Brazil eyes cloning to bolster endangered species
Scientists in Brazil will try cloning endangered animal species like the jaguar, a researcher said Wednesday.
Biotechnology
Nov 14, 2012
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Austria-born panda Fu Hu heads to China
Equipped with a generous supply of bamboo for the long trip, Austrian-born panda Fu Hu was on his way to China on Wednesday, as stipulated under Vienna zoo's contract with Beijing, the zoo said.
Plants & Animals
Nov 7, 2012
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Vienna panda Fu Hu prepares for China with flight training
Lured into a crate, locked in, then shaken about, Fu Hu, the young star of Vienna's Schoenbrunn Zoo, munches on bamboo, unperturbed, as he undergoes the panda version of flight training before setting off to join his peers ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 3, 2012
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Overcoming crocodile breeding hazards with AI
The world's first artificial insemination of crocodiles is one step closer thanks to a novel project between The University of Queensland (UQ) and a central Queensland farmer.
Plants & Animals
Aug 28, 2012
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Elephant impregnated with frozen sperm from wild male
An African elephant in Vienna Zoo has been impregnated using frozen sperm from a male living in the wild, in what the Zoo said Monday was a world first.
Plants & Animals
Aug 13, 2012
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Hopes of saving rare tortoise die with 'Lonesome George'
The death of Lonesome George came as a shock to the caretakers who had come to know the 100-year-old giant tortoise, the last survivor of a subspecies decimated by pirates more than a century ago.
Plants & Animals
Jun 26, 2012
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Study investigates aquatic parasites on fish
Researchers in the Czech Republic, Spain and the United Kingdom have successfully identified the cellular components and mechanisms that play a role in the proliferation of myxozoa, tiny aquatic parasites responsible for ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 23, 2012
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Love is in the air for Britain's giant pandas
The clock is ticking, and the heat is on. A giant male panda loaned to Britain by China has just 36 hours to make his move on his female companion or he'll have to wait another year.
Plants & Animals
Apr 3, 2012
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Mating tests begin on Edinburgh's giant pandas
Edinburgh Zoo on Monday started daily tests to pinpoint the best time for its pair of giant pandas, given to Scotland by China, to try to produce a cub.
Plants & Animals
Feb 20, 2012
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The geometry of sex: How body size could lead to new species
Different species of scincid lizards, commonly known as skinks, rarely interbreed, but it's not for lack of trying.
Plants & Animals
Aug 26, 2011
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