Important discovery can help extinguish global threat to koalas
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University of Queensland virologists are a step closer to understanding a mysterious AIDS-like virus that is impacting koala populations.


JJ Shavit
- Nov 17, 2022
To prevent the next pandemic -- restore wildlife habitats, study finds
Preserving and restoring natural habitats could prevent pathogens that originate in wildlife from spilling over into domesticated animals.


JJ Shavit
- Dec 15, 2021
Flat-pack cardboard habitat pods give animals displaced by wildfires a fighting chance
Flat-pack habitat pods might be the salvation of small ground-dwelling animals trying to survive after bushfires.


JJ Shavit
- Sep 27, 2021
Scientists To Bring Woolly Mammoth Back From Extinction
The Woolly Mammoth went extinct 10,000 years ago, but the bioscientists and geneticists think they can bring it back.


JJ Shavit
- Sep 27, 2021
Hundreds march for right of animals to live with ‘decency and kindness’
Hundreds of animal rights protesters marched in San Francisco to demand the end of factory farming, chanting, “Humane slaughter is a lie!"


JD Shavit
- Sep 8, 2021
Artificial transgenes help scientists track genetically modified animals in the wild
Researchers have discovered a new way to track genetically modified animals using the artificial transgenes they leave behind.

JJ Shavit
- Aug 17, 2021
Heroic petting zoo visitor jumps in to save handler from a 'Darth Gator' attack
Donnie Wiseman of Davis County, has the scrapes and scars to prove he jumped on an 8 foot alligator in order to save the handler


JJ Shavit
- Jul 1, 2021
Conservationists release the world's smallest hog into the wild in India
A dozen of the world's smallest pigs have been released into the wild in India as part of a conservation program to boost their population.


JJ Shavit
- Jun 22, 2021
Mystic Aquarium Auctioning Off Chance To Name New Beluga Whales
A Connecticut aquarium plans to auction off the chance to name three of its five recently arrived beluga whales to raise money for care
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