A Biological Hot Spot in Africa, With New Species Still to Discover
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Barely bigger than Rhode Island, the forests of Tanzania contain the highest density of endangered animals anywhere on earth.
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How an isolated African region became a barometer of tastes and trends in other parts of the world.
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KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, South Africa  - There are no  easy answers when it comes to keeping the world's largest land  mammal in check.
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ANDRINGITRA NATIONAL PARK, Madagascar -- Martin Randriantsoa, a nature guide, stopped at a sacred waterfall and stuck his hand into a cold, clear pool. Underneath a rock, he fished out a Malagasy crayfish, plentiful in these streams, but a species found only on this island nation. He watched the crayfish walk across his palm before releasing it.
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A study in Central Africa suggests that logging and tropical rain forests can coexist. Some environmental groups disagree.
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In a new study, researchers present molecular evidence to show that malaria parasites in Africa that are resistant to the drug pyrimethamine actually originated in southeast Asia.
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By ELIANE ENGELER  GENEVA - Scientists have discovered at least 52 new species of animals and plants on the southeast Asian island of Borneo since 2005, including a catfish with protruding teeth and suction cups on its belly to help it stick to rocks, WWF International said Tuesday.
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BORNEO Scientists have found at least 52 new species of animal and plant in Borneo in the past year. WWF International said its finds included two tree frogs and 30 fish species, including a fish which is the world's second-smallest vertebrate, and a catfish with an adhesive belly.
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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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By ELIANE ENGELER GENEVA - Scientists have discovered at least 52 new species of animals and plants on the southeast Asian island of Borneo since 2005, including a catfish with protruding teeth and suction cups on its belly to help it stick to rocks, WWF International said Tuesday.
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From post-coital cannibalism to love at first sight, the sex life of the African jumping spider is full of surprises, according to a new study.
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By Michael Casey  BANGKOK, Thailand  --  Scientists combing through undersea fauna off Indonesia's Papua province say they have discovered dozens of new species, including a shark that walks on its fins and a shrimp that looks like a praying mantis.
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A new type of shrew-like creature with a  snout similar to an elephant's trunk has been found in the  mountains of Tanzania, the first new species of the mammal  found since the 19th century, scientists said.
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Evolution has gotten faster, and scientists think they know why: Microbes are swapping DNA from one species to another, giving the Darwinian process an added boost.
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Many more species are probably yet to be found in pristine jungle in Indonesia's Papua province, where two mammals believed to be new to science were discovered in June, an Indonesian zoologist and a conservationist said.
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Computer analysis of an African fossil indicates that a human-like creature walked upright six million years ago&#151;the earliest evidence of bipedalism found to date.
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Dozens of new species of animals and plants including a catfish with protruding teeth and a tree frog with striking bright green eyes have been found in the past year in the forests of Borneo, a WWF report said on Tuesday.