WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Researchers have sequenced the gene map of a long-extinct, mummified woolly mammoth, using DNA taken from its hair. ... > full story
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Canadian zoo officials on Tuesday were mourning the death of what is believed to be the world's oldest polar bear. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2008 (Reuters) — On a misty mountaintop on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, scientists for the first time in more than eight decades have observed a living pygmy tarsier, one of the planet's smallest and rarest primates. ... > full story
CANBERRA, Nov. 18, 2008 (Reuters) — Australia's kangaroos are genetically similar to humans and may have first evolved in China, Australian researchers said Tuesday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.S. Navy can conduct sonar training exercises off the southern California coast without restrictions designed to protect whales, dolphins and other marine mammals, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday in a defeat for environmentalists. ... > full story
BEIJING, Nov. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — Wild animals are climbing back onto Chinese plates after the deadly SARS virus made some diners wary, and booming demand for traditional medicine is also threatening some plants, environmentalists said on Wednesday. ... > full story
GOMA, Congo, Nov. 10, 2008 (Reuters) — East Congo's conflict has put more than a quarter of the world's last mountain gorillas at the mercy of armed groups who hunt and camp in their territory, park officials said on Monday. ... > full story
BRUSSELS, Nov. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Europe's environment chief plans to ban laboratory tests on mankind's closest relatives -- chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos and orangutans -- in a clampdown on animal testing by the drugs industry and other laboratories. ... > full story
LONDON, Nov. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — An ancient grave unearthed in modern-day Israel containing 50 tortoise shells, a human foot and body parts from numerous animals is likely one of the earliest known shaman burial sites, researchers said on Monday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2008 (Reuters) — Japanese scientists have cloned mice whose bodies were frozen for as long 16 years and said on Monday it may be possible to use the technique to resurrect mammoths and other extinct species. ... > full story
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McCain/Palin Muddy Waters on Stem Cell Research Sep. 12, 2008 (Beliefnet) — John McCain is out with a new ad pledging more federal dollars or stem cell research: ANNCR: They're the original mavericks. Leaders. Reformers ...
Getty Images Sep. 9, 2008 (Scientific American) — Dear EarthTalk: What's the story with animal cloning? Is the meat industry really cloning animals now to "beef up" production? -- Frank DeFazio ...
Smithfield: No Plans for Cloned Meat Jan. 15, 2008 (Conde Nast Portfolio) — Pork processor Smithfield Foods Inc. said it has no plans to produce meat products from cloned animals, although the Food and Drug Administration ...
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