carrots and Mickey Mouse pacifiers are pretty sweet. But have you seen a cat, dude? Those things are awesome.
The baby in this video gets it, lounging in bed, wrapped up like a human Pop Tart, getting doted on by her parents. Life is good – but suddenly it gets better.

Mom ...

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Culex mosquitoes do not transmit zika virus, study finds

A Biosecurity Research Institute study has found important results in the fight against Zika virus: Culex mosquitoes do not appear to transmit Zika virus.

Researchers at Kansas State University’s Biosecurity Research Institute studied Culex species mosquitoes from across the country,...

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Six Tons of Ivory Crushed by US in Historic Event

WWF calls for US moratorium on trading of ivory






More than six tons of ivory tusks, statues and jewelry were destroyed in an effort to stop the demand for illegal wildlife products.






Date:
November 14, 2013


Author:
Trishna Gurung


In This Story:








An enormous gravel...

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5 remarkable animal moms

1. OrangutanThe bond between an orangutan mother and her young is one of the strongest in nature. During the first two years of life, the young rely entirely on their mothers for both food and transportation. The moms stay with their young for six to seven years, teaching them where to find...

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World Wildlife Day Marked by Good News for Rhinos and Tigers

The milestone represents integrated and sustained efforts, including intensive patrolling by rangers and the Nepal Army within protected areas; support from community-based anti-poaching units; and enforcement agencies like the Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police pooling information...

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Protecting Elephant, Tiger and Orangutan Habitat in Sumatra

Every minute on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, five football fields of rain forest are cleared for timber and replaced with pulpwood, rubber and palm oil plantations.
Amid the destruction, a special landscape stands out.
We need your help to save 30 Hills.
As seen on CNN’s “Expedition: Sum...

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Good News: Hawaii Bees Added to US Endangered List for the First Time

Oct 04, 2016 06:15 AM EDT



The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, has, for the first time in history, given endangered status to yellow-faced bees endemic in the Hawaiian islands.


According to the new rule published in the Federal Register, this new status will allow ample room for...

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Bonobos skillfully crack nuts with stone hammers like chimpanzees

A first of its kind study from the University of Kent found that wild-born, rehabilitated bonobos (Pan paniscus) can be efficient nut-crackers with a skill level not that different from wild chimpanzees.

Conducted by Johanna Neufuss from the University’s School of Anthropology and...

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The Summer of Epic Breakups: Let's Look at Kittens & Puppies Until We Believe in Love Again

If we could, we’d deliver a pint of cookie dough ice cream and freshly laundered sweatpants to you every morning. We know you’re going through a tough time right now; we feel the same way. Instead of spending the summer worrying about, say, which filter to use on our vacation photos, we’re cl...

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Steep Rise in Ivory Sales and Availability in Thailand

Halted progress
Last year, WWF delivered a global petition with nearly 1.6 million signatures to the Thai government urging leaders to shut down the ivory market. But despite a public commitment to action, little progress has been made.
A 75-year-old law permits the legal trade of ivory from...

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Expedition to the Arctic

Russia’s Arctic coast has lost much of its summer sea ice over the past two decades. As a result, there’s increased interest in shipping routes and oil and gas exploration in the Laptev Sea, near Siberia.
We know very little about the wildlife and habitat of this region, and so...

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Changing the Trajectory

Over the past year, WWF has led a global campaign to stop wildlife crime by elevating the global response to the growing poaching crisis faced by elephants, rhinos and tigers, which also threatens frontline rangers, national economies and regional security.
On Sept. 26, thousands of miles...

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Looking at nature through a new lens

A task once requiring pen, paper and a fine sense of balance when perched on elephants is now a hands-free experience. Field Notes helped me record observations in the field, GPS locations, and photos and videos like rhinos in their habitat.
Return of the unicornisGreater one-horned rhinos...

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Grey wolf

Grey wolves have long embodied the spirit of the wilderness. Once they had the largest natural distribution of any mammal except humans. Sadly, they can no longer claim this record as they have been lost from much of their former lands. Grey wolves still occupy a range of habitats including...

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CONFIRMED: Plastic Pollution Affects Deep Sea Animals

Oct 03, 2016 05:51 AM EDT



A new study revealed that plastic pollution has already reached deep oceans, negatively affecting deep sea animals.


The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, showed for the first time that microplastics are being ingested by deep sea animals,...

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Grumpy Cat and Nala Team Up with Friskies to Help Feed Shelter Cats

Odd couples come in all shapes, sizes and species – and this is one adorably mismatched pair.
Internet kitty superstars Grumpy Cat and Nala have teamed up to help Friskies feed needy shelter cats. To celebrate this powerful partnership and spread the word on how to help homeless pets, the ...

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Elephant Flying Squad Calf Turns One

We’re celebrating a year since Betino’s birth at the Flying Squad in Indonesia’s Tesso Nilo National Park! This lively little female calf was born on Aug. 9, 2013, to a critically endangered Sumatran elephant trained to help reduce human-elephant conflicts.
When elephants wander into human in...

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Breaking the Cycle

This year, lack of sea ice forced nearly 4,000 walruses to crowd onto the shore of the Chukchi Sea.


The problem of ship emissions
In the Arctic, diesel-burning ships produce black carbon, which settles on snow and ice. The particles absorb sunlight and accelerate melting. Black carbon...

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US Imposes One of the Longest Sentences to Wildlife Trader

A cup carved out of rhino horn.


Li purchased two endangered black rhino horns from an undercover US Fish and Wildlife Service agent in Miami, Florida, for $59,000 before his arrest. Li sold them to factories in China that make carved drinking cups out of the horns. Some believe these...

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A Ranger Determined to Save Sumatra"s Tigers

Our enemies are determined and dangerous
One measure of my success as a ranger is that I am no longer free to chase the poachers as I once did. My face has become too familiar for me to continue operating undercover. Instead of catching traffickers myself, I help my patrol teams and monitor...

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Osprey

Ospreys are some of the most widespread birds of prey, located on every continent except Antarctica. Found typically near both salt and freshwater, they inhabit a variety of landscapes. Ospreys are supreme fishers. Plunging feet first they pluck live fish from the water’s surface,...

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World's Largest Titanosaur Footprint Discovered in Mongolian Desert

Oct 02, 2016 04:20 AM EDT



The world’s largest dinosaur footprint has been uncovered in the Mongolian desert. Nearly the size of a full grown man, the footprint is said to belong to the Titanosaur, which lived on earth approximately 70 to 90 million years ago.


This discovery was...

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National Zoo's Two-Time Panda Mom May Be Pregnant Again

What to expect when you’re expecting a baby panda … is a little unclear.
Washington, D.C.’s National Zoo is working to determine if its giant female panda, Mei Xiang, is pregnant again, reports The Smithsonian. The 17-year-old animal is already the mom to Tai Shan, born in 2005, and Bao Ba...

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Learning to Live in Harmony with Asian Elephants

But increasing human populations and the resulting need for land mean that they face an uncertain future across their range in Asia. Loss of their habitat—mostly to development that does not take elephants and other wildlife into account and encroachment of farm land into national parks and o...

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Polar Bears Waiting at the Edge

Near Churchill, on the edge of Canada’s Hudson Bay, large numbers of polar bears are gathering right now, waiting for the ice to form. You can see mother bears snuggling with cubs, young males wrestling with each other, and large solitary bears ambling across the tundra.
This polar bear s...

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Rhino Horn’s Real Value and Other Rhino Facts

5. What’s the good news for rhinos?If we succeed in giving them the protection they need, rhino populations will thrive. Thanks to successful conservation and anti-poaching efforts, black rhino numbers have doubled in the past two decades after hitting a low point of 2,480 individuals. On M...

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An Up-Close Look at Wildlife Trafficking on US Soil

Touring the wildlife repository at the Rocky Mountain National Wildlife Refuge outside of Denver, Colorado was a sobering experience. On site with WWF for the ivory crush, I was given access to the holding facility where the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS ) stores the bulk of seized...

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Great tit

Great tits are colourful both in their plumage and their song. If the white cheek patches, yellow breast and black bib aren’t enough for identification, the ringing ‘tee-cher’ or sharp ‘tink tink’ will be.
Nests are made anywhere there is a hole, usually in a...

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Australian Man's Penis Bitten by Venomous Spider...Again!

Oct 01, 2016 06:19 AM EDT



Having a bad day? Well, not as bad as this Australian guy.


Five months ago, the tradesman who preferred to be called just Jordan made headlines after his penis was bitten by a venomous spider. And as if he could not get “unlucky enough” the...

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Puppy Missing Front Legs Hops into Loving Forever Home

With a name like Deuce, this puppy was born to get second chances.
On Tuesday, Deuce, who is missing his front paws, moved into a loving forever home, but the disabled pup’s future wasn’t always so bright, as KUSA reports.
Deuce’s original owner left the dog at a Texas animal shelter to ...

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Marine snow fuels life on the sea-floor

City-sized maps of terrain and life on the sea-floor have revealed that drifts of ‘marine snow’ on submarine hillsides act as a source of food to fuel a higher biomass of marine life on the hills than on the flatter plains surrounding hills.

This finding comes from research...

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Saving two adult eagles per year to save the population of this endangered species

Dying due to electrocution at the power lines is the most common death for Bonelli’s eagle (Aquila fasciata), a threatened species in Europe. This is the case of a ringed bird in 2008 — the baby bird 0M — in Montserrat Mountain (Barcelona, Spain), that died due to...

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Thai Citizens Say No to Ivory

Thousands of Thai people are taking a stand against the illegal ivory trade. They are participating in an innovative campaign launched by WWF-Thailand to raise awareness about how buying illegal ivory in Thailand fuels the elephant poaching crisis.
With demand for ivory at an all-time...

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Determined to Save Turtles

In his words, because: “The turtle is my friend!”
It’s been around two years since Muakula last ate turtle meat—a tradition in his culture. He came to the decision during a WWF turtle monitor training in a nearby village. Muakula realized how defenseless the marine turtles were and it stirr...

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Tracking Polar Bears—at the Age of 100

One of WWF’s newest members, Elsa Bailey, just accomplished her dream of seeing polar bears in the wild—at 100 years old.
For Elsa’s 100th birthday, she celebrated skiing at the Colorado’s Arapahoe Basin ski resort. The sprite centenarian caught the attention of Becky Pahl from WWF’s travel p...

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Hope for Rhinos

Hardly a day goes by without another bad news story about rhinos.
We hear horrific tales of poaching, of horns hacked off of still-living animals, of rangers killed in the line of duty or forced to kill poachers who choose to fight rather than surrender. The death tally continues to climb,...

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Lasting Solutions to Save Wildlife

WWF’s Carter Roberts, far left, speaks at the US Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking.


As wildlife crime sweeps through Africa and Asia, a group of wildlife advocates, conservation NGOs and concerned citizens gathered at the first public meeting of President Obama’s...

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Migration

Migration is the usually seasonal movement of animals in pursuit of food, suitable breeding sites or to escape bad weather or other environmental conditions. Mass migrations – such as the wildebeest crossing the Mara River, or Pacific salmon heading upstream to mate – create...

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Good food puts bees in good mood

Biologists at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have discovered that after bumblebees drink a small droplet of really sweet sugar water, they behave like they are in a positive emotion-like state.

We all know what it’s like to taste our favourite food and instantly feel good about...

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Photographer Documents Amazing Bond Between Shelter Animals and the Volunteers Who Care for Them

As anyone who has volunteered at a shelter knows, developing a deep connection to the animals happens as instantaneously, and surprisingly, as a teenage crush.
When fine art dog photographer Jesse Freidin, 34, realized this, he decided to spend a year taking more than 100 moving portraits...

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Crush and Burn: Destroying Illegal Ivory

The image is powerful—thousands of elephant tusks and ivory carvings sitting in a large pile ready to be burned or crushed. A somber reminder of the elephants killed for these trinkets.
Several countries have destroyed their illegal ivory stockpiles in recent years—a powerful act dem...

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A Brighter Light on Bycatch

As gillnet mesh is very hard to see underwater, the team hypothesized that if nets were more visible, then turtles could avoid swimming into them. Their design (“Turtle Lights for Gillnets”) uses widely available fishing lights (LED or chemical lightsticks) to illuminate gillnets. The lig...

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Leaders Make Commitment to Help Polar Bears

As polar bears trudged back onto their sea ice hunting grounds for the winter, an international gathering of arctic nations was working last week to protect the future of the species. Representatives from the US, Canada, Norway, Denmark, Greenland and Russia announced at the International...

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Rhino Collaring Will Tell Critical Tale

A one-horned rhinoceros was successfully collared in Nepal late last month. The event was particularly significant because it occurred in a wildlife corridor that connects Nepal’s Bardia National Park with India’s Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary.
It’s the first time a corridor has been used a...

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Unexpected Swimmers: 3 Land Animals That Do Well in Water

TigersTigers are excellent swimmers and don’t avoid water. The large, striped cats have adapted to many different habitats, from the snows of Russia to the tropical forests of Indonesia. Tigers are also found in the Sunderbans, the world’s largest single block of mangrove forest, where they a...

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Kingfisher

Kingfishers are one of Britain’s most interesting birds. Their vivid colour is iridescence, not pigment – the pigment is actually dark brown! Interference between different wavelengths of light reflected from different layers of the feathers produces blues, greens and oranges. The feathers ...

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Rare, Miniature Skyros Ponies From Greek Mythology are Dying Out

Sep 29, 2016 09:45 AM EDT



The legendary Skyros ponies, who have been running wild in Skyros, Greece for 2,000 years and was even believed to have pulled Achilles’ chariot, is nearing extinction. The rare creature’s numbers have dwindled to 200 remaining individuals left on...

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Optimization technique identifies cost-effective biodiversity corridors

A new optimization technique could help conservation biologists choose the most cost-effective ways of connecting isolated populations of rare, threatened and endangered species living in protected areas. As the human population grows and expands its footprint, maintaining the connectivity of...

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Fossils can help predict future species survival

Many people are concerned about conservation of the planet’s cute and cuddlies. But in a world of global climate change, sometimes we must prioritize which species we can and should save from extinction. Dr. Alycia Stigall and her colleagues are leading the charge in studies to help us...

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First Wolf Pack in Nearly 100 Years Discovered in CA

Brothers and sisters in the wolf pack of life, rejoice. Wildlife officials in California confirmed the first wolf pack in nearly 100 years has been discovered in remote Siskyou County. The pack, two adults and five pups, has been named the Shasta Pack.
Last year, wildlife officials added...

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Powered for life: Self-charging tag tracks fish as long as they swim

With each swish of a tail, scientists now have a tool that could study the movements of fish throughout their entire lives.

The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory developed a self-charging tracking tag for fish behavioral studies. This new tag uses a flexible...

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In bird feathers, scientists find hints about color of extinct animals

In order to discover the true colors of ancient animals, scientists are using X-rays to closely examine the chemical details of modern bird feathers.

The researchers were able to map elements that make up pigments responsible for red and black colors in feathers. They hope to use this...

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The World"s Elephants Can"t Wait

An emotional undertakingI watched as people wiped tears from their eyes viewing the piles of carved ivory ready to go in the crusher in the Square. Behind every piece of ivory is a dead elephant. And behind a dead elephant is often organized crime, corruption and human misery. People who buy...

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Protecting a Turtle Paradise in Indonesia

Within Indonesia’s West Kalimantan province on the island of Borneo lies a long stretch of sandy beach that is very important to marine turtles. Thousands of endangered green and critically endangered hawksbill turtles come ashore and use this beach for nesting.
Despite the critical i...

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Polar Bear Mom and Cub Snuggle in the Snow

Who doesn’t love the big, burly white bears of the north? Polar bears—at the top of the food chain and vital to the health of the Arctic marine environment—are important to the cultures and economies of Arctic peoples.
The bears spend most of their lives on sea ice, where they hunt rin...

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Academy Award-Winning Actor Jared Leto Joins WWF as Global Ambassador

While in South Africa, Leto joined WWF Black Rhino Range Expansion Project veterinarian Dr. Jacques Flamand and other biologists and scientists with the andBeyond Phinda Private Game Reserve to tag and collar three southern white rhinos as part of a translocation program. Later this year,...

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4 Species Impacted by Dams

Free-flowing rivers are the freshwater equivalent of wilderness areas. They’re home to a diverse array of species, and provide food and water for animals and people.
Many freshwater species depend on free-flowing rivers to complete their life cycles and, in some systems, those species make u...

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Dinosaurs

Behaviours
Discover what these behaviours
are and how different plants and animals use them.



Egg layerOviparous animals lay eggs, inside which the young then develop before hatching occurs. Birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, invertebrates and even some...

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How Ornamented Skulls are Linked to Theropod Dinosaurs' Rapid Growth

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A new study from North Carolina State University reveals how crests, horns and knobs found on the skull of theropod dinosaurs are connected to the animals fast growth compared to other species without ornamented skulls.


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Wireless, freely behaving rodent cage helps scientists collect more reliable data

Instead of building a better mouse trap, Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have built a better mouse cage. They’ve created a system called EnerCage (Energized Cage) for scientific experiments on awake, freely behaving small animals. It wirelessly powers electronic devices and...

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Good News: California Sea Otter Population Reaches Highest Level in 100 Years

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Sep 20, 2016 05:34 AM EDT



A new report from the US Geological Survey (USGS) revealed that the populations of California sea otters have reached the highest level since 1982.


The USGS report, released on Sept. 19, showed that the number of sea otters living along the California coast...
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Polar bear

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Remarkable adaptations allow polar bears to live in the frozen Arctic, but global warming is destroying their habitat and leaving them seriously endangered. Despite being born deaf and blind beneath the snow, cubs eventually grow into the most powerful of all four-legged animals.

Using...
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New US ivory regulations mark a victory in the fight to save elephants

Setting an example for the world in the fight to save elephants, the United States has finalized new regulations that will help shut down commercial elephant ivory trade within its borders and stop wildlife crime overseas.
The change in US elephant ivory policy shifts the burden to the...
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Join WWF and Jack Black in protecting wild pandas and their habitat

In celebration of Kung Fu Panda 3, releasing January 29th 2016, WWF is working to raise awareness about the plight of giant pandas through a video with the film’s star, Jack Black. In Kung Fu Panda 3, the main character Po, played by Black, teams up with his father and his friends to save a n...
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Arctic sea ice hits second-lowest extent on record

The Arctic’s summer sea ice appears to have hit its lowest extent of the year, putting pressure on the region’s diverse wildlife. Ice covered only 1.6 million square miles on Sept. 10, and 2016 is now tied with 2007 for the second-lowest sea ice extent on record, according to the US National ...
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Celebrating an amazing two years of zero rhino poaching in Nepal

Nepal marked two consecutive years since its last rhino was poached on May 2, 2014. This exceptional success is a result of a combination of high-level political will and government entities, and the active involvement of conservation communities.
The country achieved two other periods of...
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For the first time in 100 years, tiger numbers are growing

Governments of countries with tiger populations came together in 2010 to pledge the goal of doubling wild tiger numbers by 2022. Our work is not done: these countries are meeting again this month to report on their progress and commit to next steps to help tigers rebound.
Tracking tiger...
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Let’s keep offshore oil and gas drilling out of the Arctic’s most pristine spots

The Arctic serves as the proverbial canary in a coal mine for climate change, warming at twice the rate as the rest of the world. These rising temperatures impact both the wildlife and people who rely on the region for food and shelter. It’s also driving a new “cold rush,” a race to claim Arc...
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Whales might be hidden, but these new buoys can help find them

How do you find whales that dive so deep and spend so little time at the surface that some species have never been observed alive? Sometimes you just have to listen closely.

Thanks to a newly developed system of drifting buoys, scientists from NOAA’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center...
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Army Specialist and Bomb-Sniffing Dog Partner Share Big Hug After 3 Years Apart

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Ikar, a 5-year-old Czech shepherd, proved just how deep dog loyalty goes last Thursday.
Even though Ikar and his human battle buddy, U.S. Army Specialist Vance McFarland, spent three years apart, the canine recognized him instantly during their reunion at the Boise, Idaho, airport,...
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Trees recognize roe deer by saliva

In spring, the young, delicate shoots in the forest light up, bright and May green. The buds and shoots are the future of the forests as they allow young trees to grow. The problem for the trees is: Roe deer like to eat them, and especially their buds. With a bit of luck, the young, gnawed...
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Man's Best Friend: Dying Dog Lives Long Enough to See His Best Pal Get Married

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Sep 19, 2016 05:59 AM EDT



Charlie Bear, a 15-year-old dog, once again showed that dogs are truly man’s best friend as he battled a dreadful disease just to live long enough to see his pal walk down the aisle.


The story of Charlie has taken social medias by storm. Charlie was...
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Peregrine falcon

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Peregrine falcons are one of, if not the, fastest animals in the world. They are believed to achieve speeds of over 300 kph when plunging from the sky after prey. This iconic bird of prey is also one of the world’s most widely distributed birds, found on every continent except...
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A glimpse of a humpback whale swimming just beneath the surface

Whales roam through all of the world’s oceans, communicating with complex and hauntingly beautiful sounds.
Their behavior is the most fascinating, least understood, most difficult to study, and least funded area of whale research today. So little is known about whale behavior that it is r...
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New US regulations around captive tigers could provide a boost for wild tigers

Tiger populations fighting for a comeback in the wild will receive a much needed lifeline from the United States government. Improved and tightened regulations around captive tigers will make it more difficult for captive-bred tigers to filter into and stimulate the illegal wildlife trade...
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How rangers are working to save tigers

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WWF: What are the six pillars?
RS: The first pillar is assessments. What’s the status of your protected area? The second is the technology. Nowadays, you need the best technology to protect animals.
Third is communities. If the people living around your protected area are not supporting yo...
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Nepal welcomes a new baby rhino

With immense pleasure, we’re welcoming the birth of one very special rhino in Nepal! 
Moved from one national park to another earlier this year to establish new populations in areas where they used to exist, a rhino gave birth to the male calf on May 22—an encouraging sign that the mother is ...
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America the beautiful: a look at some of the country"s most fascinating animals

We’re all quick to recognize the beauty of elephants roaming through Africa and Asia, the tigers traversing Southeast Asia and the far reaches of Russia and China, and the charismatic gorillas of the Congo basin. But the United States also hosts an abundance of beautiful, iconic animals that ...
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Sea turtles and shrimp cocktail: what’s the connection?

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Sea turtles are some of the most majestic, long-living animals in the ocean, yet hundreds of thousands of them are accidentally caught and die in shrimp nets and other fishing gear each year. Endangered loggerheads, green turtles, and leatherbacks are especially vulnerable.
WWF works with...
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First twins born to habituated gorilla family in the Central African Republic

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“These are the first twins ever recorded in Dzanga-Sangha and their birth is an incredible moment for everyone who has worked so hard to habituate and conserve these gorillas over the past 16 years,” said David Greer, the leader of WWF’s African great apes program, who worked in Dzang...
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Giant panda no longer Endangered

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In a welcome piece of good news for the world’s threatened wildlife, the giant panda has just been downgraded from ‘Endangered’ to ‘Vulnerable’ on the global list of species at risk of extinction, demonstrating how an integrated approach can help save our planet’s vanishing biodiversit...
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Rampant poaching threatens former elephant stronghold in Tanzania

Rampant ivory poaching has reduced the elephant population in Tanzania’s oldest and largest protected area by 90 percent in fewer than 40 years.
Nearly 110,000 elephants used to roam the savannas, wetlands, and forests of Selous Game Reserve—a World Heritage Site—in the mid-1970s. Now only 15...
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Genetic analysis uncovers four species of giraffe, not just one

Up until now, scientists had only recognized a single species of giraffe made up of several subspecies. But, according to the most inclusive genetic analysis of giraffe relationships to date, giraffes actually aren’t one species, but four. For comparison, the genetic differences among...
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Bird brain? Ounce for ounce birds have significantly more neurons in their brains than mammals or primates

The macaw has a brain the size of an unshelled walnut, while the macaque monkey has a brain about the size of a lemon. Nevertheless, the macaw has more neurons in its forebrain — the portion of the brain associated with intelligent behavior — than the macaque.

That is one of the...
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What's hiding behind the trapdoor?

Australia is known as a country full of deadly creatures – now people have trapdoor spiders hiding in their backyards.

The mysteriously elusive creatures are hiding in most forests in Brisbane and are tucked away in national parks throughout the state of Queensland, Australia.
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Digitizing North America's butterfly and moth collections

This fall researchers at the Georgia Museum of Natural History at the University of Georgia will lead an effort to digitize around 2.1 million specimens from the order Lepidoptera — moths and butterflies — and to make that data available to scientists studying climate, natural...
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Drones for butterfly conservation

High-resolution aerial photographs provide information that is both up-to-date and tailored for the task at hand — information that could previously only be obtained by observations in the field and only for a limited spatial area. For the very first time, a team of scientists led by...
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Seeing the forest for the trees: World's largest reforestation program overlooks wildlife

After years of environmental destruction, China has spent billions of dollars on the world’s largest reforestation program, converting a combined area nearly the size of New York and Pennsylvania back to forest.

The government-backed effort, known as the Grain-for-Green Program, has...
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Birds choose spring neighbors based on winter ‘friendships’

Great tits pick their spring breeding sites to be near their winter flockmates, according to new research into the social networks of birds from the University of Oxford.

The study shows that as mated pairs of great tits settle down to breed in the spring, they establish their homes in...
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Whales' ultrasonic hearing has surprisingly ancient history, fossilized ear shows

All living toothed whales rely upon echoes of their own calls to navigate and hunt underwater, a skill that works best in conjunction with high-frequency hearing. Now, researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on August 4 who studied one of the best-preserved ears of any...
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Endangered right whale population threatened by entanglements and dramatically declining birth rate

The most endangered large whale species in the Atlantic is threatened by increasing rates of lethal and debilitating entanglements and a dramatic 40% decline in birth rates since 2010. About 500 North Atlantic right whales still survive after two decades period of modest annual growth, but...
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Robo-fish, mimicking nature land professor with U.S. department of the navy research grant

By observing how fish swim and use their fins to move seamlessly within the ocean depths, a researcher at Florida Atlantic University is mimicking this movement to increase maneuverability and enhance the motion of underwater vehicles and robotic systems. To advance this research area, Oscar...
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Risk to small children from family dog often underestimated

Children love petting dogs, playing with them and crawling after them. They especially love to hug or cuddle the family dog. Unwanted close contact sometimes causes dogs to feel harassed and they respond by snapping at the child. Many cases of dog bites involving small children happen in...
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Happy National Dog Day! We've Got the Details on How Emmy Rossum Will Celebrate

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If there were a National ‘Best Pet Owner’ Day, Emmy Rossum would definitely win. But, for now, she is taking this day to honor her furry loved ones with some delicious sweet treats from the nation’s #1 cupcake hotspot.
“They will probably get little dog cupcakes from Sprinkles,” says the Sh...
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Vincent, a Morbidly Obese Dachshund, Is Beating the Odds on His Weight Loss Journey to 'Skinny Vinnie'

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Bats use second sense to hunt prey in noisy environments

Like many predators, the fringe-lipped bat primarily uses its hearing to find its prey, but with human-generated noise on the rise, scientists are examining how bats and other animals might adapt to find their next meal. According to a new study, when noise masks the mating calls of the...
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Zolushka sighting: The tiger Cinderella story continues

Brought into captivity as a nearly starved, 3-month old cub, the tigress that became known as Zolushka (Russian for “Cinderella”) flourished in a rehabilitation center designed to prepare her for life back in the wild. Without a mother (probably lost to poachers) Zolushka learned...
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Freshwater stingrays chew their food just like a goat

A new University of Toronto study has found that some freshwater stingrays from the Amazon chew their food in a similar fashion as mammals.

Using a combination of high-speed video and CT scans Matthew Kolmann, a recently graduated PhD in the lab of U of T Scarborough’s Nathan Lovejoy...
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First Domesticated Foxes Bred in Russia With Dog Traits Like Licking, Tail Wagging

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Sep 17, 2016 06:26 AM EDT



Are foxes man’s new best friend? In Russia, there’s now a choice after geneticist Dmitry Belyaev began a breeding program 50 years ago.


There are plenty of people who would want to take the adorable looking fox home. However, a regular fox from...
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Dead Humpback Whale Beached in Sea Isle City

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Sep 17, 2016 08:20 AM EDT



The carcass of a young humpback whale washed up in Sea Isle City on Friday afternoon, 3.p.m.


According to Press of Atlantic City, the whale was previously spotted off the coast of Strathmere earlier in the day. The humpback whale’s cause of death is ...
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No More Fowl Love: Stop Kissing Chickens, They Can Give Salmonella, CDC Warns

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Sep 16, 2016 05:42 AM EDT



If you or your children have a habit of kissing your pet chickens, it may be best to refrain from the fowl affection. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported that kissing chickens can give you salmonella infection.


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61-Year-Old Man Contracts Rare Fatal Pneumonia from His Pet Parrots

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Sep 15, 2016 04:17 AM EDT



A 61-year-old contracted a rare illness that is related with parrots. The unidentified man had been sick for a week before he went to the hospital. By the time he arrived at the hospital, he was already suffering respiratory failure, and with serious flu-like...
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Consequences of Climate Change: Polar Bears to have Shorter Hunting, Breeding Season, NASA Says

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Sep 15, 2016 04:55 AM EDT



Global warming has demonstrated its capacity to influence many industries on Earth such as coffee farming, coral reef growth and it has even instigated sea level rise. However, there are more pressing effects that need immediate solution. According to NASA,...
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Smart Animals: Critically Endangered Hawaiian Crow Capable of Proficiently Using Tools

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Sep 15, 2016 05:28 AM EDT



An international team lead by scientists from the University of St. Andrews in United Kingdom have discovered that the critically-endangered Hawaiian Crow, or locally known as Alalā, is a highly proficient tool user.


Their discovery, described in a paper ...
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ALERT: Large Marine Species Most Likely to Die First in the Sixth Mass Extinction Event

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Sep 15, 2016 05:44 AM EDT



A new study revealed that large ocean-dwelling animals are at great risk to be the first one to be wiped out during a sixth mass extinction event.


The study, published in the journal Science, suggests a kind of extinction that were unlike the past five...
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