Genetic Study Reveals Sumatran Tigers Are A Distinct Species From All Mainland Tigers
...in Animal Conservation, demonstrates that Sumatran tigers are a distinctspecies from any group of living tigers - a finding that has significantimplications for tiger conservation efforts. The study was conducte...Wildlife Dying At The Doorsteps Of World's National Parks, Study Says
...seases fromdomestic animals are killing grizzlies, tigers and other large predators atalarming rates when they leave the confines of national parks, according to astudy by the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and CambridgeUniversity. Published today in the journal Science, the study warn...Chumminess Of Roundworms Linked To Single Gene, Offering Insight Into Mechanisms Of Social Behaviors
...natural variations are dramatized in the big cats, tigers being solitary andlions social. They are also seen within humans, shyness being a courtingstrategy for some, and brazenness for others. While it is the way in which environmental stimuli play the geneticcords of higher species that creates ...Saving Endangered Species Becomes Part Of Ag Center's Animal Reproduction Projects
...r first projects will be trying to save endangered tigers byusing lions as surrogate mothers. "We a...re than a dozen attempts at taking eggsfrom female tigers at the Baton Rouge Zoo, combining them with sperm from maletigers at the Audubon Institute and trans...Secrets hidden in a tiger's paralyzing roar
...ear? "Humans can only hear some of the sounds that tigers use to communicate," says von Muggenthaler. "Huma...o 20,000 hertz, but whales, elephants, rhinos, and tigers can produce sounds below 20 hertz." This low-pitched sound, called "infrasound," can travel long di...Social scientists and biologists collaborate to address human dimensions of biodiversity
... lose the opportunity to see elephants, rhinos, or tigers in the wild. We are dramatically simplifying the landscape in which their intellectual lives can develop" cautions Dobson. If current rates of land use change continue, a third or more of all species could be on a path to extinction within the next ...Once thought extinct, Siamese crocodile is photographed in Siam
...record the crocodile," said Lynam, who has studied tigers and other cryptic fauna in Thailand since 1990. "It was number 37 on a roll of 36 exposure film. The other pictures on the film included otters, macaques and a Buddhist monk on walkabout in the forest."...Could Minnesota forestry save the Siberian tiger?
...restry practices in Minnesota provide a key to the tigers survival. On a field tour sponsored by the US Agency for International Development and assisted by the USDA Forest Service, foresters will observe the successful regeneration of eastern white pine in Minnesota and hopefully use the same techniques to...Sleep in early life may play crucial role in brain development
...ive for period of time when goblins or saber tooth tigers are out - to theories having to do with the function of neural networks," says Stryker. Researchers have known that in early development birds and mammals, including humans, sleep as much as three times the amount as adult birds and mammals. And they...WWII landmark becomes a wildlife sanctuary
...t also contains the last stronghold of Indochinese tigers in the country, and a population of leaf deer, a species discovered by WCS researchers in 1997. "The Hukaung Valley contains an assemblage of animals that have vanished throughout much of Asia's forests," said Dr. Alan Rabinowitz, Wildlife Conservati...China to declare new reserve for Siberian tigers
...remaining population of endangered Siberian (Amur) tigers and Far Eastern leopards. The agreement by Chinas... departments of Jilin and Heilongjiang, found that tigers hover near extinction.WCS biologist Dr. Dale Miquelle, who helped organize and conduct tiger surveys...Greatest threat to Asia's wildlife is hunting, scientists say
...tles on the endangered species list, and threatens tigers and their prey across the continent. Over a million kilograms (more than 2 million pounds) of snakes are imported to Shanghai, China, each year serving as a luxury food item for that city's burgeoning middle class. The international trade in birds i...First ever census of jaguars completed
...y 25, 2002) Using a methodology developed to count tigers half a world away, a team of scientists from the B...est areas." The camera trap methodology to census tigers began ten years ago in India, when WCS conservationist Dr. Ullas Karanth used the cat's stripe patte...New map shows human 'footprint' covers most of the Earth
...in restoring the Hudson River, and in India, where tigers share their landscape with one billion people. "This map can be used to set specific targets for action," according to data specialist Marc Levy of CIESIN. "What can't be measured can't be managed--with this map we have an important management too...First-ever photo of wild Siberian tiger taken in China
...rn China last week, providing strong evidence that tigers are crossing from the Russian Far East to repopula...ussia and China, provides a corridor of habitat so tigers can disperse from Russia and repopulate areas of China where they once lived. Poaching of tigers fo...Cheap coffee is lousy for tigers, elephants, rhinos Science says
... that country's last remaining populations of wild tigers and other species. Falling coffee prices worldwide has led to the need for more production, which in turn has resulted in more forest being cleared, even in national parks. According to the study, the spike in coffee production can be traced to 1989...Study says government counts of tigers in India are inaccurate
...2003) A method used by India's government to count tigers for the past 30-plus years has produced largely in...anth, a WCS conservation zoologist who has studied tigers for the past 20 years. "Money and effort spent on counting pugmarks can be better used on simpler, ...Dodging elephants, scorpions, mudslidesUF researcher tracks tigers
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Of the estimated 7,000 tigers left in the world, scientists know the least about...ve long impeded Western biologists trying to study tigers there. Much of the big cats' habitat, meanwhile, consists of remote, extremely wild rain forest that...Save The Tiger Fund announces alliance with the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
...te predictions of doom for this majestic cat, wild tigers continue to survive in a patchwork of areas across...0-year history focused on the conservation of wild tigers through solid science, improved habitat protection, enhanced capability of local leadership and comm......h geographic data could be gathered. "Whether it's tigers in India or black bears in New Jersey, this mapping technique could greatly reduce needless killing of wildlife, by preventing human/wildlife conflicts in the first place," he said....