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Endangered gazelles spring back in Jerusalem park
Nov 29, 2021 (AFP)
Today the endangered species has bounced back and a herd of about 80 of the graceful animals roam a small nature reserve within Israel's biggest city, the Gazel...
30 South African white rhino relocated to Rwanda in a Boeing 747
Nov 29, 2021 (AFP)
The majestic animals, which can weigh up to two tonnes, travelled some 3,400 kilometres (2,100 miles) from South Africa's Phinda Private Game Reserve as part of...
U.S. classifies northern long-eared bat as an endangered species
Nov 29, 2021 (UPI)
The agency on Tuesday announced the new classification under the Endangered Species Act will begin on Jan. 30, 2023, as the species faces extinction due to a de...
Rare wild bees find has English country estate buzzing
Nov 25, 2021 (AFP)
"Amazing -- the queen's laying!" the 55-year-old shouts down, as he dangles around 15 metres (just under 50 feet) above the grounds of Blenheim Estate, secured ...
Study says the heaviest flying bird seems to self-medicate with plants
Nov 23, 2021 (UPI)
The study published in the journal Frontiers suggests the large bird could be a rare example of birds that use plants to self-medicate. "Here we show that great...
Two mountain gorillas born in Virunga park, Twin pandas named Yuandudu and Huanlili
Nov 18, 2021 (AFP)
Conservationists have long sought to protect the world heritage site's mountain gorilla population even as violence and instability plagued the DRC's eastern pr...
Preserving animal habitat could prevent future pandemics, study says
Nov 17, 2021 (UPI)
A study, published Wednesday in the scientific journal Nature, showed that without abundant food sources, animals abandon their habitats and risk spreading dise...
Fears for Bangladesh elephants after spate of killings
Nov 14, 2021 (AFP)
Fewer than 100 elephants remain in the South Asian country, where they come into regular conflict with humans as their territory shrinks. "Four elephants died i...
Amazon birds becoming smaller, longer-winged due to climate change
Nov 12, 2021 (AFP)
Hotter, drier conditions over the past four decades are decreasing the body size of the rainforest's birds while increasing their wingspans, a study published i...
India's born-again elephants repel four-legged rampages
Nov 12, 2021 (AFP)
The 58-year-old grey beast, recognisable from the bright pink spots that pockmark his face, was already spared a death sentence after trampling nearly a dozen p...
Rapidly evolving species more likely to go extinct, study suggests
Nov 11, 2021 (SPX)
Mr Herrera-Flores explained: "Lepidosaurs originated 250 million years ago in the early Mesozoic Era, and they split into two major groups, the squamates on the...
Stem cells could save Sumatran rhino from extinction, scientists say
Nov 09, 2021 (UPI)
The Max Delbruck Center, which develops stem-cell-associated techniques, or SCAT, as part of its BioRescue project, announced its progress on Wednesday. Scienti...
Weather changes influence prevalence of bacterial diseases in bee colonies
Nov 09, 2021 (UPI)
The prevalence of six important honey bee diseases in more than 300,000 colonies interacted in different ways with rainfall, temperature and wind, the data show...
Researchers uncover protein that governs ants' changing social roles
Nov 04, 2021 (UPI)
The protein Kr-h1, or Krüppel homolog 1, responds to socially regulated hormones to orchestrate this complex social transition, called gamergate, in the Harpe...
Dogs interpret words, speech patterns the same way as human infants
Oct 29, 2021 (UPI)
Based on measurements of electrical activity and changes in blood flow in the brain, dogs appear to be able to track words and syllables spoken by humans the sa...
Bird sets nonstop distance record with 8,435-mile flight
Oct 28, 2021 (UPI)
The bird was tagged as a hatchling in Alaska with a tracking GPS chip and tiny solar panel that allowed a research team to track its flight, Birdlife Tasmania c...
Dogs help German rail firm sniff out protected species
Oct 28, 2021 (AFP)
When he finds what he is looking for, he obediently stops, sits and is delighted to receive a treat from his trainer. Monte is one of six dogs being trained by ...
Rescued from extinction, bison rediscover Romania mountains
Oct 26, 2021 (AFP)
They are signs of the success of a project to reintroduce bison to this region after a centuries-long absence, key to keeping the hairy giants off lists of crit...
'Extremely rare' Charles Darwin manuscript expected to sell for up to $800K at auction
Oct 23, 2021 (UPI)
The document includes a summary of Darwin's iconic On the Origin of Species, the text regarded as the basis of evolutionary biology, which was sent by the autho...
Northern white rhino retired from world-first breeding project
Oct 21, 2021 (AFP)
Citing risk and safety reasons, scientific consortium Biorescue said it had decided to retire the older of the two females, 32-year-old Najin, as a donor of egg...
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