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INBREEDING AND EXTINCTION
In 2024, researchers challenged a decades-old theory about the extinction of woolly mammoths that they didn't die out the way we thoughtScientists now believe a sudden event caused the extinction of the last woolly mammoths. These mammoths became isolated on Wrangel Island a...- How Australia’s Brown Tree snakes reached Guam after World War II and left biologists baffled by the invasionBrown tree snakes, an invasive species on Guam, have baffled biologists for years. Their population is believed to have started with only a...
- In 1976, a scientist began dancing like a crane every day; the chick it helped produce became an ancestor to 178 endangered birdsA whooping crane named Gee Whiz died at age thirty-eight, leaving behind many offspring. His mother, Tex, imprinted on humans and required ...
- Five cows abandoned on a remote island for 130 years survived against the odds, and their DNA revealed whyScientists uncover hidden history of abandoned cows: A tale of survival unfolded on Amsterdam Island, where five abandoned cattle in 1871 d...
- The koalas everyone gave up on are making a genetic comebackA new study on koalas is changing conservation science. Populations previously believed to be genetically doomed are now showing recovery. ...
- Why Snake Island is one of Earth’s deadliest places: Home to 4,000 venomous vipers, where even the Navy fears to treadIlha da Queimada Grande, or Snake Island, near Sao Paulo, Brazil, is very dangerous. Thousands of venomous golden lancehead snakes live the...
- In Gujarat, lions are royalty. But what happens when there’s no room for the Crown?India's successful conservation efforts have led to a surge in populations of lions, tigers, leopards, and cheetahs, creating a challenge o...
- The ultimate fluffy boy: New study delves into extinction of a long haired & 'woolly' dog breedThe dogs occupied a previously underappreciated high-status in Indigenous societies, which revered the animals as members of the family and...
- Lizards, fish and other species are evolving with climate change, but not fast enoughClimate change threatens plants and animals as temperatures rise. Some species adapt, like dragonflies getting paler and mustard plants flo...
- Is this the real-life Flintstones? Geneticists discover remains of a Neanderthal family in caves of SiberiaAmong the 13 Neanderthals discovered , five were children or pre-teens.
- Under-construction wildlife overpass in California promises to be the largest in the worldThe wildlife branch chief for the National Park Service's Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Seth Riley, stated that the over...
- Warming rivers in US West killing fish, imperiling industryHundreds of thousands of young salmon are dying in Northern California's Klamath River as low water levels brought about by drought allow a...
- Modern humans' expressive eyebrows boosted social networks: StudyLondon, April 10 (IANS) Highly mobile eyebrows that can be used to express a wide range of subtle emotions helped modern humans in establis...
- Genome sequencing to help prevent inbreeding among tigersNew Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Scientists are sequencing the genome of Ranthambore's tigers, the most isolated feline and one that, it is feared,...
- Industrialisation started rapid decline of vertebratesNew York, Dec 19 (IANS) Rapid population decline among vertebrates began at the end of the 19th century when industrialisation was at its p...
- Cheetahs migrated from North America 100,000 years agoThe cheetah is descended from a relative of American pumas and their fossil record extends across the Americas, Europe and Asia.
- Lion as national animal? Central panel discusses ideaIt was Rajya Sabha MP from Jharkhand Parimal Nathwani, an industrialist, who sent the proposal to the environment ministry.
- Indian dolphin, elephant among top 100 mammals facing extinction: Zoological society of LondonThe Zoological Society of London have for the first time scored the world's mammals according to how Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally E...
- Cheetah reintroduction stirs up debateEven as the Supreme Court will hear a petition opposing reintroduction of cheetah in India on Monday, the issue has stirred up a debate ove...
- Mekong river dolphins on verge of extinction: WWFDolphins living in parts of the Mekong River between Cambodia and Laos are on the brink of extinction due to pollution, international conse...
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