News tagged with wildlife biology
Do zoo programs help save endangered species?
Apr 13, 2009 |
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Do zoos have serious programs to save endangered species, besides putting a few captives on display for everyone to see? (Kelly Traw, Seattle)
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Report shows US wildlife trade poorly regulated
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Wildlife imports into the United States are fragmented and insufficiently coordinated, failing to accurately list more than four in five species entering the country, a team of scientists has found. The effect, ...
Tracking tigers in 3-D
Mar 12, 2009 |
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New software developed with help from the Wildlife Conservation Society will allow tiger researchers to rapidly identify individual animals by creating a three-dimensional model using photos taken by remote ...
Reintroduced Chinese alligators now multiplying in the wild in China
Jul 14, 2009 |
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The Wildlife Conservation Society announced today that critically endangered alligators in China have a new chance for survival. The WCS's Bronx Zoo, in partnership with two other North American parks and ...
Protecting humans and animals from diseases in wildlife
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Avian influenza (H5N1), rabies, plague, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), and more recently swine flu (H1N1) are all examples of diseases that have made the leap from animals to humans. As the list continues to grow, ...
Saltwater crocodiles find their way home
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Sep 26, 2007 |
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Australian scientists have discovered saltwater crocodiles have the ability to return to their home territory across significant distances.
Golf course: Playing fields, wildlife sanctuaries or both
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Dec 03, 2008 |
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"FORE"...Though they may not help improve a person's golf game, stream salamanders might change the way golfers think about the local country club in the near future, following a new University of Missouri study.
Anchovy fishing may harm penguins
Jan 06, 2007 |
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Over-fishing by humans could cause a famine among penguins on the Patagonian coast of Argentina, U.S. researchers said.
Scientists identify 'DNA barcodes' to help track illegal trading of wildlife products
Sep 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from several institutions including the University of Colorado at Boulder have sequenced DNA "barcodes" for as many as 25 hunted wildlife species, providing information that can be used to better ...
Critically endangered Amur leopard captured
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Oct 23, 2007 |
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A rare Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), one of only an estimated 30 left in the wild has been captured and health-checked by experts from a consortium of conservation organizations, before being ...
Study: Wildlife trade figures unreliable
Nov 04, 2005 |
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Wildlife trade reported by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora reportedly differs from government figures.
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