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Female sharks may reproduce without having sex. What’s next?
Female sharks can reproduce without having sex, scientists have found. A female hammerhead shark has given birth without mating with a male and its offspring has no paternal DNA.
An international team of researchers from Queen’s University Belfast, the Guy Harvey Research Institute at Nova Southeastern University in Florida and the Henry Doorly Zoo in Nebraska [...]
Show ‘Dancing’ Bears That You Really Care
Created by an award-winning advertising agency, this frightful flick is a spine-tingling tale of terror and torture. Want to know the scariest thing of all? “Dancing” bears in Pakistan and India are mercilessly mutilated just like this when they are barely a year old. Go here to see the video.
No animal should have to endure [...]
Giant Mice Devouring Island Seabird Chicks, Threatening Extinction
Hordes of giant mice are devouring endangered seabird chicks on a remote South Atlantic island and may be pushing some of the birds to extinction, scientists report. The carnage has harmed the breeding success of endangered Tristan albatrosses and threatened Atlantic petrels on Gough Island, a British territory a thousand miles (1,600 [...]
Bayer defends genetic contamination as “Act of God”
You might blame the dog for eating your homework, or a traffic jam for being late to work. But if you ever find yourself facing a multimillion-dollar class action lawsuit for contaminating the world’s number one food crop with an unapproved genetically engineered variety, just do what biotech company Bayer does. Blame God!
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Gir lions: Gujarat government fails to relent
The most endangered big cat in the world, the Asiatic lion found only in Gir in Gujarat, now finds itself in an ego tussle between the Centre and the state of Gujarat.
With less than 350 lions, Gir is in a very vulnerable position. On the one hand that is not a viable population of the [...]
Say Goodbye to the Amur Leopard
A new census estimates that only 25 to 34 wild Amur leopards remain—at least 66 fewer than are needed to ensure survival, experts say.
Also known as the Far Eastern leopard, the Amur has been painted into a deadly corner by habitat-slashing, conservationists said this week.
Weighing in at about 55 to 130 pounds (25 to 59 [...]