Yawning, sighing and stretching are just three behaviours observed in donkeys that have been evaluated in newly published research led by academics from the University of Bristol's School of Veterinary Sciences and funded ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 19, 2014
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A zoo in the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea has welcomed its latest arrival—a "zebroid", or "zonkey", which was born after a lonesome zebra got intimate with a donkey.
Plants & Animals
Aug 7, 2014
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An act of love between Martin the zebra and Giada the donkey in the romantic Italian city of Florence has produced a rare "zonkey" baby that is drawing crowds to an unusual exotic animal shelter.
Plants & Animals
Nov 1, 2013
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Darwin referred to the origin of species as "that mystery of mysteries," and even today, more than 150 years later, evolutionary biologists cannot fully explain how new animals and plants arise.
Plants & Animals
Sep 2, 2013
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Chicago's bustling O'Hare airport has hired a new crew to keep the grass cut: a herd of goats, sheep, donkeys and llamas. Yes, llamas.
Plants & Animals
Aug 14, 2013
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Google on Wednesday moved to reassure users that no animals were harmed in the making of its popular maps after a street view picture surfaced of a donkey lying on the side of a road.
Other
Jan 16, 2013
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Just how new species are established is still one of the most central questions in biology. In an article in the leading scientific journal Nature, researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden describe how they mapped the ...
Biotechnology
Oct 24, 2012
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(AP) — It was nothing like this 3,000 years ago.
Other
Aug 22, 2012
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Wild asses are descendants of the original ancestors of the horse and the donkey. Unfortunately most species of wild ass are now in danger of extinction, largely as a direct result of human activities such as hunting and ...
Plants & Animals
May 3, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The identity of a mysterious breed of "horse" which has baffled experts since its remains were uncovered at Pompeii has been resolved by a Cambridge University researcher – who realised it was a donkey.
Biochemistry
Nov 3, 2010
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