India, home to most of the world's wild tigers, on Tuesday reported a 30 percent jump in numbers over four years in a rare piece of good news for conservationists.
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High-tech genomics and traditional Chinese medicine come together as researchers identify the genes responsible for the intense bitter taste of wild cucumbers. Taming this bitterness made cucumber, pumpkin and their relatives ...
Biotechnology
Nov 27, 2014
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The extinction in the wild of the southern white rhino population could be prevented by letting local communities take responsibility of the animals and giving them permission to harvest horns in a controlled manner through ...
Ecology
Oct 21, 2014
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One of the last northern white rhinos on the planet has died in a reserve in Kenya, leaving the sub-species on the verge of extinction, experts said Saturday.
Ecology
Oct 19, 2014
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The University of British Columbia's Project Seahorse announced today a rare documented sighting of a seahorse in Canadian waters.
Ecology
Jun 5, 2014
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More than 10 tigers have been killed as "visual feasts" to entertain officials and rich businessmen in a Chinese city, state media reported.
Ecology
Mar 27, 2014
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Indonesia's top Islamic clerical body has issued a religious fatwa against the illegal hunting and trade in endangered animals in the country, which the WWF hailed on Wednesday as the world's first.
Ecology
Mar 5, 2014
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An extremely rare Amur leopard has been killed in China, state media reported Monday, as police searched for the suspected trapper.
Ecology
Jan 20, 2014
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China crushed a pile of ivory reportedly weighing over six tonnes on Monday, in a landmark event aimed at shedding its image as a global hub for the illegal trade in African elephant tusks.
Ecology
Jan 6, 2014
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The sweet-gum family Altingiaceae is a small group of wind-pollinated trees that produce hard, woody fruits that contain numerous seeds. This widespread tree family has been puzzling botanists for a while, due to its complicated ...
Plants & Animals
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