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Bengali Forests Are Fading Away
January 10, 2013 — RAPID deterioration in mangrove health is occurring in the Sundarbans, resulting in as much as 200m of coast disappearing in a single ... > full story -
Schmallenberg Virus Genome Engineered to Understand How to Reduce Disease Caused by the Virus
January 10, 2013 — Researchers have developed methods to synthesize and change the genome of Schmallenberg virus (SBV). SBV is a recently discovered pathogen of livestock such as cattle, sheep and goats. The ... > full story -
Banded Mongooses Structure Monosyllabic Sounds in a Similar Way to Humans
January 10, 2013 — Animals are more eloquent than previously assumed. Even the monosyllabic call of the banded mongoose is structured and thus comparable with the vowel and consonant system of human speech. Behavioral ... > full story -
Scientists Use Marine Robots to Detect Endangered Whales
January 9, 2013 — Two robots equipped with instruments designed to "listen" for the calls of baleen whales detected nine endangered North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of Maine last month. The robots reported the ... > full story -
Whales' Foraging Strategies Revealed by New Technology
January 9, 2013 — Despite the many logistical difficulties of studying large whales, multisensor tags attached to the animals with suction cups are revealing their varied foraging techniques in unprecedented detail. ... > full story -
Captive Hyenas Outfox Wild Relatives
January 7, 2013 — When it comes to solving puzzles, animals in captivity are, well, different animals than their wild ... > full story -
Rare Form of Active 'Jumping Genes' Found in Mammals
January 3, 2013 — Much of the DNA that makes up our genomes can be traced back to strange rogue sequences known as transposable elements, or jumping genes, which are largely idle in mammals. But researchers report ... > full story -
Egg-Laying Mammal: Scientists Discover That for Australia the Long-Beaked Echidna May Not Be a Thing of the Past
January 2, 2013 — The western long-beaked echidna, one of the world's five egg-laying species of mammal, became extinct in Australia thousands of years ago... or did it? Scientists have found evidence suggesting that ... > full story -
NOAA Lists Ringed and Bearded Ice Seal Populations Under the Endangered Species Act
December 30, 2012 — NOAA Fisheries has announced its final listing decision for four subspecies of ringed seals and two distinct population segments (DPSs) of bearded seals under the Endangered Species Act. ... > full story -
Evidence Contradicts Idea That Starvation Caused Saber-Tooth Cat Extinction
December 26, 2012 — The latest study of the microscopic wear patterns on the teeth of the American lions and saber-toothed cats that roamed North America in the late Pleistocene found that they were living well off the ... > full story
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