Illegal wildlife trafficking risks triggering future global pandemics and loss of biodiversity and needs to be tackled, finds new research into the ways in global supply chains are being hijacked by criminals, from the University ...
Social Sciences
Jun 26, 2023
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On a cold spring morning, Washington University in St. Louis virologist Jacco Boon, Ph.D., and wildlife ecologist Solny Adalsteinsson, Ph.D., flap and drag a large white flag through a woodsy area on the western edge of St. ...
Ecology
Jun 15, 2023
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A human or animal's microbiome—the collection of often beneficial microorganisms, including as bacteria and fungi, that live on or within a host organism—can play an important role in the host's overall immune response, ...
Ecology
Jun 11, 2023
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As the COVID-19 pandemic slowly subsides, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) experts and colleagues from the Wildlife Conservation Society have partnered on a new analysis in The Lancet Planetary Health ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 6, 2023
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In a new study, bioscientists argue that strengthening the protection given to areas already protected under law or by local communities is as critical for safeguarding biodiversity as creating new protected areas.
Ecology
Jun 2, 2023
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A slow birthrate and night-time wanderings of pregnant gray nurse sharks away from no-take marine protected areas are putting the fierce-looking but mild-mannered species at further risk of extinction.
Plants & Animals
May 25, 2023
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Registration opened Wednesday for the 2023 Florida Python Challenge, giving participants a chance to win a share of more than $30,000 in prizes while removing invasive Burmese pythons from the wild.
Plants & Animals
May 25, 2023
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By the end of the year, Victoria's trouble-plagued native forest industry will end—six years ahead of schedule. The state's iconic mountain ash forests and endangered wildlife will at last be safe from chainsaws. And there ...
Environment
May 23, 2023
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Imagine coming across an injured kangaroo on the side of the road. Or a bat entangled in fruit tree netting. Would you know who to call to get help?
Plants & Animals
May 22, 2023
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North Carolina might need to move a snail. A tiny mollusk known as the magnificent ramshorn has long made its home in the state's freshwater coastal ponds. But sea level rise and storm surges are making those ponds saltier, ...
Plants & Animals
May 17, 2023
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