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Picture obtained of rare Indonesian rabbit
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Apr 05, 2007 |
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Wildlife Conservation Society researchers in Asia have captured the image of one of the world's rarest rabbits -- the Sumatran striped rabbit.
Edinburgh rabbit owners warned of disease
Aug 08, 2007 |
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Pet rabbit owners in Edinburgh, Scotland, have been warned they are at risk of contracting a deadly virus during this warm, wet summer.
Rabbits on the back foot -- but naturally they're fighting back
May 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian rabbits have had everything but the kitchen sink thrown at them over the years. Myxomatosis knocked them about but they bounced back. The same with rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD) ...
Rabbit flu takes British farmer's life
Aug 21, 2006 |
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A 29-year-old farmer is believed to be Britain's first fatal case of rabbit flu.
Multiplying like bunnies? Not this jackrabbit
Jul 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Rabbits are certainly known for their propensity to multiply, but one species of jackrabbit is having trouble keeping up. There are an estimated 150 white-sided jackrabbits left in the United States, and federal ...
While the cat's away: How removing an invasive species devastated a World Heritage island
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Jan 12, 2009 |
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Removing an invasive species from sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island, a World Heritage Site, has caused environmental devastation that will cost more than A$24 million to remedy, ecologists have revealed. Writing in the new issue ...
Achtung, bunny's back in town
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Hares, foxes and wild boar are increasingly migrating into Germany's cities, causing havoc and even sometimes endangering humans, a major wildlife organisation said on Monday.
Rabbit eggs may be used for stem cells
Jan 13, 2006 |
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Scientists in Scotland are planning to create animal-human embryos cloned from human skin cells and unfertilized rabbit eggs.
Rabbits to the rescue of the reef
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Mar 19, 2008 |
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While rabbits continue to ravage Australia’s native landscapes, rabbit fish may help save large areas of the Great Barrier Reef from destruction.
Working to conserve endangered 'Playboy' bunnies
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Playboy founder Hugh Hefner's legacy will live on with a new University of Central Florida study aimed at saving the endangered bunnies named after him.
Rabbits hold key to HIV-like virus
Mar 23, 2007 |
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The remains of an ancient HIV-like virus have been found in rabbits. Scientists at Oxford University discovered the unique lentivirus, part of a family of viruses closely related to HIV, ‘fossilised’ inside the genome of ...
Hareless: Yellowstone's rabbits have vanished, study says
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Feb 14, 2008 |
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A new study by the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society found that jack rabbits living in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem have apparently hopped into oblivion. The study, which appears in the latest ...
Good luck indeed: 53 million-year-old rabbit's foot bones found
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 19, 2008 |
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One day last spring, fossil hunter and anatomy professor Kenneth Rose, Ph.D. was displaying the bones of a jackrabbit’s foot as part of a seminar at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine when something about the ...
Proposal to reintroduce Iberian lynx on abandoned agricultural land
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Spanish scientists have developed a model to identify the agricultural areas with the greatest potential for restoring the habitat of the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus), which is at risk of extinction. The st ...
Affordable anti-rejection drug as effective as higher cost option
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 14, 2009 |
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A newer, less expensive drug used to suppress the immune system and prevent organ rejection in kidney and pancreas transplant patients works just as well as its much more expensive counterpart, according to a new study by ...
