News About Plants And Animals 05-NOV-09 en-us Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Nov 05, 2009 - In the most comprehensive study of animal evolution ever attempted, an international consortium of scientists plans to assemble a genomic zoo--a collection of DNA sequences for 10,000 vertebrate species, approximately one for every vertebrate genus.]]> Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Nov 04, 2009 - New insights into the biology of the platypus and echidna have been published, providing a collection of unique research data about the world's only monotremes.]]> Geneva (AFP) Nov 3, 2009 - More than 1,000 freshwater fish species are threatened with extinction, reflecting the strain on global water resources, an updated global "Red List" of endangered species showed Tuesday.]]> Buffalo NY (SPX) Nov 03, 2009 - A husband and wife team of American paleontologists has discovered a new species of dinosaur that lived 112 million years ago during the early Cretaceous of central Montana.]]> Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 02, 2009 - The Klondike region of the Canadian Arctic isn't often thought of as an oasis for life. Today, the area is best known for its vast frozen wilderness, its goldfields, and as the namesake of a popular chocolate-coated ice cream treat.]]> Kathmandu (AFP) Oct 31, 2009 - Next year, according to the Chinese calendar, is the Year of the Tiger but conservationists say the omens are inauspicious for an animal on the brink of extinction.]]> Madrid, Spain (SPX) Oct 30, 2009 - When Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species 150 years ago, he deliberately avoided the subject of the origin of life. This, coupled with the mention of the 'Creator' in the last paragraph of the book, led us to believe he was not willing to commit on the matter. An international team, led by Juli Pereto of the Cavanilles Institute in Valencia, now refutes that idea and shows that the British naturalist did explain in other documents how our first ancestors could have come into being.]]> Corvallis OR (SPX) Oct 29, 2009 - Just in time for Halloween, researchers have announced the discovery of a new, real-world "monster" - what they are calling a "unicorn" fly that lived about 100 million years ago and is being described as a new family, genus and species of fly never before observed.]]> Banda Aceh, Indonesia (AFP) Oct 28, 2009 - A herd of wild elephants damaged houses and devoured crops as they rampaged through an Indonesian village, terrifying residents, officials said Wednesday.]]> Hamburg, Germany (UPI) Oct 26, 2009 - German and Danish scientists have discovered spiders are more efficient at foraging for food and cooperate better when they are related to each other.]]>