In her 30 years working as a researcher in Madagascar, CU Boulder Anthropology Professor Michelle Sauther has had a number of chance encounters with a strange forest creature: a wild, oversized cat with a characteristic tabby-like ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 16, 2020
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Dingo or just wild dog? A new study busts the misconception that pure dingoes are extinct in NSW—and finds several 'dingo hotspots' around the state.
Plants & Animals
Nov 1, 2019
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Scientists who are trying to save species at the brink of extinction are finding help in an unexpected place.
Biotechnology
Oct 17, 2019
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A study by the University of Cincinnati found that Charles Darwin's famous finches defy what has long been considered a key to evolutionary success: genetic diversity.
Plants & Animals
Aug 21, 2019
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Fragmentation of wildlife populations is increasing on a global scale, and understanding current genetic structure, genetic diversity and genetic connectivity is key to informing future wildlife management and conservation.
Ecology
Dec 21, 2018
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The already-rare Stone's sheep of the Yukon is 20 per cent less common than previously thought, according to new research by University of Alberta biologists.
Plants & Animals
Nov 15, 2018
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Genetic tools can be a powerful complement to visual identification of endangered fish, indicates a study from the University of California, Davis.
Ecology
Feb 22, 2018
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A recent study published in Conservation Genetics by researchers from the Universidad de los Andes, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society), and the Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) shows that ...
Ecology
Dec 5, 2017
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Manitoba offers a special home to golden-winged warblers and until recently we were thought to have the most genetically pure populations of these striking songbirds. But new research suggests this is changing.
Plants & Animals
Nov 29, 2017
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Marine scientists have discovered that two species of dolphin in the waters off Bangladesh are genetically distinct from those in other regions of the Indian and western Pacific Oceans, a finding that supports a growing body ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 14, 2016
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