Feral felines are driving the country’s native species to extinction. Now a massive culling is underway to preserve what’s left of the wild. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/magazine/australia-cat-killing.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
Tag: Endangered and Extinct Species
These Otters Are Popular Pets in Asia. That May Be Their Undoing.
Asian small-clawed otters are increasingly popular as novelty pets, particularly in Japan. Now international trade in the species may be banned. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/22/science/asia-otters-pets-japan.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
Trilobites: How Seals Took to the Seas
By comparing the bones of ancient and contemporary seals, researchers say a particular biting style helped the marine mammals’ landlubber ancestors move into the oceans. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/science/seals-evolution-biting.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Trilobites: Romeo, Meet Juliet. Now Go Save Your Species.
The Sehuencas water frogs in a Bolivian aquarium hit it off, but Romeo might need a little more practice before they succeed in reproducing. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/01/science/romeo-juliet-frogs.html?partner=rss&emc=rss