A man was arrested at the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 23 June 2023 with five lion carcasses in his luggage. He was about to board a flight to Vietnam, where the use of lion bones in traditional ...
Plants & Animals
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Along with all global sectors, the dairy industry is working to reduce its environmental impact as we look toward a shared 2050 net zero future. Research is currently focused on greenhouse gas mitigation strategies that do ...
Agriculture
Jun 26, 2023
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On a cold spring morning, Washington University in St. Louis virologist Jacco Boon, Ph.D., and wildlife ecologist Solny Adalsteinsson, Ph.D., flap and drag a large white flag through a woodsy area on the western edge of St. ...
Ecology
Jun 15, 2023
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For months following peatland wildfires in Borneo, the behavior and voices of critically endangered orangutans change, according to a new study led by a researcher from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Plants & Animals
Jun 15, 2023
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Breeding threatened mammals in fenced, predator-free areas is a common conservation strategy in Australia. The method is designed to protect vulnerable species and breed animals for release into the wild.
Plants & Animals
Jun 6, 2023
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A report published this week focuses on the need for the carpet industry to stop brushing evidence of potentially harmful microplastics in their products under the mat.
Environment
May 23, 2023
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In 1974, an infant mountain gorilla was born in Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. Researchers named him Titus. As is typical for young gorillas in the wild, Titus spent the first years of his life surrounded by his mother, ...
Plants & Animals
May 20, 2023
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A world-first holistic framework for assessing the mental and psychological well-being of wild animals has been developed by UTS Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr. Andrea Harvey, a veterinarian and animal welfare ...
Plants & Animals
May 17, 2023
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Mississippi State Department of Psychology faculty members studying hoarding behavior are teaming with faculty in the university's College of Veterinary Medicine to look at implications of this disorder and its relation to ...
Veterinary medicine
May 17, 2023
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There's something most species—from baboons to humans to horses—have in common: When they suffer serious adversity early in life, they're more likely to experience hardship later on in life.
Plants & Animals
May 15, 2023
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