DNA map of elephants to net Africa&#39;s ivory poachers
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Scientists say a DNA map of Africa&#39;s elephant herds will help combat the illegal trade in ivory. The map is a genetic profile of elephant groupings across the continent, from the dense forests of western and central Africa to the vast eastern savanna.
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The rise of organized criminal gangs  trading in rhino horns has boosted poaching in some African  countries, putting the endangered animals at risk, conservation  groups and a U.N. wildlife pact said on Wednesday.
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he African elephant population was cut in half by poaching in the 1980&#39;s, and most conservationists agree that only a 1989 ban on the ivory trade saved the animal from extinction.
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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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Using helicopters to count endangered orang-utans gives very accurate estimates of the great apes' numbers, researchers report in Plos Biology.
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By analyzing elephant DNA, a research team led by Seattle scientists has discovered a way to trace the origins of ivory and help stem the poaching that still threatens the giant beasts across much of their habitat.
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The African elephant got a new line of defense against poachers Monday after a global wildlife conference approved measures aimed at wiping out the continent&#39;s illegal ivory trade.
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Poaching is up in central Africa, but elephant herds are growing in the south. Nations are arguing over whether to lift the ban on ivory sales.
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PILANESBERG NATIONAL PARK, South Africa -- Ecologist Rudi van Aarde leaned back on a veranda that overlooked dry grasslands and a group of bull elephants, his shoes still dusty from an 8,000-mile tour of game reserves in southern Africa. Van Aarde was on a mission: saving elephants from sanctioned killings.
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Reseachers have linked the survival of the Acacia tree to Africa's big browsing mammals
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A project is announced to obtain the genetic "barcodes" of all animals and plants on the planet.
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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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Studying the zebra fish spinal cord, grooming habits of the Barbary macaque and the regional impact of dams.
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A DNA trail has helped investigators trace the largest recent shipment of illegal ivory to elephants in Zambia.
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UK and Kenyan researchers say they are creating a global map to pinpoint areas where malaria is most likely to strike.
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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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Botswana, which has the largest elephant population in Africa, will donate 500 animals to Mozambique, conservationists and Mozambican officials said Friday.