According to the World Health Organization, more than two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. And it's not just humans who are packing on the pounds. Our furry companions are plagued by an obesity ...

Biology - Other

Apr 10, 2013 not rated yet 0

Australian researchers investigating the extinction of the country's Tasmanian Tiger put the fault solely with humans Thursday, saying they had debunked a long-held theory that disease was to blame.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 31, 2013 5 / 5 (6) 4

A court in Ecuador has convicted a German tourist of trying to smuggle four threatened iguanas out of the Galapagos Islands in his luggage, authorities said Sunday.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 06, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Australia's native animals are being fed nauseating sausages of cane toad meat in a bid to train them against eating the foul, toxic species as it spreads into new areas, researchers said on Tuesday.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 27, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 1

(Phys.org)—The fossilized fangs of saber-toothed cats hold clues to how the extinct mammals shared space and food with other large predators 9 million years ago.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Nov 06, 2012 4.7 / 5 (6) 0 |

(Phys.org)—Researchers working to increase the number of bridled nailtail wallabies in Queensland Australia, have discovered that stopping the practice of culling dingoes in the area did not change the ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Nov 05, 2012 4.3 / 5 (4) 1 |

A recent report says illegal hunting of wildlife in South African Development Community (SADC) states can lead to the eradication of many species across extensive areas and even complete ecological collapse.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 25, 2012 not rated yet 0

A German tourist has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle four endangered iguanas out of the Galapagos Islands, according to the national park.

Biology - Ecology

Jul 10, 2012 not rated yet 1

(Phys.org) -- A team of scientists at Washington University in St. Louis has been keeping a wary eye on emerging tick-borne diseases in Missouri for the past dozen years, and they have just nailed down another ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jun 22, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 0 |

A parasite linked to dogs and responsible for an estimated $30 million loss to the national cattle industry each year is present throughout Australia, a University of Sydney study has revealed.

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 30, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Rangers who shot a saltwater crocodile that was terrorising pets in northern Australia found a dog, a pair of shorts, a football and a nappy in its stomach, according to a local report.

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 16, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 1

German hunters offered a reward Monday to find the killer of what was believed to be the first wolf spotted in a southwestern region in more than a century.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 23, 2012 not rated yet 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A radically new way to determine whether an introduced species has become a native species - by observing the reactions of other local species - is outlined in research by the University of ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 16, 2012 not rated yet 0

In 1991, conservationists announced with dismay that endangered African wild dogs had gone extinct from the Serengeti-Mara region of east Africa. Now the latest genetic study reveals that this proclamation ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 23, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 3 |

A team of Russian veterinary colleagues and health experts from the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo are collaborating to understand how distemper -- a virus afflicting domestic dogs and many wildlife ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Sep 30, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0