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DNA testing could be used as a tool to help fight smuggling of endangered chimpanzees, according to a study published this week in the journal BMC Ecology .
There's been a lot of whinnying lately over the fate of wild horses in the U.S.: How many there should be? What happens to the ones that get culled? Should they remain wild at all?
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would not help stop the spread of invasive Asian carp by ordering the closure of locks between Chicago-area waterways and Lake Michigan.
Which is more important, an endangered bird or sustainable energy? That has become the question in Wyoming, where a recent ruling by the state's governor has blocked future wind-turbine development in about 20 percent of the state in a move to protect the greater sage grouse ( Centrocercus urophasianus )...
Two of the world's biggest freshwater fish are in big trouble, come reports from scientists in North and South America. First up, the genetically distinct Kootenai River population of white sturgeon ( Acipenser transmontanus ), North America's largest freshwater fish...
If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, you can win $1,000 or more by locating and helping to conserve endangered species.
It's all part of the Golden Gate National Parks Endangered Species Big Year, a yearlong contest where participants can seek out 36 endangered species, including mammals, fish, plants and insects within the confines of the 88,000-square-acre park system...
The illegal trade in "protected" wildlife and their body parts is a multibillion-dollar-a-year business that is quickly supplanting the drug trade and gunrunning as organized crime's most profitable venture...
2009 was the deadliest year on record for Florida panthers ( Felis concolor coryi ) and manatees ( Trichechus manatus ), two endangered species that most often lose their lives when their habitats collide with that of humans.A record high 17 panthers were struck by vehicles and killed in Florida last year, two deaths above the previous high set in 2007...
The deadly, contagious cancer that puts Tasmanian devils ( Sarcophilus harrisii ) at risk of extinction may have originated in another species, according to research published Thursday in the journal Science ...
Like looking for a needle in an entire field of haystacks, volunteers and scientists will fan out across Europe, Africa and Asia this winter to try to find a rare bird species that has not been seen in nearly a decade...
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