Sometimes, saving a species is a bloody affair. We shot mountain goats to prevent them from overrunning the Galapagos Islands, and we shot barred owls to prevent them from outcompeting …
H. diadama.Photo credit: Tyrone Lively A University of Melbourne researcher has discovered that a rare evolutionary phenomenon occurred instantly and rapidly in bats living in the Solomon Islands. Dr. Tyrone …
Hatched!Endangered western swamp turtle eggs On May 24, eight western swamp turtle eggs hatched at the Perth Zoo in Australia. Federal wildlife officials have announced that lake sturgeon no longer …
plants and animals are die At a speed unprecedented on Earth. Some scientists are looking for solutions in outer space. The idea, called a lunar biorepository, is a facility to …
ASHEVILLE – A coalition of five conservation groups is suing the U.S. Forest Service, alleging that the Nantahala-Pisgah National Forest’s 2023 management plan failed to protect areas of biodiversity, including …
Primatologists have found growing evidence of mixed species relatedness and interbreeding between Nilgiri and Hanuman langurs in the Western Ghats. A new study reveals that while hybridization has not yet …
Published on April 18, 2024 Researchers have shown that the Amazon butterfly is a hybrid species, resulting from the breeding of two other species nearly 200,000 years ago. Hybridization drove …
image: butterfly parent Padalin snail (Heliconius pardalinus). view more Photo credit: Andrew Nield If evolution was originally described as a tree with different species branching off to create new flowers, …
Crown Sifaka. Photo credit: Onja Ramilijaona What to do when a threatened animal kills another animal? Scientists studying critically endangered lemurs in Madagascar were faced with this difficult reality when …
In 1997, ecologists Daniel Janzen and Winnie Hallwachs pitched a curious idea to an orange juice company in Costa Rica. In exchange for donating a portion of its untouched forest …