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Climate Change And The Mystery Of The Shrinking Sheep
Milder winters are causing
Scotland's wild breed of
Soay sheep to get smaller,
despite the evolutionary
benefits of possessing a
large body, according to new
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Oscar The Bobcat – Hit By A Car – Is On The Road To Recovery After Surgery
Oscar the bobcat is healing
by leaps and bounds after a
team of surgeons repaired
injuries he sustained after
being hit by a car. ... > full story
Mice Run Faster On High-grade Oil
Between the 1932 and 2008
Olympic Games, world record
times of the men's 100m
sprint improved by 0.6
seconds. Scientists have
shown that an equivalent
improvement can be achieved
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Biological 'Fountain Of Youth' Found In New World Bat Caves
Scientists are batty over a
new discovery which could
lead to the single most
important medical
breakthrough in human
history -- significantly
... > full story
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Rare Sheep Could Be Key To Better Diagnostic Tests In Developing World
July 3, 2009 — The newest revolution in microbiology testing walks on four legs and says "baa". It's the hair sheep, a less-hirsute version of the familiar woolly barnyard resident. Not only are these ruminants ... > full story -
New Fossil Primate Suggests Common Asian Ancestor, Challenges Primates Such As 'Ida'
July 1, 2009 — A new fossil primate from Myanmar (previously known as Burma) suggests that the common ancestor of humans, monkeys and apes evolved from primates in Asia, not Africa as many researchers ... > full story -
Dino Tooth Sheds New Light On Ancient Riddle: Major Group Of Dinosaurs Had Unique Way Of Eating
June 30, 2009 — Microscopic analysis of scratches on dinosaur teeth has helped scientists unravel an ancient riddle of what a major group of dinosaurs ate -- and exactly how they did it! Now for the first time, a ... > full story -
Reintroducing Bonobo Apes Into The Wild: Researchers To Monitor Progress
June 29, 2009 — American researchers who have been studying the rare and threatened bonobo ape will lead monitoring efforts after a group of orphan bonobos are returned to the wild in the Congo for the first time ... > full story -
'Bycatch' Whaling A Growing Threat To Coastal Whales
June 29, 2009 — Scientists are warning that a new form of unregulated whaling has emerged along the coastlines of Japan and South Korea, where the commercial sale of whales killed as fisheries "bycatch" is ... > full story -
Dolphins Get A Lift From Delta Wing Technology
June 28, 2009 — Dolphins are supremely agile swimmers, but it wasn't clear how their fins help them maneuver though water. Building scale models of whale and dolphins' fins, a team of US scientists has found that ... > full story -
Fecal DNA Sampling Provides Extremely Accurate Estimates Of Tiger Populations
June 28, 2009 — High-tech DNA fecal sampling will help save tigers. Researchers will be able to accurately count and assess tiger populations by identifying individual animals from the unique DNA signature found in ... > full story -
Discovery Of Elephants' Oldest Known Relative
June 26, 2009 — Paleontologists have discovered one of the oldest modern ungulates related to the elephant ... > full story -
Wildlife Faces Cancer Threat
June 24, 2009 — While cancer touches the lives of many humans, it is also a major threat to wild animal populations as well, according to a recent study. A new article compiles information on cancer in wildlife and ... > full story -
Manatees Can Probably Hear Which Directions Boats Approach From
June 24, 2009 — Endangered manatees are often at risk from collisions with boats, but no one knew if the mammals could tell which directions sounds come from to escape injury. New research shows that manatees can ... > full story
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