CITES votes to ban trade in endangered otters
Over 100 countries voted Sunday to ban the trade in the smooth-coated otter and placed it on the CITES most endangered list.
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Biology news
Urban living leads to high cholesterol... in crows
Animals that do well in urban areas tend to be the ones that learn to make use of resources such as the food humans throw away. But is our food actually good for them? A new study published in The Condor: Ornithological Applications ...
Ecology
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Banana industry on alert after disease arrives in Colombia
It might not be obvious at the supermarket, but the banana industry is fighting to protect the most popular variety of the fruit from a destructive fungus.
Ecology
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CITES votes to protect endangered mako sharks
A proposal to strengthen protection for mako sharks, hunted for their meat and fins, was adopted Sunday by 102 countries at the CITES global wildlife trade summit.
Ecology
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'Red lights' as over-tourism threatens Corsican nature reserve
"It's nature's magical design," says a tourist guide, waxing poetic as he comments on the impressive red cliffs plunging into a turquoise sea at the Scandola nature reserve on France's Corsica island.
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A novel technology for genome-editing a broad range of mutations in live organisms
The ability to edit genes in living organisms offers the opportunity to treat a plethora of inherited diseases. However, many types of gene-editing tools are unable to target critical areas of DNA, and creating such a technology ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Migrating mule deer don't need directions: study
How do big-game animals know where to migrate across hundreds of miles of vast Wyoming landscapes year after year?
Plants & Animals
Aug 24, 2019
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To ban or not to ban genetically modified crops? That's not the question
The South Australian government recently announced its intention to lift the long-standing statewide moratorium on genetically modified (GM) crops, following a statutory six-week consultation period.
Plants & Animals
Aug 23, 2019
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After using tools, crows behave more optimistically, study suggests
It's no secret crows are smart. They're notorious for frustrating attempts to keep them from tearing into garbage cans; more telling, however, is that they are one of the few animals known to make tools.
Plants & Animals
Aug 23, 2019
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Scientists a step closer to saving northern white rhino from extinction
Veterinarians have successfully harvested eggs from the last two surviving northern white rhinos, taking them one step closer to bringing the species back from the brink of extinction, scientists said in Kenya on Friday.
Plants & Animals
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