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Saola

The saola, a primitive wild cattle endemic to the Annamite mountain range in Vietnam and Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), is in immediate danger of extinction. The primary threat to its survival is intensive commercial..


Continue reading 08 November 2017   7 jaar oud
wolves, wolf

Following domestication, dogs should be more tolerant and cooperative with conspecifics and humans compared to wolves. This is at least often hypothesized. But looking at wolves and dogs in more naturalistic living conditions,..


Continue reading 03 November 2017   7 jaar oud
Whale

Whales and dolphins live in tightly-knit social groups. They have complex relationships, talk to each other and have even regional dialects: much like human societies...


Continue reading 31 October 2017   7 jaar oud
New Zealand Sea Lion

Getting caught in fishing nets is a major cause of death for the increasingly endangered New Zealand sea lion. This was published by researchers from the University of Otago, Massey University and the University of Toronto in the..


Continue reading 29 October 2017   7 jaar oud
cheetah

The Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) will submit their plan to the CMS COP12 wildlife summit in Manila later this month...


Continue reading 27 October 2017   7 jaar oud
forest, bos

Nature could cost-effectively deliver over a third of greenhouse gas emissions reductions required to prevent dangerous levels of global warming. This is equivalent to a complete stop to the burning of oil, worldwide...


Continue reading 24 October 2017   7 jaar oud
Koolmees met voer

A British enthusiasm for feeding birds may have caused UK great tits to have evolved longer beaks than their European counterparts, according to new research. The findings, published in Science, identify for the first time the..


Continue reading 19 October 2017   7 jaar oud
Kea

Researchers have discovered that New Caledonian crows and kea parrots can learn about the usefulness of objects by playing with them - similar to human baby behaviour...


Continue reading 13 October 2017   7 jaar oud
Egyptian goose, invasive

A new study stresses the urgent need to include more species on the EU’s 'List of Invasive Alien Species of Union Concern'. The EU leads the world in legislation to protect the economy and the environment from the threat of..


Continue reading 10 October 2017   7 jaar oud
bumble bee

New research from a team of Florida State University scientists and their collaborators is helping to explain the link between a changing global climate and a dramatic decline in bumble bee populations worldwide. ..


Continue reading 06 October 2017   7 jaar oud

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