Australia approves world-first vaccine to save koalas from chlamydia
MELBOURNE, Australia — A regulator has approved a world-first vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia infections, which are…
Photos show scientists breeding rare and endangered animals in China’s longest river
WUHAN, China — A dozen sleek grey Yangtze finless porpoises glide inside a vast pool at the Institute…
Photos show scientists breeding rare and endangered animals in China’s longest river
WUHAN, China (AP) — A dozen sleek grey Yangtze finless porpoises glide inside a vast pool at the…
Week in wildlife: a slow loris, a tiny deer and a glamorous dumpling squid | Environment
This photo of a southern dumpling squid, nicknamed Priscilla, was a winner in the Australian geographic nature photographer…
Drones blasting AC/DC, Scarlett Johannson help biologists protect cattle from wolves
For millennia humans have tried to scare wolves away from their livestock. Most of them didn’t have drones.…
Twenty years of tuberculosis-driven selection shaped the evolution of the meerkat major histocompatibility complex
Fijarczyk, A. & Babik, W. Detecting balancing selection in genomes: limits and prospects. Mol. Ecol. 24, 3529–3545 (2015).…
Isotope analysis of fossil teeth provides insight into the habitat and life histories of the early hominin Paranthropus robustus
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Black rhino numbers have increased but there’s bad news for others
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The number of critically endangered black rhinos has increased slightly, but there…
Archived natural DNA samplers reveal four decades of biodiversity change across the tree of life
Specimen bank data This research complies with all relevant ethical regulations. All study protocols are approved by the…
Scientists identify the killer of 5 billion starfish
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5…
South Africa injects rhino horns with radioactive material to curb poaching
MOKOPANE, South Africa (AP) — A South African university launched an anti-poaching campaign Thursday to inject the horns…
Week in wildlife: a hippo with a hitchhiker, a wallaby jailbreak and a fly on the wall | Environment
Volunteer divers in Dorset, UK, are reporting a surge in the number of seahorses. After efforts to make…