--Thomas E. Lovejoy, a leading conservation biologist who is credited with popularizing the term

BOSTON--Edward O. Wilson, the pioneering Harvard biologist who argued for a new vision of human

MADRID--U.S. biologists Jeffrey Gordon, Peter Greenberg and Bonnie Bassler won Spain’s Princess of

‘Darwin’s Bulldog’, he fought for the theory of evolution, and first demonstrated our evolutionary descent from an ape-like ancestor.” The letter acknowledges that early in his career he believed in a hierarchy of races but added that “ as he aged he became sceptical of racial stereotypes ”.... The letter says: “ He was instrumental in founding the Royal College of Science, later Imperial College, the very institution that now seeks to disown him.' Many staff were outraged'“ Huxley’s early beli

Trackers placed on males help researchers find the reproductive females, Bartoszek said.By the time they got to the scene, the python had swallowed about half of the deer, and it took about 30 more minutes for it to consume the other half, Bartoszek said.... The snake then squeezes until the animal goes into cardiac arrest, Bartoszek said.In the case they witnessed, the python had bitten the deer in the neck before coiling around it, he added." When you see their anatomy firsthand, they are ama

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for September 25 Fox News Flash top headlines are here.... Gertie, an endangered Bolson tortoise, is shown to a group of state and federal wildlife officials during a trip to Ted Turner's Armendaris Ranch in Engle, New Mexico, on Sept.... Prehistoric range sometimes matters too," he said in an interview....

o Nuevo Natural Reserve in California twice a year to breed and molt, the annual event in which they replace their fur.It is currently peak breeding season for the elephant seals.... Those gatherings offer a boisterous scene, Beltran said. The females are fighting each other to protect their pups from one another.... " There really hasn't been a more important time to continue long-term monitoring programs and support for science.".....

The answer is “ highly unlikely, ” wildlife experts say after Burr Ridge police warned residents of possible “ coywolf ” sightings last week in the southwest suburb.... Loftus said the man waved his arm to scare the animal away, but looked at his home surveillance system later and saw two animals come back later in the morning.... Loftus said the department sent out the warning “ out of caution ” to protect other pets out at night.As of Tuesday, Loftus said a couple other people have reported

The answer is “ highly unlikely, ” wildlife experts say after Burr Ridge police warned residents of possible “ coywolf ” sightings last week in the southwest suburb.... Loftus said the man waved his arm to scare the animal away, but looked at his home surveillance system later and saw two animals come back later in the morning.... Loftus said the department sent out the warning “ out of caution ” to protect other pets out at night.As of Tuesday, Loftus said a couple other people have reported

BERLIN--Plastic pollution at sea is reaching worrying levels and will continue to grow even if significant action is taken now to stop such waste from reaching the world's oceans, according to a review of hundreds of academic studies. The review by Germany's Alfred Wegener Institute, commissioned by environmental campaign group WWF, examined almost 2, 600 research papers on the topic to provide an overview ahead of a United Nations meeting later this month.“ We find it in the deepest ocean trenc