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Scorpion Pincers and Stingers Fortified With Metals Tuned To How Each Species Hunts
Apr 29, 2026 (SPX)
The research was led by scientists at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute, who used high-re...
Soil Fungi Prove Central To Native Forest Recovery On Remote Pacific Atoll
Apr 29, 2026 (SPX)
The study, published in the journal Current Biology, shows that restoring native Pisonia grandis trees - the backbone of Palmyra and hundreds of other atolls wo...
Bangladesh's tigers stalk uncertain future in Sundarbans
Apr 28, 2026 (AFP)
Abdul Goni Gazi was among the first to raise the alarm for the creatures struggling to grow their numbers under pressure from habitat loss, poaching and climate...
Attack at DR Congo nature park kills five
Mar 04, 2026 (AFP)
The circumstances of Tuesday's raid in a region hit by local militias often organised along community lines, as well as criminal networks, have not been release...
UAH lands first DARPA award for biological sciences department
Feb 18, 2026 (SPX)
The contract supports the Microsystems Induced Catalysis program, an initiative that seeks to develop microsystems capable of precisely influencing the activity...
Noisy humans harm birds and affect breeding success: study
Feb 11, 2026 (AFP)
Researchers reviewed nearly four decades of scientific work and found that noises made by humans were interfering with the lives of birds on six continents and ...
Man arrested in Thailand for smuggling rhino horn inside meat
Feb 10, 2026 (AFP)
The 36-year-old Vietnamese man was detained on Monday after landing at Bangkok's main international airport on suspicion of illegal wildlife imports, the Depart...
UK zoo says tiny snail 'back from brink' of extinction
Feb 07, 2026 (AFP)
The greater Bermuda land snail had not been spotted for years until a cluster of shells was caught slithering through an alleyway in the capital Hamilton in 201...
Hidden mechanical energy may help sustain life on Earth
Feb 05, 2026 (SPX)
A new review introduces a third, largely overlooked energy source that may help drive global biogeochemical cycles, mechanical force converted into usable energ...
Elephant kills tourist at Thai national park
Feb 02, 2026 (AFP)
The 65-year-old Thai tourist from Lopburi province was out for a morning walk with his wife when he was trampled to death by an elephant named Oyewan, national ...
Cuddly Olympics mascot facing life or death struggle in the wild
Jan 30, 2026 (AFP)
But it's another story for their real-life counterparts -- living out of sight and under pressure in the Alps as their snow cover slowly melts away due to clima...
Japan's beloved last pandas leave for China as ties fray
Jan 27, 2026 (AFP)
Panda twins Lei Lei and Xiao Xiao were transported by truck out of Ueno Zoological Gardens, their birthplace, disappointing many Japanese fans who have grown at...
Fans bid farewell to Japan's only pandas
Jan 25, 2026 (AFP)
Loaned out as part of China's "panda diplomacy" programme, the distinctive black-and-white animals have symbolised friendship between Beijing and Tokyo since th...
Hot spring soaking reshapes parasite and microbe balance in Japanese macaques
Jan 21, 2026 (SPX)
A team led by first author Abdullah Langgeng conducted a two-winter field study at Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park in Nagano prefecture, focusing on a group of free...
India hunts rampaging elephant that killed 20 people
Jan 13, 2026 (AFP)
The elephant, a lone bull, is reported to have gone on the rampage for nine days beginning in early January, creating panic in the rural West Singhbhum district...
Rare gorilla twins born in conflict-hit DR Congo nature park
Jan 08, 2026 (AFP)
Fewer than one percent of mountain gorilla pregnancies result in twins, according to scientists, with the DRC recording a previous case in 2020, also in the UNE...
Greenland shark study may lead to new ways to preserve vision as we age
Jan 06, 2026 (SPX)
The video shows the longest-living vertebrate in the world - long, thick, grey body; small head; and short, rounded snout - with opaque eyes that appear lifeles...
US woman killed in rare suspected mountain lion attack
Jan 02, 2026 (AFP)
Two big cats potentially involved in the suspected New Year's Day mauling were euthanized, state wildlife officials said. At around 12:15 pm on Thursday, hikers...
Finland opens to wolf hunting in the new year
Dec 29, 2025 (AFP)
Amendments to Finland's Hunting Act will allow wolf hunting during restricted periods based on regional quotas, set by Finland's ministry of agriculture and for...
Elusive wild cat feared extinct rediscovered in Thailand
Dec 26, 2025 (AFP)
Flat-headed cats are among the world's rarest and most threatened wild felines. Their range is limited to Southeast Asia and they are endangered because of dwin...
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