During the late Pleistocene, a remarkably diverse assemblage of large-bodied mammals inhabited the "mammoth steppe," a cold and dry yet productive environment that extended from western Europe through northern Asia and across ...

Biology - Ecology

May 08, 2013 4.3 / 5 (3) 0 |

The rediscovery of a mystery animal in a museum's underground storeroom proves that a non-native 'big cat' prowled the British countryside at the turn of the last century. The animal's skeleton and mounted skin was analysed ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 24, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0

The cheetah, the world's fastest land animal, survived mass extinction during the last ice age 10,000 years ago.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 24, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0

A new study led by WCS-India scientist Vidya Athreaya finds that certain landscapes of western India completely devoid of wilderness and with high human populations are crawling with a different kind of backyard ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 28, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0

(AP)—A vet hopes groundbreaking surgery has relieved the arthritic hip pain of a 13-year-old Siberian tiger at a Texas sanctuary.

Biology - Plants & Animals

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Poisonous frogs, long-necked turtles, bears and chimpanzees may not be everyone's idea of an animal companion, but experts warn that demand for exotic pets is pushing some species closer to extinction.

Biology - Ecology

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Parts of more than 1400 Tigers have been seized across Asia in the past 13 years, according to TRAFFIC's latest analysis of confiscations, which includes new data for 2010-2012.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 11, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Since its inception in 2009, the "Contributions to the systematics of New World macro- moths" series in ZooKeys has been playing an important role in publishing taxonomic changes and new discoveries concerning m ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

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Lions may be the well-reputed kings of the savannah, but South Africa's lucrative trophy-hunting industry means the regal cats are more likely to know the inside of a paddock ringed with an electric fence ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

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(Phys.org)—Automated trail cameras set up by a UA research team have snapped pictures of a male jaguar and a male ocelot roaming the rugged Southern Arizona landscape.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Dec 21, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

State media say a pair of mating Amur leopards was spotted in northeastern China, in another indication of a comeback for an extremely rare cat once thought to be next to extinction.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Dec 05, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

A rare Sumatran tiger has died after his transferral to an Indonesia park was aborted and he was put on a second flight because passengers complained about the smell, an official said.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 04, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org)—Henry Bunn, anthropologist from Wisconsin University, speaking at the annual European Society for the study of Human Evolution meeting in Bordeaux this year, has suggested that the date that humans began hunting ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Sep 26, 2012 4.7 / 5 (10) 21 |

A rare Sumatran tiger has given birth to three cubs at an Indonesian zoo, an official there said Tuesday, giving hope for the survival of the endangered species.

Biology - Plants & Animals

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Tigers in southern Nepal appear to be changing their habits so they can operate under cover of darkness and avoid coming into contact with humans, scientists said on Friday.

Biology - Ecology

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