Hundreds of livestock breeds have gone extinct – but some Australian farmers are keeping endangered breeds alive
Genetic diversity matters for wildlife – and for the livestock on which we depend. Yet breed after breed is disappearing into extinction.
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12 Invasive Animal Species That Have Destroyed Ecosystems
Animals are finely adapted to their native habitats, but when they are introduced to other ecosystems, they can become ...
Smithsonian Magazine2d
Researchers Unearth Oldest Known Human Facial Bones Ever Found in Western Europe
The upper jawbone and partial cheek bone represent a mysterious unknown species that lived in present-day Spain between 1.1 ...
Scientific American2d
Ancient DNA Shows Stone Age Europeans Voyaged by Sea to Africa
Roughly 8,000-year-old remains unearthed from present-day Tunisia held a surprise: European hunter-gatherer ancestry ...
Scientific American2d
These Dogs Can Sniff Out Invasive Species before It’s Too Late
In North America, trained dogs inspect watercraft to detect invasive mussels before they catch a ride to new waters. Dogs ...
The Cool Down3d
Animals succeed in solving major problem where scientists had failed: 'It's just incredible'
California's sea otters have become surprising environmental champions by tackling a destructive invasive species wreaking ...
Urgent warning to Britons as Europe's largest SPIDER arrives in the UK: Venomous arachnid with 'huge appetite' hitches a ride on a delivery of olives
The Spanish funnel-web spider was spotted at a nursery in West Sussex after a shipment of olives from Cordoba was unloaded.
10 lizards were smuggled into Cincinnati in a sock. Now there are tens of thousands.
Native to Europe, common wall lizards are growing bigger, faster, and more resilient in Ohio. Scientists say the city itself ...
Why some animals defy the odds to thrive in urban areas
The growth of cities and other urban areas is set to continue, with future urban expansion predicted to swallow 11-33 million ...
FOX Weather14d
You can eat these 5 invasive animals to help population control, US Fish & Wildlife Service says
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants you to control the invasive species in your area. What is a good hunt without eating ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation15d
Australian native species go feral in USA as redclaw crayfish invade Texas
He said native US freshwater crays were carriers of a pathogen called Aphanomyces astaci. "It's also known as 'the Great Crayfish Plague' because it wiped out crayfish in Europe [after American ...