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Endangered penguins living off South Africa’s coast have likely starved en masse due to food shortages, a study said, with some populations dropping by 95% in just eight years.This post was originally published on this […]

During mating season, when male white-tailed deer want to get noticed by the opposite sex and warn off rivals, they rub their antlers against trees and scrape the forest floor. Then they pee on these […]

The 20th century was horrible for the Everglades. The broad shallow river, one of the most unique ecosystems on the planet, was labeled wasteland and ruthlessly dammed, carved into parcels, dried out and diverted into […]

Female turkeys could be running the roost for years to come. New research from the University of Georgia published in the Journal of Avian Biology found that the gender of turkey offspring may depend on […]

Matías Gómez-Corrales, a recent biological sciences Ph.D. graduate from the University of Rhode Island, and his advisor, Associate Professor Carlos Prada, have published a paper in Nature Communications, revealing key mechanisms in speciation in corals […]

The distribution of Japanese eels (Anguilla japonica) at the northern edge of the species’ range appears to be shaped by river water temperature, which is influenced by watershed geology and land use.This post was originally […]

About 300 years ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus set out on a bold quest: to identify and name every living organism on Earth. Now celebrated as the father of modern taxonomy, he developed the binomial […]

While Australia is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, we also have some of the highest extinction rates.This post was originally published on this site

Florida’s first statewide black bear hunt in a decade is more than halfway over but state wildlife leaders have offered no information on its progress, not even a death count.This post was originally published on […]

When you walk around the Groupama Stadium in Lyon (France), you can’t miss them. Four majestic lions in the colors of Olympique Lyonnais stand proudly in front of the stadium, symbols of the influence of […]