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  Hope for Threatened Tasmanian Devils

  March 11, 2013 — New research paves the way for the development of a vaccine for the Tasmanian devil, currently on the brink of extinction because of a contagious ... > full story
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  'Marshall Plan' for African Wildlife?

  March 8, 2013 — African lions and villagers would benefit from fences to protect them from each other, according to a new ... > full story
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  India: Leopards in the Backyard

  March 8, 2013 — A new camera-trapping study in India has revealed that leopards can occur at high densities in densely-populated and heavily-modified agricultural ... > full story

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  'Climate-Smart Strategies' Proposed for Spectacular US-Canadian Landscape

  March 7, 2013 — A new report creates a conservation strategy that will promote wildlife resiliency in the Southern Canadian Rockies to the future impacts of climate change and road use. The report's "safe passages ... > full story
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  Sniff, Sniff: New Form of Animal Communication Discovered

  March 7, 2013 — Sniffing has been observed to also serve as a method for rats to communicate —- a fundamental discovery that may help scientists identify brain regions critical for interpreting communications ... > full story
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  Generations of Cloned Mice With Normal Lifespans Created: 25th Generation and Counting

  March 7, 2013 — Using the technique that created Dolly the sheep, researchers have identified a way to produce healthy mouse clones that live a normal lifespan and can be sequentially cloned indefinitely. ... > full story
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  The Maternal Effect: How Mother Deer Protect Their Future Kings

  March 7, 2013 — Just like the classic tale of Bambi, females from the deer family are more likely to invest more in the survival and health of their male offspring if there is a good chance those sons will become a ... > full story
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  Porpoises Have to Be Careful in the Eastern Scheldt in the Netherlands

  March 7, 2013 — The unexpected conclusion of the doctoral research project on the feeding ecology of porpoises is that the Eastern Scheldt in the Netherlands may be an ecological trap. She also discovered that more ... > full story
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  Siberian Fossil Revealed to Be One of the Oldest Known Domestic Dogs

  March 6, 2013 — Analysis of DNA extracted from a fossil tooth recovered in southern Siberia confirms that the tooth belonged to one of the oldest known ancestors of the modern ... > full story
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  First in-Depth Deer Census Highlights Need for Increased Culls, UK Research Shows

  March 6, 2013 — Current approaches to deer management are failing to control a serious and growing problem, according to a new study by researchers in the ... > full story

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