Genetic map pinpoints elephant poachers
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DNA from seized ivory could help conservationists and police identify hotspots where elephants are in particular danger from poachers.
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Description: Delegates from 160 nations are gathering in Thailand for a meeting on international trade in endangered species. They will discuss new genetic research that makes it easier to trace poached ivory.
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Scientists reconstruct part of the genetic code of a 75-million-year-old mammal ancestor.
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Planet Earth captures a pride of lions stalking an elephant in Botswana. Learn what went into creating this killer scene. By Sonia Zjawinski from Wired magazine.
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Researchers have found evidence of a population of chimps that shares plant foods.
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Scientists pinpoint a new gene linked with late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
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Scientists have mapped the genome of a worm that causes elephantiasis in what they called on Thursday an important step toward developing new drugs or vaccines to fight the mosquito-borne disfiguring disease.
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A new genetic technique to pinpoint where various ivory comes from could help to thwart ivory smugglers. By indicating the origin of a specific ivory shipment with an accuracy of 500 to 1000 kilometres, it
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Eye blinkingly fast Researchers on the island of Samoa have witnessed evolution in action, as the population of male "Blue Moon" butterflies has returned from the brink of extinction. The researchers, from Berkeley University, put the resurgence of the species down to an evolutionary arms race, in which the butterflies' latest weapon is a gene that fights off a parasite.â¦
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A new program in Zambia teaches former poachers new ways to make a living in order to support conservation goals.
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South Africa's Kruger National Park elephant population has nearly doubled in recent years, causing heavy habitat destruction and invasion of adjacent farms. Now conservation authorities are considering a plan to kill perhaps thousands elephants to bring the problem under control.
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A 27-million-year-old  fossil could be the &ldquo;missing link&rdquo; between modern elephants and their ancestors,  scientists have concluded.
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A new species of elephant shrew is discovered in Tanzania, scientists report.
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PARIS: Researchers said on Thursday they had pinpointed gene variations that could explain why some people are more vulnerable to HIV than others, a finding which could also boost the quest for an AIDS vaccine.
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Scientists have unveiled a new hi-tech weapon to help combat the illegal trade of ivory in Africa: a map. The map describes how the genetic profiles of African elephants vary across the continent, from the
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The discovery of a baby mammoth  preserved in the Russian permafrost gives researchers their  best chance yet to build a genetic map of a species extinct  since the Ice Age, a Russian scientist said on Wednesday.
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Science & environment: An ambitious project to create the most detailed picture of human genetic variation yet has been launched by British and American scientists