Study: Ebola killed gorillas too
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Recent outbreaks of ebola among people in Africa also killed thousands of gorillas, animals already threatened by hunting, a new study reports.
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A previously unknown virus killed three women who got organ transplants from an Australian donor, and researchers say the technique they used to identify it could lead them to many more new infectious agents.
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Scientists find a potential reason to explain why bird flu is so deadly for people.
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Some 60 hippos have died from an unknown cause in the past two months in one of Uganda's national parks, an official said Tuesday.
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An international effort to halt the illegal killing of elephants for their ivory tusks has all but collapsed in most of Africa, leaving officials and advocates alarmed about the survival of the species. A study  released  yesterday estimates that as many as 23,000 of the animals were slaughtered...
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WASHINGTON -- Recent outbreaks of ebola among people in Africa also killed thousands of gorillas, a species already
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More than 160 people have died in a deadly Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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The continued spread of the Ebola virus could wipe out the species, researchers are reporting today.
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Scientists say a bacterial disease that can affect mammals, including humans, may be behind an increase in sea lions found dead on Oregon beaches recently.
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The continued spread of the Ebola virus, along with hunting, could wipe out the species, researchers said.
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Eight more cases of Ebola have been identified in Congo, raising to 17 the number of people confirmed to have contracted the deadly illness, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
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A female gorilla and its infant, part of a group attacked by gunmen, are dead, say conservationists in DR Congo.
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Animal doctors are using human drugs on a pair of zoo gorillas with heart disease.
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Anthrax has killed 18 hippos at a  Ugandan national park where nearly 200 of the animals died in  the worst mass wildlife deaths from disease three months ago, a  government official said on Saturday.
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Seven were hit by trains or cars. Ten were killed illegally, often shot and left to die. Thirteen were killed by wildlife officials because they had menaced humans or had otherwise become a nuisance. One was killed in self-defense.
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Eight more cases of Ebola have been identified in Congo, raising to 17 the number of people confirmed to have contracted the deadly illness, the World Health Organization said Tuesday