An international research team has discovered a new pygmy seahorse species in Sodwana Bay in South Africa, the first of its kind to be found in the waters around the continent.
Plants & Animals
May 20, 2020
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A team of researchers from the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, Harvard University, the University of Exeter and the University of California has come up with a new theory to explain the short stature of pygmies ...
A fourteenth rare Borneo pygmy elephant has been found dead of suspected poisoning, Malaysian officials said Thursday, the latest in a series of fatalities that has shaken conservation efforts.
Ecology
Jan 31, 2013
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Paulina struggles to open her eyes, sees strange people in her space and raises her tiny claws in warning.
Plants & Animals
Oct 28, 2016
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When members of the BaYaka Pygmies living in the northern Republic of Congo get sick, they don't just go to the doctor for a prescription. Instead, they rely on their shared knowledge of medicinal plants to help them get ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 8, 2016
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Despite the odds, new research has shown how a tiny fish managed to find its way across the arid Australian continent – more than once.
Ecology
Jun 14, 2018
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Six Borneo pygmy elephants have been found dead in Malaysian palm oil plantations in recent weeks, officials said Monday, the latest of the endangered creatures to perish as their rainforest habitat is devastated.
Ecology
May 21, 2018
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All African Pygmies, inhabiting a large territory extending west-to-east along Central Africa, descend from a unique population who lived around 20,000 years ago, according to an international study led by researchers at ...
Other
Apr 10, 2009
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The deadliest known outbreak of a measles-like virus in bottlenose dolphins has killed a record number of the animals along the US Atlantic coast since July, officials said Friday.
Plants & Animals
Nov 8, 2013
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An invading species of shrew first discovered in Ireland in the pellets of barn owls and kestrels in 2007 is spreading across the landscape at a rate of more than five kilometres a year, according to findings published in ...
Ecology
Jun 23, 2014
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