Genetics track mining’s threat to endangered chimps
Researchers are using genetic information from western chimpanzees in Guinea to evaluate the effects of mining on the endangered species.
Giant tortoise genome sequence could help its long-term survival
Scientists have sequenced the genome of the Aldabra giant tortoise, one of only two remaining giant tortoise species in the world.
These chimps and gorillas have hung out for years
A long-term study reveals the first evidence of lasting social relationships between chimpanzees and gorillas in the wild.
Scanning ‘living fossil’ fish explains its odd swimming
Researchers pulled a coelacanth caught in 1960 from its jar of alcohol in a museum and gave it an MRI. Doing so reveals some of the fish’s mysterious ways.
Scanning ‘living fossil’ fish explains its odd swimming
Researchers pulled a coelacanth caught in 1960 from its jar of alcohol in a museum and gave it an MRI. Doing so reveals some of the fish’s mysterious ways.
Lone lady tortoise is a Galápagos mystery
Fernanda the tortoise is the only of her species discovered on the Galápagos island of Fernandina since 1906. She has baffled evolutionary biologists.
Most injured right whales die within 3 years
After an entanglement with fishing gear, most North Atlantic right whales die witin three years. Estimates say there are fewer than 350 left in the wild.
Virus puts koalas at greater risk of chlamydia
A new study highlights another threat facing endangered koalas, but could also lead to ways to treat populations and reduce the risk of extinction.
Virus puts koalas at greater risk of chlamydia
A new study highlights another threat facing endangered koalas, but could also lead to ways to treat populations and reduce the risk of extinction.
Roads and railway would threaten tiger survival in Nepal park
“Tiger deaths along the roads and railways would reduce the tiger population from around 130 animals to just 50 animals over a 20-year period.”