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Counter-drug strategies in Central America are worsening deforestation, threatening many species of...
EconoTimes· 5 days agoActivities associated with cocaine trafficking threaten two-thirds of the most important landscapes...
Ghosts of species past: shedding new light on the demise of NZ’s moa can help other flightless birds
The Conversation· 5 days agoNew Zealand was once home to giant flightless birds called moa. All nine species of moa were driven to extinction soon after first contact with humans. In our new research ...
Vancouver Island scientists breeding oysters to resist climate change
Aldergrove Star· 11 hours agoTim Green, Vancouver Island University’s Canada research chair in shellfish health and genomics, is...
Rats, roaches, and other creatures are winning against climate change, and it's bad news for humans
Business Insider via Yahoo Canada News· 4 days agoRats are one of several species that will likely thrive in a warming world.Jagoda Matejczuk /...
How plague helped return giant tortoises to Madagascar 600 years after extinction
The i newspaper online iNews· 2 days agoConservation biologist Miguel Pedrono had been searching for a suitable group of giant tortoises to...
Cats first finagled their way into human hearts and homes thousands of years ago – here’s how
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoAs an evolutionary biologist, I’ve spent my career studying how species adapt to their environment....
Indigenous People Brought Native Potato Species to Southern Utah, Genetic Analysis Reveals
Technology Networks· 4 days agoA new study shows that a native potato species was brought to southern Utah by Indigenous people in...
Fort Worth Zoo shares back-to-back birth of endangered species, ‘conservation achievement’
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo Canada News· 5 days agoA critically endangered species has hatched at the Fort Worth Zoo for the second year in a row in “a...
Solar panels, wind turbines, EVs threaten 4,000+ species
Interesting Engineering· 3 days agoThe transition to clean energy poses a significant threat to species due to mining essential materials like lithium and cobalt, which are key components of solar panels, wind ...
How Long Do Jellyfish Live? Are They All Immortal?
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo Canada News· 4 days agoThe life cycle of jellyfish can seem almost otherworldly. Some species are the closer to actual immortality than anything else we see in the animal...