Photos show scientists breeding rare and endangered animals in China’s longest river
WUHAN, China (AP) — A dozen sleek grey Yangtze finless porpoises glide inside a vast pool at the…
Week in wildlife: a slow loris, a tiny deer and a glamorous dumpling squid | Environment
This photo of a southern dumpling squid, nicknamed Priscilla, was a winner in the Australian geographic nature photographer…
Black rhino numbers have increased but there’s bad news for others
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The number of critically endangered black rhinos has increased slightly, but there…
Scientists identify the killer of 5 billion starfish
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5…
South Africa starts injecting rhino horns with radioactive material to curb poaching
MOKOPANE, South Africa. — A South African university launched an anti-poaching campaign Thursday to inject the horns of…
Week in wildlife: an orphaned sloth bear, swimming hippos and cheeky New Forest donkeys | Environment
Jenny, a five-month-old female sloth bear cub, was found clinging to her injured mother, believed to have been…
A general rule on the organization of biodiversity in Earth’s biogeographical regions
Delineation of biogeographical regions We obtained the species distributions of amphibians, dragonflies, mammals, rays and reptiles from the…
Shotgun sequencing of airborne eDNA achieves rapid assessment of whole biomes, population genetics and genomic variation
Permitting The analysis of human-derived eDNA from field obtained samples and human-related sampling was conducted with University of…
‘How did you get here?’ A large elephant seal is found lumbering along a South African street
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A large elephant seal took a wrong turn and was seen lumbering along…
Genetic basis of camouflage in an alpine plant and its long-term co-evolution with an insect herbivore
Jones, M. R. et al. Adaptive introgression underlies polymorphic seasonal camouflage in snowshoe hares. Science 1358, 1355–1358 (2018).…