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Do neurons guide light within the brain
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 15, 2025 A provocative research effort at the University of Rochester is exploring whether neurons might serve not only as conduits for electrical impulses but also as channels for light transmission. This work could significantly reshape prevailing models of how the brain communicates internally. With a three-year, $1.5 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation, researchers from Rochester's Institute of Optics have launched a study to test the hypothesis that axons-the elongated structures projecti ... read more |
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US firm says it brought back extinct dire wolvesWashington (AFP) April 11, 2025 They whimper, drink from baby bottles and crawl oh so tentatively - they look like cute white puppies, not the fruit of a daring project to resuscitate an extinct species. ... more 
Census shows high number of brown bears in RomaniaBucharest (AFP) April 10, 2025 A census of brown bears using DNA for the first time has revealed that up to 13,000 of the protected species are living in Romania, much more than the 8,000 previously estimated, the government announced on Thursday. ... more 
Slippery business: France jails men over eel smugglingParis (AFP) April 10, 2025 A French court on Thursday sentenced eight people to up to five years for smuggling eel larvae destined for Asian markets, in a scheme worth about two million euros that prosecutors likened to cocaine trafficking. ... more 
Anthrax kills 50 hippos in Africa's oldest nature reserveGoma, Dr Congo (AFP) April 8, 2025 Anthrax poisoning has killed about 50 hippos in Virunga, Africa's oldest national park located in the Democratic Republic of Congo's troubled east, the head of the park told AFP on Tuesday. ... more |
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The watchers who prey on Israel's falcon poachersUrim, Israel (AFP) Mar 21, 2025 For the volunteer watchers scanning southern Israel's wheatfields, protecting migratory falcons from poachers is a highly coordinated security operation. ... more
Suspended jail term sought for French hunter who killed bearFoix, France (AFP) Mar 19, 2025 A prosecutor on Wednesday demanded that an 81-year-old French hunter be handed a four-month suspended jail sentence for killing an endangered female bear that had attacked him in the Pyrenees in 2021. ... more 
Monarch butterfly public comment reopened to determine Endangered Species Act listingWashington DC (UPI) Mar 18, 2025 The Trump administration is reopening public comment on a proposed rule that would list the monarch butterfly as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. ... more 
'We will preserve them': saving Cambodia's crocodilesPhnom Tamao, Cambodia (AFP) Mar 18, 2025 A motorbike rider inches slowly over bumpy terrain deep in Cambodia's Virachey national park, carefully adjusting the basket strapped behind him. Inside is precious cargo - a critically endangered Siamese crocodile. ... more 
Colombia's 'Lord of the Fruit' fighting for native speciesBogota (AFP) Mar 17, 2025 Bent over his cellphone on the terrace of his Bogota apartment, Colombia's "Lord of the Fruit" describes the flavors, textures, and potential uses of rare species to thousands of social media followers. ... more |
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Sri Lanka adjusts train timings to tackle elephant deaths
Colombo (AFP) Mar 14, 2025 Sri Lanka's wildlife and railway authorities announced on Friday a series of low-tech measures, including adjusting timetables to reduce night-time train collisions, following the worst wildlife accident that killed seven elephants. The measures came after seven elephants were run over on February 20 by an express train near a wildlife reserve in Habarana, some 180 kilometres (110 miles) east of the capital Colombo, making it the worst accident of its kind. Authorities said they had identified v ... read more
Australians welcome departure of baby wombat grabberSydney (AFP) Mar 14, 2025 An American influencer who outraged Australians by snatching a baby wombat from its apparently distressed mother flew out of the country Friday, the government said. ... more |
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Nepal community efforts revive red panda populationTaplejung, Nepal (AFP) Mar 14, 2025 Nepali police officer Jiwan Subba still feels pangs of regret decades after he bludgeoned a strange creature he found wandering in his barn, not realising it was an endangered red panda. ... more 
Australia tells US influencer: 'leave baby wombat alone'Sydney (AFP) Mar 13, 2025 Australia's top diplomat urged a visiting American influencer on Thursday to "leave the baby wombat alone", after a video appeared to show the woman pestering a young marsupial. ... more
Many animal 'geomorphs' under threat, study warnsParis (AFP) Mar 12, 2025 More than a quarter of our planet's natural "geomorphs" - animals such as beavers and hippos that, collectively, can reshape entire landscapes - are threatened or have shrinking populations, a new study says. ... more 
Protections drop for wolves in most of EuropeStrasbourg, France (AFP) Mar 7, 2025 Wolves became less protected in most of Europe on Friday as new conservation regulations came into force, except in three countries that objected to the move including the United Kingdom, the Council of Europe said. ... more 
Tanzania receives 18 white rhinos from South AfricaDar Es Salaam (AFP) Mar 4, 2025 Tanzania received 18 white rhinos from South Africa on Tuesday as it seeks to boost conservation and tourism, local authorities said. ... more |
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