Male antelopes trick females into extra sex opportunities
Scientists have caught male topi antelopes in the act of faking fear in front of females in heat as a way to improve their chances of having sex.
Scientists have caught male topi antelopes in the act of faking fear in front of females in heat as a way to improve their chances of having sex.
Plants & Animals
May 24, 2010
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A rare Angolan antelope feared to have been killed off during a 27-year civil war has been located, giving hope for the future preservation of the species, a government official said Monday.
Plants & Animals
Jul 27, 2009
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Last week the U.S. House approved a spending bill that includes $1.6 billion to fund the start of the "contiguous and impassable wall" along the Mexican border. Yesterday the Department of Homeland Security issued a news ...
Ecology
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Plants & Animals
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Each year, thousands of migratory mule deer and pronghorn antelope journey northwest from their winter homes in the Green River Basin, a grassland valley in western Wyoming, to their summer homes in the mountainous landscape ...
Ecology
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New fossil discoveries have provided a glimpse into the biogeographic configuration of Africa over the last seven million years.
Archaeology
Feb 16, 2011
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Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered that male topi antelopes deceive their female counterparts in order to increase their chances of mating.
Plants & Animals
May 19, 2010
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Scientists from the Universities of Stirling, Oxford, Queensland and the Wildlife Conservation Society warn that current hunting trends in Central African forests could result in complete ecological collapse.
Ecology
Jul 23, 2013
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Kazakhstan said Friday that around 350 critically endangered Saiga antelopes had been killed, probably by lightning, after villagers found their bodies in steppe land in the west of the country.
Ecology
May 14, 2021
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Two decades after the sensational discovery of a new ungulate species called the saola, this rare animal remains as mysterious and elusive as ever. WWF, the Saola Working Group (SWG) of the IUCN Species Survival Commission ...
Plants & Animals
May 21, 2012
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