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Researchers Team With Glowing Cats Against AIDS, Other Diseases; New Technique Gives Cats Protection Genes
September 11, 2011 — Researchers have developed a genome-based immunization strategy to fight feline AIDS and illuminate ways to combat human HIV/AIDS and other ... > full story -
Groundbreaking DNA Tests Could Trap Deer Poachers
September 9, 2011 — Human DNA found on deer remains could help to track down poachers. Identifying deer poachers can be problematic, as the crimes are often committed in remote areas and are not discovered until some ... > full story -
Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly Is a Hybrid of Two Other Swallowtails, Scientists Find
September 8, 2011 — Flitting among the cool slopes of the Appalachian Mountains is a tiger swallowtail butterfly species that evolved when two other species of swallowtails hybridized long ago, a rarity in the animal ... > full storyMore: -
Chinese Researchers Identify Insect Host Species of a Famous Tibetan Medicinal Fungus
September 8, 2011 — Based on an extensive survey of the literature pertaining to the Chinese caterpillar fungus, a fungus with high medicinal and economic values, researchers investigated a total of 91 insect species ... > full story -
Endangered Horse Has Ancient Origins and High Genetic Diversity, New Study Finds
September 7, 2011 — An endangered species, Przewalski's horse, is much more distantly related to the domestic horse and has a much more diverse gene pool than researchers previously had hypothesized, researchers report. ... > full story -
First Stem Cells from Endangered Species
September 4, 2011 — Starting with normal skin cells, scientists have produced the first stem cells from endangered species. Such cells could eventually make it possible to improve reproduction and genetic diversity for ... > full story -
Woolly Rhino Fossil Discovery in Tibet Provides Important Clues to Evolution of Ice Age Giants
September 1, 2011 — Fossil discoveries from Tibet offer new insights into the origin of the cold-adapted Pleistocene megafauna. A new research paper posits that the harsh winters of the rising Tibetan Plateau may have ... > full storyMore: -
Tasmanian Tiger's Jaw Was Too Small to Attack Sheep, Study Shows
August 31, 2011 — Australia's iconic thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, was hunted to death in the early Twentieth century for allegedly killing sheep; however, a new study has found that the tiger had such weak jaws that ... > full story -
Rare Siamese Crocodiles Hatched in Lao PDR
August 30, 2011 — Biologist have successfully hatched a clutch of 20 Siamese crocodiles, a species threatened across its range by hunting, habitat fragmentation and loss, and other ... > full story -
Wolves May Aid Recovery of Canada Lynx, a Threatened Species
August 30, 2011 — As wolf populations grow in parts of the West, most of the focus has been on their value in aiding broader ecosystem recovery -- but a new study also points out that they could play an important role ... > full story
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