A controversial cull of up to 10,000 wild horses in Australia's harsh Outback reportedly began Wednesday in a bid to control the feral animals which officials say are destroying the land.

Biology - Ecology

May 22, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org) —A Canadian research team, helped by scientists at The University of Manchester, has discovered the first evidence of an extinct giant camel in the High Arctic. The three-and-a-half million year ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Mar 05, 2013 4.8 / 5 (10) 5 |

High demand for Frankincense means that many Boswellia papyrifera trees are being over-exploited and populations are at risk of dying out. But help may be on hand as the results of a new study led by Motuma Tolera, which ...

Biology - Ecology

Dec 10, 2012 not rated yet 5

Hassan Hussein cuts down 40 trees every month to fuel his charcoal business, fully aware of the impact his action has on the environment.

Space & Earth - Environment

Nov 19, 2012 3 / 5 (2) 0

Scientists in China said on Tuesday they had sequenced the DNA of the wild bactrian camel, a threatened species with an extraordinary ability to survive in extreme conditions.

Biology - Biotechnology

Nov 13, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 1

Workers have discovered hundreds of bones belonging to Ice Age animals, including mammoths, mastodons and glyptodons, while digging to build a wastewater treatment plant north of Mexico City.

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Aug 31, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Australia's feral camel population has dropped by an estimated 250,000 in recent years, but the arid outback is still home to the world's largest wild herd, officials said Tuesday.

Biology - Ecology

Jul 24, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1

The discovery of two new extinct camel species by University of Florida scientists sheds new light on the history of the tropics, a region containing more than half the world's biodiversity and some of its most important ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Feb 29, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Evolutionary biologist at the University of Reading Professor Mark Pagel argues that our cultural influences are more important to our success as a species than our genes in his new book published this week.

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Feb 27, 2012 3.8 / 5 (5) 3

(AP) -- Restaurants around the world will soon use new DNA technology to assure patrons they are being served the genuine fish fillet or caviar they ordered, rather than inferior substitutes, an expert in genetic identification ...

Biology - Other

Nov 27, 2011 4.1 / 5 (10) 14

In Oct. 2011 Professor Chris Walzer and Dr. Gabrielle Stalder, veterinary scientists at the Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology at the Veterinary Science University, Vienna, successfully attached GPS satellite collars ...

Biology - Ecology

Nov 11, 2011 not rated yet 0

Scientists at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna's Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology have discovered the mechanism by which Asian elephants are able to tolerate hot daytime temperatures. Their results are ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Sep 30, 2011 not rated yet 1

The world's association of camel scientists fought back angrily on Monday over Australian plans to kill wild dromedaries on the grounds that their flatulence adds to global warming.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jul 04, 2011 5 / 5 (3) 35

Australia is considering awarding carbon credits for killing feral camels as a way to tackle climate change.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jun 09, 2011 2.5 / 5 (8) 35

Cutting-edge camel breeding technology, including embryo transfers and cloning, is being pioneered in the United Arab Emirates to reproduce the prized desert beasts that now fetch staggering sums.

Biology - Biotechnology

Sep 30, 2010 not rated yet 0