Africa forest elephants may take almost a century to recover from poaching-study
By Ed StoddardJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Africa's rare forest elephants which play a key role in replenishing the central African rainforests will need almost a century to recover from an onslaught by ivory poachers because of their slow birth rate, a study published on Wednesday said.The study by the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society is the first analysis of the demography of an elusive animal that is hard to track because of its remote wooded surrounds.But the thickly-forested tropica..>> view originalSomeone's Shooting Sea Otters In California, And Officials Want Answers
A spate of sea otter shootings in California has prompted wildlife officials to offer a $10,000 reward and release a plea to the public to find the source of the fatal attacks. Three southern sea otters, also known as California sea otters, have been found dead in Santa Cruz County this month, and initial necropsy results show the animals had been shot, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Two were juvenile males and one was an adult male. Estimates place their deaths in late July an..>> view originalNASA's Juno Spacecraft Completes First Jupiter Flyby
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.... NASA spacecraft Juno completed its first Orbital flyby of Jupiter Tuesday on a mission to analyze the gas planet traveling at uh hundred and thirty thousand mph ... just a subtle reached its closest point to Jupiter at six forty four am on Tuesday ... just two ThousandSix hundred miles above the planet's upper clowns ... during its approach Juno snapped these photos of the planet revealing the closest you'll ever o..>> view originalIn study of Tasmanian devils with bizarre cancer, WSU scientists find reason for hope
The infectious tumors threaten to wipe out the small, fierce marsupials, but genetic analysis shows rapid evolution may come to the rescue. It’s not unusual for scientists to study creatures half a world away, but Washington State University geneticist Andrew Storfer never imagined himself working with Tasmanian devils. His main interest is viruses that attack amphibians. When Storfer scored a Fulbright grant in 2008, he intended to study Australian tree frogs decimated by an epidemic. But it ..>> view originalWhale carcass found on Northern California beach
PT. REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE, Calif. (AP) — Experts say the carcass of a rarely seen Baird's beaked whale was found on a beach in the Point Reyes National Seashore this week. The Marin Independent Journal reports (http://bayareane.ws/2bHy8Nd) scientists plan to perform an evaluation on the 35-foot-cetacean's carcass to determine whether the animal was hit by a ship. Scientists that examined the animal on Monday found extensive hemorrhaging near the vertebrae on the left side of the decomposing c..>> view original'Wow!' Again? SETI Mystery Signal Could Long Puzzle Astronomers
The Allen Telescope Array at the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute has been listening for signals that may indicate that sophisticated alien civilizations are trying to communicate. Credit: SETI Institute A recently detected SETI signal could end up being this generation's version of the famous "Wow!" signal of 1977: an intriguing mystery that keeps astronomers guessing for decades. In May 2015, a team of researchers using a Russian radio telescope spotted a s..>> view originalTheir Masters' Voices: Dogs Understand Tone And Meaning Of Words
Enlarge this image What did she say? Eniko Kubinyi/Science hide caption toggle caption Eniko Kubinyi/Science What did she say? Eniko Kubinyi/Science When you praise a dog, it's listening not just to the words you say but also how you say them. That might not be huge news to dog owners. But now scientis..>> view originalNew Species Of Pterosaur From Early Jurassic Era Discovered In Patagonia
The Earth was dominated by pre-historic reptiles during the Mesozoic Era, which lasted about 180 million years, offering scientists a valid reason to call it the age of reptiles. Although an extinct group of flying reptiles, called “pterosaurs,” lived during most of this period, scientists had very limited information about this animal, until now.While scientists so far had some information about the anatomy of pterosaurs’ nervous system based on a few three dimensionally preserved remains, a ne..>> view originalSpaceX Signs First Customer for Launch of Refurbished Rocket
Aug. 30, 2016 6:00 p.m. ET Satellite operator SES SA has agreed to launch one of its large commercial spacecraft on a refurbished Space Exploration Technologies Corp. rocket, marking another advance for reusable boosters. Scheduled to occur before the end of the year, the mission announced on Tuesday will be the first one to use the lower stage and nine main engines of a Falcon 9 rocket that experienced the rigors of a blastoff and acceleration through the atmosphere on a previo..>> view original
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