The World Wide Fund for Nature estimates that wildlife populations decreased by nearly 70% in just 50 years. Deforestation, human exploitation, Pollutionand climate change were the main drivers of the loss. Yet hope is not lost. At COP15 biodiversity summit, which kicked off this week, countries are coming together to tackle such threats. To prove …
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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — Armored dinosaurs called ankylosaurs may have wielded hammer-like tail clubs at each other in conflict, in addition to fending off predators like Tyrannosaurus rex. A well-preserved fossil of an ankylosaurus, a herbivorous dinosaur …
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Editor’s note: Jane Alexander is the former president of the National Endowment for the Arts. She has served on the boards of Audubon, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and the American Bird Conservancy. Alexander is the author of “Wild Things, Wild Places: Adventurous Tales of Wildlife and Conservation on Planet Earth”. She is also a Tony …
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Editor’s note: Jane Alexander is the former president of the National Endowment for the Arts. She has served on the boards of Audubon, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and the American Bird Conservancy. Alexander is the author of “Wild Things, Wild Places: Adventurous Tales of Wildlife and Conservation on Planet Earth”. She is also a Tony …
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An Icelandic Sheepdog.Photo: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) A new study could help us better understand our canine companions. National Institutes of Health scientists say they have discovered some of the ways genes can influence the behaviors of certain breeds, such as herding dogs. For about two decades, a team led by Elaine Ostrander at the National Human …
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Tamarozzi F, Legnardi M, Fittipaldo A, Drigo M, Cassini R. Epidemiological distribution of Echinococcus granulosus sl infection in human and domestic animal hosts in European Mediterranean and Balkan countries: a systematic review. PLoS Negl Too Dis. 2020;14:e0008519. Google Scholar article Casulli A, Massolo A, Saarma U, Umhang G, Santolamazza F, Santoro A. Species and genotypes …
1/5 The human-cat relationship was likely forged over a shared interest in rats more than 10,000 years ago, investigators say. File photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License picture That special bond you might have with a purring four-legged friend has existed between species for millennia, according to new research. The human-cat relationship was likely forged …
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NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have discovered the oldest known DNA and used it to reveal what life was like 2 million years ago in the northern tip of Greenland. Today it’s a barren arctic wasteland, but back then it was a lush landscape of trees and vegetation with an array of animals, even the …
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DETROIT (AP) — In a bustling metropolitan area of 4.3 million people, Yale University wildlife biologist Nyeema Harris ventures into secluded thickets to study Detroit’s most elusive inhabitants — coyotes , foxes, raccoons and skunks among them. Harris and his colleagues have placed surveillance cameras in the wooded sections of 25 city parks over the …
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The claim: Livestock is the biggest contributor to climate change Reducing greenhouse gas emissions has been at the center of global efforts to fight climate change, but the main driver of these harmful emissions continues to be debated on social media. A November 20 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows text next to a …
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