Easier to import giraffes under new EU rules
When cuddly bees influence the rules
It may be easier to show concern about cuddly animals like bees than about some of the millions of indigenous insect and microorganisms found in the European biodiversity.
May 07, 2013
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Monogamy better for monkey families, study suggests
It seems there is trouble in paradise for a rare monogamous species of monkey, after a University of Derby biologist found committed couples are targeted by aggressive singles determined to break up a happy ...
May 07, 2013
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Could coral reefs become sponge reefs in the future?
Entomologist names new wasp species after UC Riverside
An entomologist at the University of California, Riverside discovered a new wasp species in Russia and named it after the university, commonly abbreviated as UCR.
May 06, 2013
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New study finds no evidence for theory humans wiped out megafauna
Most species of gigantic animals that once roamed Australia had disappeared by the time people arrived, a major review of the available evidence has concluded.
May 06, 2013
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Researchers document feeding habits of five species of Ningaloo stingray
Boom in jellyfish: Overfishing called into question
Iceland to resume disputed fin whale hunt in June
Researchers calculate the global highways of invasive marine species
Fishermen want humpback whales off endangered list
Biologist discovers new meat-eating dinosaur from the late Jurassic period in China
(Phys.org) —Fossil remains found by a George Washington University biologist in northwestern China have been identified as a new species of small theropod, or meat-eating, dinosaur.
May 03, 2013
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Malaria: A vector infecting both apes and humans
In 2010, a study revealed that the main agent of malaria in humans, called Plasmodium falciparum, arose from the gorilla. Today, the vector which transmitted the parasite from apes to humans has just been i ...
May 03, 2013
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Atmospheric carbon to hit five-million-year record, marine expert warns
(Phys.org) —The Earth's atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) is about to rise to 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time in five million years, a scientist at The University of Queensland warned today.
May 03, 2013
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A closer look at the GM debate
In the first chapter of The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin detailed his examinations of the skeletons of a variety of different breeds of domestic pigeons. To agreement today, he concluded that they a ...
May 02, 2013
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