DNA Pinpoints Poaching Areas
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Authorities working to protect eiephants from poachers get a big boost from the DNA analysis of ivory, enabling them to zero in on where specific animals were killed. By the Associated Press.
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By Steve Connor  Thousands of species of marine animals have been discovered by a team of biologists investigating the rich ocean wildlife living around the Philippine island of Panglao.
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Thousands of wildlife sleuths are being recruited for an inquiry into the affects of climate change on wildlife.
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Researchers believe they may be able to use DNA to help uncover the fate of the Lost Colony, which vanished a few years after more than 100 people settled on Roanoke Island in 1587.
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Experts have deciphered the complete DNA sequence for one of the most infectious bugs known to man.
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Analyzing the DNA of elephants may help trace the origins of ivory being sold illegally, information researchers hope will help foil such trade.
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In the search for a missing  evolutionary link to modern whales, scientists have come up  with an unlikely land cousin -- a raccoon-sized creature with  the body of a small deer.
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A genetic study of the tiger family reveals a previously unknown sub-species of the big cats.
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Scientists with the Genographic Project create a huge database of DNA information to track the path of human movement across the globe.
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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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An international scientific consortium decodes the chicken genome.
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Ecology SNP backs controversial reintroduction of keystone species at three small lochs
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Researchers have found evidence of a population of chimps that shares plant foods.
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Radio frequency identification tags, usually used to track commercial products, are helping researchers study the movements of Amazonian peccaries.
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The genetic blueprint of a parasite that causes disfiguring elephantiasis has been unravelled.
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An airborne biologist and his team have found the remains of large-scale elephant slaughters, evidence of a major poaching problem on the borders of a central African wildlife park.See photos >>Watch video >>
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Â· Britons assist in analysis of mobile phone dataÂ· Portuguese newspaper tells of new DNA evidence