Zoology News

Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov was a gifted scientist, a dedicated conservationist, and a practical, grounded man who expanded everyone's understanding of animal husbandry.

Down through the centuries, several remarkable, unique species of mammal have become extinct on various West Indian islands in the Caribbean.

His study impact of mobile phones on the density of honey bees was published in international journals entomology and hematology.

The Chicago Zoological Society's Center for the Science of Animal Welfare hosts its 2nd International Symposium on Zoo Animal Welfare on June 5 and 6, 2013 at the Brookfield Zoo .

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Following Animal Planet 's mermaid ' mock-umentary ', here are some cases of supposed merbeings that do remain intriguing and unsolved: Karl Shuker who has written 9 posts on Cryptomundo .

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines Two foreign zoologists are pushing for conservation of the endangered eels endemic in freshwater areas in Cagayan.

Zoologist Maurice Burton wrote in his 1956 book called, " Living Fossils ", "A living fossil is an organism that has survived beyond its era." There are species found only in rock strata, and supposedly millions of years old, which have been declared "extinct for millions of years." Yet in recent decades a number of these "extinct for millions of ... (more)

Measures due to start on 1 June may not be the answer to halting the spread of the disease, experts say Prof Rosie Woodroffe of the Zoological Society of London uses an electronic collar to track a badger and gain a better understanding of its behaviour and contact with cattle.

A female anteater left zoologists at a Connecticut conservation center baffled after unexpectedly giving birth more than a year and a half after being separated from her mate.

MANY PEOPLE STILL BELIEVE the Tasmanian tiger survives in the wilds of Tasmania, even though the species was declared extinct over 80 years ago.

Here's a curious illustration from a medieval bestiary in the Vatican Library. I've seen attempts on various websites to identify it as a sea-lion, though its trunk is surely more suggestive of an elephant seal - but what about its hoofed forelimbs?? Weird.