A Kenyan lion believed to have been the world's oldest in the wild has died after being speared by herders, wildlife officials said on Friday.
Plants & Animals
May 12, 2023
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Protecting lions and the interests of cattle producers in Kenya is a difficult balancing act. In a recent Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution article, Dr. Laurence G Frank, a researcher at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology ...
Plants & Animals
May 9, 2023
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Around 97% of all metropolitan areas in the United States have insufficient open space, according to a new study published in the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. In the paper "Open Space ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 13, 2023
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Researchers with the College of Veterinary Medicine have confirmed the first cases of canine distemper virus (CDV), which can cause fatal neurological disease, in tigers and leopards in Nepal.
Plants & Animals
Feb 16, 2023
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Blue Spring in Volusia County is a popular place to see manatees but there's never been an event like Monday, when manatee after manatee was unloaded from trucks and set free after a long stay in recovery and rehabilitation.
Ecology
Feb 14, 2023
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Wildlife researchers studying mammals in Key Largo have discovered a potentially groundbreaking—if not heartbreaking—way to locate and kill invasive Burmese pythons, especially the big ones.
Ecology
Feb 13, 2023
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A new study from The Nature Conservancy (TNC) explores how we can make our cities work better for people and wildlife, challenging longstanding assumptions about the merit of green spaces in our communities.
Ecology
Jan 13, 2023
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It's a grim and all too common sight for rangers at some of Africa's nature reserves: the bullet-riddled carcass of an elephant, its tusks removed by poachers. African elephant populations have fallen by about 30% since 2006. ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 11, 2023
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Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have found that biodiversity in large parks in urban environments can be affected by surrounding, smaller green areas. They surveyed two insect families in major parks in the ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 9, 2023
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Efforts to conserve rhinos in Nepal have put a burden on communities, infrastructure and other wildlife in Nepal, a new study warns.
Plants & Animals
Dec 6, 2022
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