Aug. 10, 2016 The Endangered Species Act was enacted by Congress in 1973 to protect species threatened with extinction. To receive protection, a species must first be listed as endangered or threatened. A two-year ...
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Aug. 10, 2016 Scientists have revealed goblin sharks' 'slingshot feeding' mechanism, which involves high-speed protrusion of their jaws. Goblin sharks have revealed a remarkable biting mechanism, ...
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Aug. 9, 2016 Researchers have sequenced mitochondrial DNA from museum specimens of rare species of deer. Analysis of partial nucleotide sequences has enabled the team to refine our picture of the evolutionary ...
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Aug. 9, 2016 Invasive plants are a problem around the world, but are they just a nuisance or are they killers? So far there are no documented cases of native plants becoming extinct purely because of an alien ...
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Aug. 8, 2016 Looking different to your parents can provide species with a way to escape evolutionary dead ends, according to new ...
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Aug. 8, 2016 Scientists have identified four new pathogens previously not found in Australian chilies, raising the stakes for the country's quarantine and disease resistance ...
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Aug. 3, 2016 The golden tegu lizard, previously thought to be a single species, may actually comprise four distinct clades, including three new cryptic species, according to a new ...
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Aug. 2, 2016 A team of scientists have undertaken detective work to trace the origin of the first orangutan specimen to be scientifically named<em> Pongo pygmaeus</em>. By tracing the history of the ...
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Aug. 3, 2016 A research group has described and named a new species of ant from Hong Kong, Paratopula bauhinia, or the rare "Golden Tree ...
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Aug. 1, 2016 New research finds that choosing how to meet bioenergy goals means making trade-offs about which wildlife species and ecosystems will be most impacted. The work focuses on the southeastern United ...
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July 28, 2016 Even if people completely stopped converting tropical forests into farmland, the impacts of tropical deforestation would continue to be felt for many years to come. That's the conclusion of ...
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July 28, 2016 Tomato plants deter attacks from a parasitic plant that's known to ravage crops by detecting one of its peptides, a new study ...
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July 28, 2016 Underneath the waves of Palikir Pass, one of the world's top surf breaks in the Pacific Ocean, lies a new safe zone which aims to ensure the survival of local fisheries and the species that are ...
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July 28, 2016 A research team uses the example of the acacia to show how interaction between native and invasive species varies. Their findings are outlined in a new ...
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July 27, 2016 A team of conservation biologists is calling for a worldwide strategy to prevent the unthinkable: the extinction of the world's largest mammal ...
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July 27, 2016 A decision by the US Fish and Wildlife Service to remove the gray wolf from protection under the US Endangered Species Act may be made as early as this fall. Research presents strong evidence that ...
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July 27, 2016 The dragons from 'Game of Thrones' have come to life in insect form. New ant species that appear dragon-like due to their large and distinctive spines were recently found in the tropical ...
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July 27, 2016 Food availability and disease in created habitats may affect the reproductive output of reintroduced frogs, according to a new ...
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July 27, 2016 An endangered fish along the coast of California -- the tidewater goby -- may actually be two species rather than one, according a new ...
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July 27, 2016 A DNA analysis of living and extinct species of mysterious New Zealand wrens may change theories around the country's geological and evolutionary ...
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