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apes / chimpanzees / conservation / Earth and Environment / endangered species / genes

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.

conservation / endangered species / genomes / Madagascar / Science and Technology / tortoises

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.

apes / chimpanzees / conservation / Earth and Environment / endangered species / gorillas / primates

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.

Earth and Environment / endangered species / fish / imaging technology / Science and Technology

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.

Earth and Environment / endangered species / fish / imaging technology / Science and Technology

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.

conservation / Earth and Environment / endangered species / Galapagos Islands / islands / tortoises

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.

conservation / Earth and Environment / endangered species / oceans / whales

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.

Australia / conservation / Earth and Environment / endangered species / immune systems / marsupials / viruses

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.

Australia / conservation / Earth and Environment / endangered species / immune systems / marsupials / viruses

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.

conservation / Earth and Environment / endangered species / infrastructure / tigers

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.”

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