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Scientists Uncover a Frozen History in 6,000 Years’ Worth of Penguin Poop, Revealing Past Ecology on Antarctica
Sediment samples from the Ross Sea coastline are revealing insights into how animals like elephant seals and Adélie penguins ...
Pittsburgh Zoo's ICC opens doors with elephant encounters, sharing mission of wildlife preservation
Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium's International Conservation Center in Somerset County has begun a new chapter in their efforts ...
Scientists created a ‘woolly mouse’ with mammoth traits. Is it a step toward bringing back the extinct giant?
Scientists working to bring back the woolly mammoth have created genetically engineered mice that they say have several ...
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At Point Reyes, ecologists have been tracking elephant seals for decades
Every winter, tens of thousands of elephant seals return to beaches along the California coast. Northern elephant seals were ...
How Anant Ambani’s Vantara project began with the rescue of an elephant and became a haven for the wild
Working with top animal care and welfare specialists, Vantara transformed a vast 3,000-acre area into a jungle-like setting ...
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Can genetically engineered 'woolly' mice help bring back the mammoth?
Colossal Biosciences has altered several genes in mice to make them look more mammoth-like, but the company is far from its ...
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How marine biologists are using elephant seals as nature's 'artificial intelligence'
It is currently peak breeding season for the elephant seals. Those gatherings offer a boisterous scene, Beltran said. Marine biologists are using elephant seals tagged with smart sensors (NMFS ...
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Sri Lanka’s first elephant orphanage celebrates 50 years
“This has been a successful breeding programme, and today we have four generations of elephants here, with the youngest 18 months old and the oldest 70 years,” he said. The orphanage recorded ...
DNA detectives in Antarctica: probing 6,000 years of penguin poo for clues to the past
New ancient DNA research on Adélie penguin poo in Antarctica shows how several species respond to environmental change over ...
‘Where the bitey bits are!’ Inside annual ‘weaner weighing’ at SLO County elephant seal beach
Pups at the Piedras Blancas rookery in San Luis Obispo County are shedding their neonatal coats. The weaner on the left has ...
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Scientists created a ‘woolly mouse’ with mammoth traits. Is it a step toward bringing back the extinct giant?
Raising and breeding the hybrid animals, they say, could imperil living animals used as surrogates. “While we know a lot about mouse genetics, we know much less about mammoths and elephants.