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From predator to plate: Japan bear crisis sparks culinary craze
Dec 24, 2025 (AFP)
Cooked on a stone slate -- or in a hot pot with vegetables -- the meat comes from bears culled to curb maulings that have killed a record 13 people this year. S...
RNACOREX maps cancer RNA networks to predict patient survival
Dec 19, 2025 (SPX)
Inside cells, microRNAs (miRNAs) and messenger RNAs (mRNAs) interact within complex regulatory networks, and disruptions in these connections can lead to cancer...
Kangaroos adjust hop posture to keep energy use steady at speed
Dec 19, 2025 (SPX)
The study, conducted at the University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC) in Australia and now published in eLife, explains a long-standing puzzle in locomotion biom...
Insect radar survey finds vast summer air traffic above United States
Dec 18, 2025 (SPX)
The study analyzes data from 140 weather surveillance radars that routinely scan the sky for clouds and precipitation but also detect signals from birds, bats, ...
German government backs wolf hunting to manage wild packs
Dec 17, 2025 (AFP)
Rising livestock losses to wolves in recent years have provoked intense debate in Germany, pitting farmers against conservation advocates who hailed the resurge...
Nepal starts tiger census to track recovery
Dec 16, 2025 (AFP)
The survey will be conducted in four national parks in Nepal's forested southern plains, covering more than 8,000 square kilometres (3,000 square miles) of prot...
Human proximity linked to evolution of smaller less aggressive Italian brown bears
Dec 16, 2025 (SPX)
A study in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution examines the Apennine brown bear, Ursus arctos marsicanus, a distinct population that occurs only in cent...
Tech tracking to tackle human-wildlife conflict in Zimbabwe
Dec 12, 2025 (AFP)
The 49-year-old is among several locals trained as community monitors under an initiative by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and Zimbabwe's Nat...
Japanese ivory trade attracts fresh global scrutiny
Dec 10, 2025 (AFP)
International trade in elephant ivory is illegal, but Japan hosts one of the world's largest remaining legal domestic markets for the product, which can only be...
Save the Elephants founder Iain Douglas-Hamilton dies at 83
Dec 09, 2025 (AFP)
Save the Elephants said in a statement that Douglas-Hamilton passed away in Nairobi late Monday, calling him a "pioneering force" in elephant conservation, who ...
Indian pride as Asiatic lions roar back
Dec 09, 2025 (AFP)
In Gir National Park, Asiatic lions reign over a 1,900-square-kilometre (735-square-mile) expanse of savannah and acacia and teak forests, their last refuge. Fo...
Wildlife body shields 70+ shark and ray species, rejects new eel protections
Nov 28, 2025 (AFP)
Signatories to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) backed increased trade restrictions on species from w...
Australia overhauls decades-old environmental laws
Nov 27, 2025 (AFP)
The reforms, approved by parliament late Thursday night, will create an independent environmental regulator and stricter rules for land clearing -- a leading ca...
France bids farewell to beloved pandas bound for China
Nov 25, 2025 (AFP)
Huan Huan and her partner Yuan Zi arrived at the Beauval Zoo in 2012 as part of China's "panda diplomacy" programme, which sees the black-and-white bears dispat...
Wild cat species in Guatemala adapt hunting heights to avoid food competition
Nov 25, 2025 (SPX)
Researchers from Oregon State University and the Wildlife Conservation Society of Guatemala used trail camera footage and DNA analysis of scat to study jaguars,...
Rhino horn sales, shark protection on wildlife talks agenda
Nov 24, 2025 (AFP)
More than 180 nations are joining conservation experts in Uzbekistan's Samarkand to discuss dozens of wildlife trade proposals. The meeting brings together sign...
White rhino born at Spain zoo in conservation success
Nov 19, 2025 (AFP)
After a 491-day pregnancy, mother Kwanza gave birth to the male calf in early November, the Bioparc Valencia zoo said. The zoo released a video showing the birt...
Shika Sonic device deters bear sightings near Toyama school
Nov 18, 2025 (SPX)
Installed on June 16 at the request of city officials, the latest Shika Sonic model specifically targets bear activity using frequencies proven effective during...
Ancient armored reptile uncovered as Triassic period crocodile ancestor
Nov 13, 2025 (SPX)
Lead author Dr Rodrigo Temp Muller stated, "This animal was an active predator, but despite its relatively large size, it was far from the largest hunter of its...
Ancient wallaby ancestor reveals evolutionary leap for kangaroos
Nov 12, 2025 (SPX)
Dr Isaac Kerr, from the Palaeontology Lab at Flinders University College of Science and Engineering, led the team that compared fossilized limbs from Dorcopsoid...
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