Though declining, threatened rattlers show little inbreeding
Eastern massasauga rattlesnakes (Sistrurus catenatus) are declining throughout most of their range, but in Illinois, a 10-year genetics study found a lack of ...
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Is a more harmful python emerging in the Everglades?
Biologists studying invasive pythons in the Florida Everglades came across a disturbing finding. While most of the snakes they studied showed genetics of Burmese ...
Poll finds Americans mixed on genetically engineered animals
Most Americans accept genetic engineering of animals if it benefits human health, but other purposes, including efforts to resurrect extinct species, are less ...
Can genetics offer new tools for wildlife biologists?
Could genetic advances in the laboratory transform wildlife management on the ground? It’s a question APHIS Wildlife Services biologists are asking as they look ...
Magnetic fields mean similar genetics for loggerheads
Endangered loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) make long journeys around the Atlantic Ocean but always return to the same beaches where they hatched to ...
Bernie the spider? Newly discovered spiders named after prominent figures
A team of undergraduate students led by their biology professor recently discovered 15 new species of “smiley-faced” spiders throughout North and South America. ...
New species, ‘Humboldt’s flying squirrel,’ discovered
Certain populations of small, dark flying squirrels that live in cool forests along the Pacific Coast are actually a unique species that had never been classified ...
Genetics study aims to aid pronghorn conservation decisions
Where highways have been identified as barriers to seasonal movements of migratory pronghorn, a project just beginning in Wyoming hopes to highlight the genetic ...
Twice as many bird species than previously thought
While scientists have agreed for many years that there are as many as 10,000 bird species in the world, recent research shows there might be more species than once ...
Earth had extra giraffe species all along
Earth boasts four separate species of giraffe, not one, as scientists formerly believed, according to new research. To untangle the giraffe lineage, researchers ...