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Ecology Apr 16, 2019

Tree dens play a critical role in panda lifestyle

In a paper recently published in the journal Biological Conservation, an international team of conservationists highlights the importance of tree dens for pandas raising infants in native habitats. The study, conducted in ...

Plants & Animals Apr 9, 2019

San Diego Zoo says farewell to last 2 giant pandas

The San Diego Zoo is saying goodbye to two big, furry superstars.

Plants & Animals Apr 1, 2019

UK's only female giant panda artificially inseminated at zoo

Britain's only female giant panda has been artificially inseminated in a bid to produce a cub.

Archaeology Apr 1, 2019

Last of the giants: What killed off Madagascar's megafauna a thousand years ago?

Giant 10-foot-tall elephant birds, with eggs eight times larger than an ostrich's. Sloth lemurs bigger than a panda, weighing in at 350 pounds. A puma-like predator called the giant fosa.

Space Exploration Mar 27, 2019

Modi declares India 'space superpower' as satellite downed by missile

India said it had destroyed a low-orbiting satellite in a missile test that proved the nation was among the world's most advanced space powers.

Plants & Animals Mar 27, 2019

US zoo to return beloved giant pandas to China

Two giant pandas that have been a star attraction at the San Diego Zoo for decades will soon be returned home to China, officials announced.

Ecology Mar 18, 2019

Pandanomics is a grey area, but to us the value of giant pandas is black and white

Wang Wang and Funi came to Australia from China a decade ago. Their relationship is best described as complicated. Despite considerable medical assistance, they have never managed to produce offspring. It has put a big question ...

Plants & Animals Feb 7, 2019

Competent chimpanzee nutcrackers

Humans consider themselves as the tool user par excellence. Previous work comparing human tool use skills to that of other species tended to place the animals in artificial conditions far removed from their natural environments. ...

Archaeology Jan 31, 2019

Ancient pandas weren't exclusive bamboo eaters, bone evidence suggests

The giant pandas we know and love today live only in the understory of particular mountains in southwestern China, where they subsist on bamboo alone. In support of their tough and fibrous bamboo diet, they've got distinctive ...

Ecology Jan 28, 2019

Tracking conflict and a migratory wolf

Thousands of people cross the border between Oregon and Idaho every day without anyone batting an eye. On one day about 13 years ago, another Idahoan left the Gem State for its western neighbor and, like many of the travelers ...

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