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Australia has five native corvid species, but their unearned reputation for cruelty and an all-too-human cleverness makes them unlikely to win a popularity contest

TN Forest Dept. proposes protocol to count endangered Nilgiri Tahr population, may use drones. 1st comprehensive census for State animal, to be conducted in Nov & biennial synchronised count with Kerala. Project Nilgiri Tahr aims to study causes of lumpy skin disease & suggest remedy. #TN #Kerala #NilgiriTahr #Conservation

Tiny caribbean box jellyfish are capable of learning from visual cues to avoid swimming into obstacles -- a cognitive ability never before seen in animals with such a primitive nervous system

Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzes

Historians are racing to locate Great Lakes shipwrecks before a seemingly unstoppable invasive mussel destroys them and erases part of the region's heritage

U.S. wildlife officials have finalized an agreement with Ted Turner’s Endangered Species Fund regarding the release of more Bolson tortoises on the media mogul’s Armendaris Ranch in central New Mexico

Adjustment of behaviour shown in study suggests learning is integral function of neurons

Researchers have recovered RNA - genetic material present in all living cells that has structural similarities to DNA - from the desiccated skin and muscle of a Tasmanian tiger

Langstone, Hampshire: It gripped on to my hands like Velcro, and as I waited to cross the road, passing motorists glanced quizzically at us

Tally rises to 27,000 but is still a far cry from former half a million, and Javan and Sumatran rhino remain critically endangered

Invasive species are a real problem in Canada, and one species in particular, the freshwater jellyfish species of the genus Craspedacusta sowerbii — C. sowerbii, or the Peach Blossom Jellyfish — are as widespread as they are also poorly understood.