Wild Animal News

Posted April 27, 2001:

• First Dinosaur Found With Its Body Covering Intact; Displays Primitive Feathers From Head To Toe
• Could Minnesota Forestry Save The Siberian Tiger?

Posted April 20, 2001:

• Once Thought Extinct, Siamese Crocodile Is Photographed In Thailand

Posted April 19, 2001:

• USGS Issues Wildlife Health Alert For Foot-And-Mouth Disease

Posted April 17, 2001:

• Sex Lives Of Wild Fish: Genetic Techniques Provide New Insights

Posted April 15, 2001:

• Measuring The Muscle: New Study By Scripps Researchers Depicts How The Tuna’s Body Is Built For Speed

Posted April 10, 2001:

• Research Finds A Compound Associated With Scotchgard More Widespread In Environment And Wildlife Than First Thought

Posted April 6, 2001:

• Chimeric Mice Reveal Clues To How Brain’s Clock "Ticks"
• Nature Reserves Aren't Protecting Pandas, Study Shows

Posted March 22, 2001:

• First Genetic Evidence That Animals Use Corridors

Posted March 20, 2001:

• More Light Makes Redfish Grown Faster

Posted March 15, 2001:

• Study Of Poisonous Snakes Boosts Old Batesian Principle Of Mimicry

Posted March 12, 2001:

• Elephants Pick Up Good Vibrations -- Through Their Feet

Posted March 9, 2001:

• The Frozen Zoo: The University Of New Orleans And The New World Of Saving Endangered Species

Posted February 27, 2001:

• Orangutan Numbers Plummeting Worldwide; Species May Vanish In Ten Years, Study Says

Posted February 23, 2001:

• A Seafood Paradox: Will Fish Farming Save Or Deplete Our Ocean Fisheries?

Posted February 2, 2001:

• Biologists Propose New Grouping For Mammals: Key Deletion Offers Evidence For "Afrotheria"

Posted January 11, 2001:

• Researchers Trace Toxins From Algal Blooms Through The Marine Food Web In Monterey Bay

Posted January 10, 2001:

• New DNA-Based Technique To Check For Deadly Pneumonia

Posted January 5, 2001:

• Switching On Two Genes Activates Significant Regeneration Of Spinal Cord Axons

Posted January 1, 2001:

• Put A Pedigree Prawn On The Barbie

Posted December 28, 2000:

• A Gift Of Poison: Moths And Safe Sex

Posted December 20, 2000:

• Changes In Australian Ecosystems Tied To Arrival Of Exotic Animals

Posted December 18, 2000:

• Something's Fishy With Columbia Chinook: Females Carry Male's Genetic Signature

Posted December 11, 2000:

• DNA Research Reveals New Bird Species In Colorado

Posted December 8, 2000:

• Simple Rules Predict The Outcome Of Predator-Prey Struggles, Cornell Ecologists Show

Posted December 1, 2000:

• The Secret Of A Tiger's Roar

Posted November 28, 2000:

• Animals Regulate Their Numbers By Own Population Density

Posted November 22, 2000:

• UF Research: Does Make Up For Losses Of Hunted Bucks
• Taking The Long View: Examining Factors Which Influence Northern Spotted Owls

Posted November 20, 2000:

• Scientists Launch The World's First Marine Life Census
• Fossil Teeth Of Extinct North American Rhinos Reveal An Aquatic Lifestyle Similar To Modern Hippos
• Global Warming: Lessons Taught By Snails And Crabs
• DNA Research Reveals A New Whale Species; Endangered Right Whale Population Genetically Distinct, Scientists Report

Posted November 17, 2000:

• Researchers Establish Formula For Predicting Predator-Prey Populations

Posted November 7, 2000:

• Scientists Fear Loss Of Colobus Monkey Heralds Beginning Of "Extinction Spasm" Of Many West African Species

Posted November 2, 2000:

• Newly Found Bipedal Reptile Fossil Predates Dinosaurs By More Than 60 Million Years
• Common House Sparrows Potential Reservoir For West Nile Virus

Posted November 1, 2000:

• As Winters Grow Warmer, Cornell Ornithologists Recruit 15,000 Birdwatchers To Document Avian Whereabouts

Posted October 26, 2000:

• Tiny Gnatcatcher Poses Big Conundrum For Environmentalists, Developers

Posted October 23, 2000:

• Dinosaurs: New Study Counters Age-Old Theory

Posted October 22, 2000:

• USGS Finds West Nile Virus In North Carolina Crow
• Temple University And Smithsonian Researchers Find Earliest Direct Evidence Of Crop Cultivation In The Americas

Posted October 12, 2000:

• Gene Barrier In Corn May Boost Trade, Environment

Posted October 10, 2000:

• University Of Texas Austin Biologist Develops New Evidence For Global Warming
• "Food Processor" Enzyme Of Chitin Found In Trout

Posted October 5, 2000:

• Washington State University Research Team Helping Insure Against Loss Of Salmon Genes

Posted October 2, 2000:

• USGS Scientists Warn: West Nile Virus Is On The Move

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