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Biotechnology Jul 21, 2022

Bioinspired whisker arrays can work as antennae to detect sources of flow disturbances under water or in air

A recent research study conducted by City, University of London's Professor Christoph Bruecker and his team has demonstrated that artificial whiskers, built as models of whiskers from sea lions, can work as an array of antennae ...

Plants & Animals Jul 11, 2022

Big CAT scan: London Zoo treats lion with earache

How do you treat an endangered 12-year-old lion with persistent earache? Normally, the answer is: with difficulty.

Plants & Animals Jul 5, 2022

Bring back the wolves, but not as heroes or villains

In a new finding that goes against current conservation paradigms, re-introducing wolves and other predators to our landscapes does not miraculously reduce deer populations, restore degraded ecosystems or significantly threaten ...

Archaeology Jul 5, 2022

Archaeologists carry out first dig at tomb linked to King Arthur

Archaeologists from The University of Manchester have started a dig at a 5,000-year-old tomb linked to King Arthur, hoping to answer some of the mysteries surrounding the enigmatic site in the process.

Ecology Jun 30, 2022

Big cats in urban jungle: LA mountain lions, Mumbai leopards

Los Angeles and Mumbai, India, share many superlatives as pinnacles of cinema, fashion, and traffic congestion. But another similarity lurks in the shadows, most often seen at night walking silently on four paws.

Plants & Animals Jun 27, 2022

Southern resident killer whales have not been getting enough to eat since 2018

The endangered southern resident killer whale population isn't getting enough to eat, and hasn't been since 2018, a new University of British Columbia (UBC) study has determined.

Plants & Animals Jun 20, 2022

Mountain lion P-54 is killed by vehicle four years after her mother died on the same road

A mountain lion was struck and killed by a vehicle Friday in the Santa Monica Mountains, not far from where her mother was killed in a 2018 crash, the National Park Service said.

Plants & Animals Jun 15, 2022

How people, food and water affect large herbivore distribution in East African savannas

To survive, animals must find nutritious food and drinking water—sometimes during long dry seasons or cold periods—and at the same time avoid being eaten. Plant-eating mammals with hooves are an extraordinarily diverse group ...

Plants & Animals Jun 9, 2022

Study finds evidence of bovine TB in 15% of rhinos at South African national park

The largest study ever conducted on a free-ranging population of rhinoceroses reveals that about one in every seven rhinos in a key South African national park has been infected with Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis), the pathogen ...

Plants & Animals May 17, 2022

Scientists find new and mysterious DDT chemicals accumulating in California condors

When Christopher Tubbs joined an ambitious multinational effort to save California condors from the brink of extinction, he knew the odds of success were long.

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