In an international effort, researchers have identified a previously unknown tuft-tailed rat (genus Eliurus) taxon in the Montagne d'Ambre forest in northern Madagascar, underscoring the region's extraordinary biodiversity. ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 29, 2024
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Scientists have found a new non-invasive way to identify a deadly virus in dolphins that could be a testing breakthrough. For the first time, researchers at the University of Hawai'i Health and Stranding Lab have successfully ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 23, 2024
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Research from The University of Western Australia has found some southern right whale calves are little "milk thieves."
Plants & Animals
Jan 22, 2024
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The mystery behind why Alaskan horses, cryptodiran turtles and island lizards shrank over time may have been solved in a new study.
Evolution
Jan 18, 2024
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Lost species are those that have not been observed in the wild for over 10 years, despite searches to find them. Lost tetrapod species (four-limbed vertebrate animals including amphibians, birds, mammals and reptiles) are ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 17, 2024
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Climate change is a threat to polar bear's survival. Now they have a new deadly challenge facing them: bird flu. It was recently confirmed that a polar bear from northern Alaska has died from the disease.
Plants & Animals
Jan 16, 2024
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A juvenile sperm whale that appeared to be in poor health was euthanized Wednesday after stranding on a North Carolina beach.
Ecology
Dec 28, 2023
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The temperature has dropped, the nights have drawn in. The winter holidays have started, families are gathered—so where can you go to fuel the imagination and get some fresh air? A zoo might not be your first thought—but ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 27, 2023
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A multi-institutional team of biologists and life and environmental scientists has found that Singapore's rate of plant and animal extinction over the past 200 years is approximately 37%. This finding is published in the ...
All human beings age. It is part of our biology and limits our lifespan to slightly over 120 years.
Evolution
Dec 21, 2023
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