Corals are foundational for ocean life. Known as the rainforests of the sea, they create habitats for 25% of all marine organisms, despite only covering less than 1% of the ocean's area.
Plants & Animals
Feb 26, 2024
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In the tranquil expanses of North America's woodlands and grasslands, a silent but concerning phenomenon is unfolding: chronic wasting disease (CWD). The condition, often dubbed "zombie deer disease", is stealthily spreading ...
Ecology
Feb 19, 2024
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Illegal hunting and trading of wildlife in China is becoming a significant threat to biodiversity and public health, according to a new paper by a team of researchers that includes two scholars from the School of Public and ...
Ecology
Oct 25, 2023
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More than 90% of illegal wildlife products are transported around the world via shipping routes, but fewer than 2% of all shipping containers are physically inspected.
Ecology
Oct 4, 2023
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A years-long legal battle over the expansion of one of the reservoirs holding Denver's water supply entered a new chapter this week when environmental groups asked a judge to invalidate the federal permits underlying the ...
Environment
Sep 7, 2023
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Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the Ministry of Environment, and the Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries of the Royal Government of Cambodia have documented the first case of lumpy skin ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 8, 2023
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An Australian research team investigating the trade in wild animals and plants on the dark web scanned about 2 million ads over five years and found nearly 3,500 were for wildlife. In all, over 150 species were for sale, ...
Ecology
Jul 6, 2023
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On a cold spring morning, Washington University in St. Louis virologist Jacco Boon, Ph.D., and wildlife ecologist Solny Adalsteinsson, Ph.D., flap and drag a large white flag through a woodsy area on the western edge of St. ...
Ecology
Jun 15, 2023
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A world-first holistic framework for assessing the mental and psychological well-being of wild animals has been developed by UTS Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr. Andrea Harvey, a veterinarian and animal welfare ...
Plants & Animals
May 17, 2023
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Famed for its bald, leathery visage and astonishing wingspan, the federally endangered California Condor symbolizes both a species on the brink of extinction and a thundering success story for conservationists.
Ecology
May 8, 2023
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