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Plants & Animals Mar 25, 2024

How wild is the Bengal cat genome?

If you're wondering who holds the title of domestic cat royalty, look no further than the stunning Bengal breed. They take the prize for the most popular breed in The International Cat Association (TICA) registry due to their ...

Plants & Animals Mar 25, 2024

Citizen scientists contribute vital information about 35 seahorse species

Thanks to diligent observers, seahorses, those enigmatic and charismatic fish, are not only being discovered in new habitats and expanded geographic ranges, they are also being found at new ocean depths. While their capacity ...

Plants & Animals Mar 15, 2024

Urgent need for science-based approach to shark conservation

Brazilian authorities must take a science-based approach to shark conservation, with experts warning extreme reactions to bite incidents and population growth will undermine the recovery of the fish.

Plants & Animals Mar 14, 2024

Increasing sea temperatures associated with higher bull shark abundance

Increasing sea surface temperatures over the past 20 years in Mobile Bay—an estuary in the US state of Alabama—have coincided with five-fold increases in the abundance of juvenile bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas), according ...

Ecology Mar 14, 2024

Rangers hunt endangered Indonesian tigers after deadly attacks

Indonesian rangers along with an animal whisperer are hunting multiple critically endangered Sumatran tigers after two villagers were recently killed in separate attacks that stoked local anger, officials said Thursday.

Cell & Microbiology Mar 12, 2024

The next pandemic? It's already here for Earth's wildlife, says biologist

I am a conservation biologist who studies emerging infectious diseases. When people ask me what I think the next pandemic will be I often say that we are in the midst of one—it's just afflicting a great many species more ...

Plants & Animals Mar 7, 2024

Kala, rare Sumatran tiger cub, makes her debut in Rome

A run around and a cuddle with dad—Rome zoo's new Sumatran tiger cub made her public debut Thursday, three months after her birth boosted the critically endangered species.

Plants & Animals Mar 5, 2024

'Flying tigers' come to a university's live bird cams project

A new feathered face has just popped up in front of the live cameras hosted by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Bird Cams project.

Evolution Feb 26, 2024

Butterflies mimic each other's flight behavior to avoid predators, show scientists

Researchers have shown that inedible species of butterfly that mimic each others' color patterns have also evolved similar flight behaviors to warn predators and avoid being eaten.

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 ...

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