Search results for Giraffes

Plants & Animals Mar 12, 2024

Gene flow in giraffes and what it means for their conservation

Giraffes are a beautiful and powerful example of what adaptive evolution can achieve. However, in recent years, they have attained notoriety for a completely different reason: it has been suggested that instead of one giraffe ...

Space Exploration Mar 8, 2024

How do animals react during a total solar eclipse? Scientists plan to find out in April

When a total solar eclipse transforms day into night, will tortoises start acting romantic? Will giraffes gallop? Will apes sing odd notes?

Plants & Animals Feb 26, 2024

Rare megamouth shark found in east Africa for the first time—why so little is known about it

A rarely seen megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios) was recently spotted in east Africa for the very first time. It was recorded in a market in Zanzibar, where it was being sold after being captured and killed. The recent ...

Evolution Feb 20, 2024

Panama Canal expansion rewrites history of world's most ecologically diverse bats

Most bats patrol the night sky in search of insects. New World leaf-nosed bats take a different approach. Among the more than 200 species of leaf-nosed bats, there are those that hunt insects; drink nectar; eat fruit; munch ...

Ecology Jan 31, 2024

Nature's DNA traps: Spider webs put new spin on wildlife research

Spiders might be silent heroes in helping us understand and keep track of animals, with new Curtin research revealing their webs act like natural traps for tiny bits of environmental DNA (eDNA) from vertebrates, which could ...

Plants & Animals Jan 25, 2024

Tiny ant species disrupts lion's hunting behavior

In a study published in the journal Science, a team of scientists report that a tiny and seemingly innocuous invasive ant species is changing tree cover in an East African wildlife area, making it harder for lions, the world's ...

Plants & Animals Jan 23, 2024

Three-year population study supports fight to save Cameroon's Kordofan giraffe

Crucial new data about the numbers of Critically Endangered Kordofan giraffe living within Cameroon's Bénoué National Park has been released, supporting conservation efforts to save the subspecies from extinction.

Plants & Animals Jan 22, 2024

'Lonely' giraffe in Mexico begins long journey to new home

A "lonely" giraffe living in harsh conditions in northern Mexico is heading to a safari park to begin a new life after a campaign by animal rights activists.

Plants & Animals Jan 22, 2024

Whale calves found stealing milk from other mothers

Research from The University of Western Australia has found some southern right whale calves are little "milk thieves."

Plants & Animals Jan 5, 2024

Carnivorous plant traps help scientists explain the evolution of complex 'composite' traits

An international team of researchers led by Dr. Ulrike Bauer from the University of Bristol investigated two tropical pitcher plant species separated by 4,000 km of open ocean: The Slender Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes gracilis) ...

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