{"id":115,"date":"2020-01-01T16:29:59","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T16:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/new\/?page_id=115"},"modified":"2020-02-21T23:06:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T23:06:32","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/new\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"115\" class=\"elementor elementor-115\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2453ae33 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2453ae33\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e5d8b2a\" data-id=\"4e5d8b2a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ab8fecb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5ab8fecb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1140\" height=\"137\" src=\"https:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bannernews.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-809\" alt=\"news\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bannernews.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bannernews-300x36.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bannernews-1024x123.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bannernews-768x92.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5457c07c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5457c07c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-25e94580\" data-id=\"25e94580\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5973819c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5973819c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"orange\" style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: #f79322; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-style: normal; text-align: center;\"><strong>Featured Article<\/strong><\/h2><h2 class=\"blueBoxLeftJustify\" style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; font-weight: 400; margin-top: 5px; vertical-align: top; font-style: normal;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltlftNewsGraphic\" style=\"float: left; padding-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/news\/images\/grey-parrot.jpg\" alt=\"parrots show kindness\" width=\"250\" height=\"153\" \/><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\" style=\"color: #f79322; font-size: 14pt;\">Study finds parrots can practice acts of kindness.<\/span><\/h2><p class=\"blueBoxLeftJustify\" style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; font-weight: 400; margin-top: 5px; vertical-align: top; font-style: normal;\"><span class=\"whiteParagraph\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;\">March 2019<\/span><br \/><span class=\"italicResource\" style=\"font-style: italic; color: #61a4f9;\">Science Magazine<br \/><\/span>Parrots are the first birds observed showing kindness to others.<br \/><span class=\"hyperlinkNews\" style=\"color: #b7d766; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/news\/2020\/01\/these-parrots-are-first-birds-observed-showing-kindness-others?utm_campaign=ScienceNow&amp;utm_source=JHubbard&amp;utm_medium=Facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/span><span class=\"italicResource\" style=\"font-style: italic; color: #61a4f9;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p><div>\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2986fc9 elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"2986fc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/sharkfin1.jpg);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"sharkfin\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOcearch Global Shark Tracker\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t Now you can join researchers in GPS tracking of sharks in real-time. 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rel=\"noopener\">New Scientist<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a class=\"hyperlink\" title=\"Science Daily\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science Daily<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a class=\"hyperlink\" title=\"Live Science\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Science<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a class=\"hyperlink\" title=\"Stated Clearly\" href=\"http:\/\/statedclearly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stated Clearly<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a class=\"hyperlink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnhawks.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Hawks Weblog<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a class=\"hyperlink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.timetree.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Time Tree: The Timescale of Life<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a class=\"hyperlink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/column\/matter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matter-The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a class=\"hyperlink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moongiant.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moongiant<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a class=\"hyperlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evogeneao.com\/explore\/tree-of-life-explorer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tree of Life Explorer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4abf9a73 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4abf9a73\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-68a0346e\" data-id=\"68a0346e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19a844ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19a844ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">And in News: Kaya the harbor seal encounters a butterfly<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e023d7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"e023d7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/A07GJokPN0A&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57871d2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"57871d2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet Some of the Members of Our Team<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f0b47fa elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f0b47fa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5079c93d\" data-id=\"5079c93d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b639d76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b639d76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"divTable\"><div class=\"divTableBody\"><div class=\"divTableRow\"><div class=\"divTableCell\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltlftNewsGraphic alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/news\/images\/fish.jpg\" alt=\"gray squirrel\" width=\"250\" height=\"153\" \/><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">A warming planet threatens fish.<\/span><br \/><span class=\"whiteParagraph\">March 2019<\/span><br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">National Geographic<br \/><\/span>The impacts warming waters are having on important fish species.<br \/><span class=\"hyperlinkNews\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/environment\/2019\/02\/climate-change-is-shrinking-essential-fisheries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\"><div class=\"divTableCell\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltlftNewsGraphic alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/news\/images\/gray-squirrel.jpg\" alt=\"gray squirrel\" width=\"250\" height=\"153\" \/><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">Animals have some interesting ways to store food.<\/span><br \/><span class=\"whiteParagraph\">October 2018<\/span><br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">National Geographic<br \/><\/span>Not just nuts: The surprising stuff animals hoard for winter<br \/><span class=\"hyperlinkNews\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/animals\/2018\/10\/hoard-winter-squirrels-ants-crabs-moles-food-animals\/?user.testname=lazyloading:c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\"><div class=\"divTableCell\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltlftNewsGraphic alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/news\/images\/baby-bird.jpg\" alt=\"baby birds\" width=\"250\" height=\"153\" \/><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">Birds Keep Insect Populations Under Control.<\/span><br \/><span class=\"whiteParagraph\">July 9, 2018<\/span><br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">Science Daily<br \/><\/span>Birds eat 400 &#8211; 500 million tons of insects annually!<br \/><span class=\"hyperlinkNews\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2018\/07\/180709100850.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\"><div class=\"divTableCell\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltlftNewsGraphic alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/news\/images\/flamingo.jpg\" alt=\"swimming dolphins\" width=\"230\" height=\"153\" \/><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">Unchecked carbon emissions are pushing species to extinction.<\/span><br \/><span class=\"whiteParagraph\">March 14, 2018<\/span><br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">WWF<br \/><\/span>Half of plant and animal species at risk from climate change in the world\u2019s most important natural places<br \/><span class=\"hyperlinkNews\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wwf.panda.org\/?324471\/Half-of-plant-and-animal-species-at-risk-from-climate-change-in-worlds-most-important-natural-places\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\"><div class=\"divTableCell\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltlftNewsGraphic alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/news\/images\/swimming-dolphins.jpg\" alt=\"swimming dolphins\" width=\"230\" height=\"153\" \/><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">Artificial intelligence is helping to crack the code of dolphin language.<\/span><br \/><span class=\"whiteParagraph\">December 8, 2017<\/span><br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">IFLScience!<br \/><\/span>AI Might Have Identified Six New Types Of Dolphin Clicks.<br \/><span class=\"hyperlinkNews\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iflscience.com\/plants-and-animals\/ai-might-have-identified-six-new-types-of-dolphin-clicks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\"><div class=\"divTableCell\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltlftNewsGraphic alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/news\/images\/phoenix-parrot.jpg\" alt=\"parrots\" width=\"230\" height=\"153\" \/><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">Australia has some of the most beautiful birds on the planet.<\/span><br \/><span class=\"whiteParagraph\">June 17, 2016<\/span><br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">The Guardian<br \/><\/span>A shortlist of 50 birds which includes some truly spectacular ones.<br \/><span class=\"hyperlinkNews\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2017\/nov\/20\/do-you-love-australian-birds-heres-your-chance-to-vote-for-your-favourite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\"><div class=\"divTableCell\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltlftNewsGraphic alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/news\/images\/orange-octopus.jpg\" alt=\"octopus\" width=\"230\" height=\"153\" \/><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">Octopus-Inspired Adhesive Uncovers Secret to Cephalopod Stickiness<\/span><br \/><span class=\"whiteParagraph\">June 17, 2016<\/span><br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">IFLscience.com<br \/><\/span>An impressive trick in octopus stickiness.<br \/><span class=\"hyperlinkNews\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iflscience.com\/plants-and-animals\/octopusinspired-adhesive-uncovers-secret-to-cephalopod-stickiness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\"><div class=\"divTableCell\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltlftNewsGraphic alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/news\/images\/turtle.jpg\" alt=\"turtle\" width=\"230\" height=\"153\" \/><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">Why Turtles Evolved Shells:It Wasn&#8217;t For Protection<\/span><br \/><span class=\"whiteParagraph\">July 14, 2016<\/span><br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">theatlantic.com<br \/><\/span>Turtle shells evolved for digging.<br \/><span class=\"hyperlinkNews\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/science\/archive\/2016\/07\/the-turtle-shell-first-evolved-for-digging-not-defence\/491087\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\"><div class=\"divTableCell\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltlftNewsGraphic alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/news\/images\/plant.jpg\" alt=\"crows\" width=\"230\" height=\"153\" \/><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">Key gene enables plants to conquer land<\/span><br \/><span class=\"whiteParagraph\">May 19, 2016<\/span><br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">www.eurekalert.org<br \/><\/span>Research identifies a gene that assisted the transition of plants from water to land 500 million years ago.<br \/><span class=\"hyperlinkNews\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/pub_releases\/2016-05\/uol-hpc051916.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\"><div class=\"divTableCell\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltlftNewsGraphic alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/news\/images\/crow.jpg\" alt=\"crows\" width=\"230\" height=\"153\" \/><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">Crows count on number neurons<\/span><br \/><span class=\"whiteParagraph\">June 8, 2015<\/span><br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">www.sciencedaily.com<br \/><\/span>Crow brains evolved for counting.<br \/><span class=\"hyperlinkNews\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2015\/06\/150608152002.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\"><div class=\"divTableCell\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltlftNewsGraphic alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/news\/images\/dolphins.jpg\" alt=\"dolphins\" width=\"230\" height=\"153\" \/><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">Scientists reconstruct the evolutionary history of whale hearing with rare museum collection<\/span><br \/><span class=\"whiteParagraph\">March 11, 2015<\/span><br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">www.sciencedaily.com<br \/><\/span>Tracing the development of hearing in whales.<br \/><span class=\"hyperlinkNews\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2015\/03\/150311160323.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\"><div class=\"divTableCell\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltlftNewsGraphic alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/news\/images\/horses2.jpg\" alt=\"horses\" width=\"230\" height=\"153\" \/><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">Reshaping the horse through millennia: Sequencing reveals genes selected by humans in domestication<\/span><br \/><span class=\"whiteParagraph\">December 15, 2014<\/span><br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">www.sciencedaily.com<br \/><\/span>Human domestication shaped the horse.<br \/><span class=\"hyperlinkNews\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2014\/12\/141215154627.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\"><div class=\"divTableCell\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltlftNewsGraphic alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/news\/images\/dinofeathers.jpg\" alt=\"Plant communication\" width=\"230\" height=\"156\" \/><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">Seeing Dinosaur Feathers in a New Light<\/span><br \/><span class=\"whiteParagraph\">Oct. 30, 2014<\/span><br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">www.sciencedaily.com<br \/><\/span>Evolution of feathers made dinosaurs colorful.<br \/><span class=\"hyperlinkNews\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2014\/10\/141030100714.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\"><div class=\"divTableCell\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltlftNewsGraphic alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/news\/images\/fern.jpg\" alt=\"Plant communication\" width=\"230\" height=\"153\" \/><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">Plants may use newly discovered molecular language to communicate.<\/span><br \/><span class=\"whiteParagraph\">August 14, 2014<\/span><br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">www.sciencedaily.com<br \/><\/span>Scientific discovery of a potentially new form of plant communication.<br \/><span class=\"hyperlinkNews\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2014\/08\/140814191939.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\"><div class=\"divTableCell\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltlftNewsGraphic alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nowthatswild.com\/news\/images\/fossil.jpg\" alt=\"bird fossils\" width=\"230\" height=\"153\" \/><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">New Fossil Suggests More Complex Evolution for Feathers and Flight<\/span><br \/><span class=\"whiteParagraph\">July 2nd, 2014<\/span><br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">blogs.discovermagazine.com<br \/><\/span>A new look at how both feathers and flight may have evolved among theropod dinosaurs -aka- the ancestors of modern birds.<br \/><span class=\"hyperlinkNews\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/d-brief\/2014\/07\/02\/early-bird-fossil-snapshot-feather-evolution\/#.U7WO_6iF86U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\"><div class=\"divTableCell\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltlftNewsGraphic alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/news\/images\/bee.png\" alt=\"Belugie\" width=\"211\" height=\"158\" \/><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">Flowers&#8217; Polarization Help Bees Find Food<\/span><br \/><span class=\"whiteParagraph\">June 5th, 2014<\/span><br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">www.sciencedaily.com<br \/><\/span>Bees use their ability to &#8216;see&#8217; polarized light when foraging for food, researchers have discovered. This is the first time bees have been found to use this ability for something other than navigation.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2014\/06\/140605141717.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"hyperlinkNews\">Read Full Story<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\"><div class=\"divTableCell\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltlftNewsGraphic alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/news\/images\/belugi.jpg\" alt=\"Belugie\" width=\"211\" height=\"158\" \/><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">Ancient Whale Fossils Reveal Early Origin of Ecolocation<\/span><br \/><span class=\"whiteParagraph\">Wed. March 12, 2014<\/span><br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">www.livescience.com<br \/><\/span>An ancient whale used sound beams to navigate and stalk prey 28 million years ago, an analysis of a new fossil suggests.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/44056-whale-evolved-echolocation-early.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"hyperlinkNews\"><br \/>Read Full Story<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ce8bf8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ce8bf8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"divTable\"><div class=\"divTableBody\"><div class=\"divTableRow\"><div class=\"divTableCell\"><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">One-Quarter of Sharks and Rays at Risk of Extinction<br \/><\/span><span class=\"whiteParagraph\">Tue. Jan. 21, 2014<\/span><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\"><br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">www.livescience.com<\/span><br \/><\/span>A quarter of the world&#8217;s sharks and rays are at risk of extinction, according to a new assessment by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).<span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">\u00a0<a class=\"hyperlinkNews\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/42722-sharks-rays-threatened-species.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"divTableCell\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltlft aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/news\/images\/holly.png\" alt=\"Holly\" width=\"198\" height=\"145\" \/><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">Clues to how plants evolved\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">to cope with cold<\/span><br \/><span class=\"whiteParagraph\">Dec. 22, 2013<br \/><\/span><span class=\"italicResource\">Science Daily<br \/><\/span>Researchers have found new clues to how plants evolved to withstand wintry weather. In a study to appear in the December 22 issue of the journal Nature, the team constructed an evolutionary tree of more than 32,000 species of flowering plants \u2013 the largest time-scaled evolutionary tree to date.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2013\/12\/131222161805.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"hyperlinkNews\">Read Full Story<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\"><div class=\"divTableCell\"><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltlft aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/news\/images\/ntwdolphin.jpg\" alt=\"Dolphin\" width=\"289\" height=\"212\" \/>Many genes in dolphins and bats evolved in the same way to allow echolocation<br \/><\/span><span class=\"whiteParagraph\">September 6, 2013<\/span><br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">Science News<\/span><br \/>Despite being separated by millions of years of evolution, dozens of genes in dolphins and bats changed, in the same manner, to give the species their ability to echolocate. <a class=\"hyperlinkNews\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/view\/generic\/id\/353025\/description\/Many_genes_in_dolphins_and_bats__evolved_in_the_same_way_to_allow_echolocation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/div><div class=\"divTableCell\"><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltlft aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/news\/images\/NWparrot.jpg\" alt=\"Parrot\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" \/>How &#8216;Parrot dinosaur&#8217; Switched<br \/>from four feet to two as it grew<br \/><\/span><span class=\"whiteParagraph\">June 28, 2013<\/span><br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">Science Daily<\/span><br \/>Tracking the growth of dinosaurs and how they changed as they grew is difficult. Using a combination of biomechanical analysis and bone histology, paleontologists from Beijing, Bristol, and Bonn have shown how one of the best-known dinosaurs switched from four feet to two as it grew.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2013\/06\/130628092147.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/><\/a><a class=\"hyperlinkNews\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2013\/06\/130628092147.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\"><div class=\"divTableCell\"><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltlft aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/news\/images\/NTWmouse.jpg\" alt=\"Mouse\" width=\"185\" height=\"194\" \/>Study of Gene Expression Has Revealed First Steps of Evolution in Gene Regulation in Mice<br \/><\/span><span class=\"whiteParagraph\">August 2, 2013<\/span><br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">Science Daily<\/span><br \/>A study of gene expression led by scientists at the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the University of Cambridge has revealed the first steps of evolution in gene regulation in mice.\u00a0<a class=\"hyperlinkNews\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2013\/08\/130802080242.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/div><div class=\"divTableCell\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltlft aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/news\/images\/NWhorse.jpg\" alt=\"Horse\" width=\"163\" height=\"163\" \/><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">Horse Fossil Yields Astonishingly Old Genome<br \/><\/span>June 26, 2013<span class=\"orangeNewsStory\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"italicResource\">Scientific American<\/span><br \/>Researchers have recovered DNA from a nearly 700,000-year-old horse fossil and assembled a draft of the animal\u2019s genome from it. It is the oldest complete genome to date by a long shot\u2013hundreds of thousands of years older than the previous record-holder, which came from an archaic human that lived around 80,000 years ago. <a class=\"hyperlinkNews\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/observations\/2013\/06\/26\/horse-fossil-yields-astonishingly-old-genomeare-similarly-ancient-human-genomes-next\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\"><div class=\"divTableCell\"><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltlft aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/news\/images\/cretaceous.jpg\" alt=\"Cretaceous\" width=\"162\" height=\"121\" \/>Cretaceous period:<br \/>Facts About<br \/>Animals, Plants &amp; Climate<\/span><br \/>May 1, 2013<br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">Live Science<\/span><br \/>The Cretaceous Period was the last and longest segment of the Mesozoic Era. It lasted approximately 79 million years, from the minor extinction event that closed the Jurassic Period about 145.5 million years ago to the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) extinction event dated at 65.5 million years ago.\u00a0<a class=\"hyperlinkNews\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/29231-cretaceous-period.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/div><div class=\"divTableCell\"><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltlft aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/news\/images\/Dinosaurs-Animal.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaurs\" width=\"224\" height=\"126\" \/>Hundreds of Dinosaurs Egg Fossils Found<\/span><br \/>March 13, 2013<span class=\"italicResource\"><br \/>Live Science<\/span><br \/>Researchers in northeastern Spain say they&#8217;ve uncovered hundreds of dinosaur egg fossils, including four kinds that had never been found before in the region. The eggs likely were left behind by sauropods millions of years ago.\u00a0<a class=\"hyperlinkNews\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/27885-dinosaur-egg-fossils-found.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\"><div class=\"divTableCell\"><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltlft aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/news\/images\/Guppy%201.jpg\" alt=\"Guppy\" width=\"204\" height=\"126\" \/>Expensive Organs: Guppies Reveal<br \/>The Cost Of Big Brains<\/span><br \/>January 3, 2013<br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">Scientific American<br \/><\/span>There\u2019s a lot to be said for smarts\u2014at least we humans, with some of the biggest brains in relation to our bodies in the animal kingdom, certainly seem to think so.\u00a0<a class=\"hyperlinkNews\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/science-sushi\/2013\/01\/03\/expensive-organs-guppies-reveal-the-cost-of-big-brains\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/div><div class=\"divTableCell\"><p class=\"blueBoxLeftJustify\"><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltlft aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/news\/images\/Bat2.jpg\" alt=\"Bat\" width=\"151\" height=\"115\" \/>The Bat: A Long-lived, Virus-Proof Anomaly<br \/><\/span>January 1, 2013<span class=\"orangeNewsStory\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"italicResource\">Discovery Magazine<\/span><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\"><br \/><\/span>Bats are pretty impressive critters. They are notorious for carrying viruses like Ebola and SARS, but somehow avoid getting these diseases themselves. They are the only mammal that can fly, and they live far longer than other mammals their size. What\u2019s their secret?\u00a0<a class=\"hyperlinkNews\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/80beats\/?p=41984#.UPgRkI6eDOA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2eda2e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2eda2e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"divTable\"><div class=\"divTableBody\"><div class=\"divTableRow\"><div class=\"divTableCell\"><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">New Whale Shark Study Used Metallomics to Help Understand Shark and Ray Health<br \/>November 16, 2012<br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">Science Daily<\/span><br \/><\/span>New research from Georgia Aquarium and Georgia Institute of Technology provides evidence that a suite of techniques called &#8220;metabolomics&#8221; can be used to determine the health status of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus), the world&#8217;s largest fish species.<span class=\"orangeNewsStory\"><br \/><a class=\"hyperlinkNews\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2012\/11\/121116124339.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\"><div class=\"divTableCell\"><p class=\"orangeNewsStory\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltlft alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/news\/images\/burrowingOwl.png\" alt=\"Burrowing Owl\" width=\"109\" height=\"185\" \/>Can the Burrowing owl population<br \/>rebound in North America?<br \/><span class=\"blueBoxLeftJustify\">November 16, 2012<br \/><\/span><span class=\"italicResource\">Scientific American<br \/><\/span><span class=\"blueBoxLeftJustify\">Western burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) are tiny, long-legged members of the owl family, native to the Americas and preferring open landscapes where they can dig new holes or use existing ones (such as abandoned prairie dog, skunk or armadillo homes) to nest and rear their young.<br \/><\/span><a class=\"hyperlinkNews\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=the-burrowing-owl-conservation-network\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\"><div class=\"divTableCell\"><p class=\"orangeNewsStory\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltlft alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/news\/images\/octopus.jpg\" alt=\"Now That's Wild News Articles\" width=\"94\" height=\"141\" \/>How Do Octopuses Navigate?<br \/><span class=\"blueBoxLeftJustify\">May 24, 2012<br \/><\/span><span class=\"italicResource\">Scientific American<br \/><\/span><span class=\"blueBoxLeftJustify\">Getting around is a complicated business. Every year, animals traverse miles of sky and sea (and land), chasing warmth or food or mates as the planet rotates and the seasons change.<br \/><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/thoughtful-animal\/2012\/05\/24\/how-do-octopuses-navigate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"hyperlinkNews\">Read Full Story<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\"><div class=\"divTableCell\"><p class=\"blueBoxLeftJustify\"><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">Common Pesticide Implicated Bee Colony Collapse Disorder<\/span><br \/>April 6, 2012<br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">Scientific American<\/span><br \/>Honeybee colonies have been mysteriously dying off all over the globe, leaving scientists scratching their heads\u2014and important crops languishing in the fields unpollinated.<br \/><span class=\"hyperlinkNews\"><a class=\"hyperlinkNews\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/observations\/2012\/04\/06\/common-pesticide-implicated-bee-colony-collapse-disorder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\"><div class=\"divTableCell\"><p class=\"blueBoxLeftJustify\"><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">Evolution &#8211; New Scientist<\/span>\u00a0&#8211; 2\/21\/12<br \/>Get the latest news on evolution from New Scientist magazine.\u2028<br \/><span class=\"hyperlinkNews\"><a class=\"hyperlinkNews\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/topic\/evolution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\"><div class=\"divTableCell\"><p class=\"blueBoxLeftJustify\"><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">Darwin\u2019s Degenerates \u2013 Evolution\u2019s Finest | Observations<\/span>\u00a0&#8211; 2\/12\/12\u2028<br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">Scientific American<\/span>\u2028<br \/>153 years ago on November 24th, a naturalist named Charles Darwin published a book with a rather long and cumbersome title.\u2028<br \/><span class=\"hyperlinkNews\"><a class=\"hyperlinkNews\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/science-sushi\/2012\/02\/12\/darwins-degenerates-evolutions-finest-observations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\"><div class=\"divTableCell\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">Birds Caught in the Act of Becoming a New Species<\/span>\u00a0&#8211; 12\/8\/11\u2028<br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">Science Daily<\/span>\u2028<br \/>A study of South American songbirds completed by the Department of Biology at Queen&#8217;s University and the Argentine Museum of Natural History, has discovered these birds differ dramatically in color and song yet show very little genetic differences, indicating they are on the road to becoming a new species.\u2028<br \/><span class=\"hyperlinkNews\"><a class=\"hyperlinkNews\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2011\/12\/111208121408.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"divTableCell\"><p class=\"blueBoxLeftJustify\"><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">Unraveling the Causes of the Ice Age Megafauna Extinctions<\/span>\u00a0&#8211; 11\/2\/11\u2028<br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">Science Daily<\/span>\u2028<br \/>Was it humans or climate change that caused the extinction of the iconic Ice Age mammals (megafauna) such as the woolly rhinoceros and woolly mammoth?\u2028<br \/><span class=\"hyperlinkNews\"><a class=\"hyperlinkNews\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2011\/11\/111102161052.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"divTableCell\"><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">Emergency Action Plan Aims to Help the World&#8217;s Most Endangered Chimpanzee<\/span>\u00a0&#8211; 6\/30\/2011\u2028<br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">Scientific American<\/span>\u2028<br \/>Earlier this month, scientists for the Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance presented new research that predicted the extinction of the Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ellioti), the world&#8217;s rarest chimpanzee subspecies, within as little as&#8230;\u2028<br \/><span class=\"hyperlinkNews\"><a class=\"hyperlinkNews\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/extinction-countdown\/2011\/06\/30\/emergency-action-plan-aims-to-help-the-worlds-most-endangered-chimpanzee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"divTableCell\"><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">Winners of Mass Extinction: With Predators Gone, Prey Thrive<\/span>\u00a0&#8211; 5\/3\/2011\u2028<br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">Science Daily<\/span>\u2028<br \/>In modern ecology, the removal or addition of a predator to an ecosystem can produce dramatic changes in the population of prey species. For the first time, scientists have observed the same dynamics in the fossil record, thanks to a mass extinction that decimated ocean life 360 million years ago.<br \/><a class=\"hyperlinkNews\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2011\/05\/110502151347.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"divTableCell\"><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">New Evidence Details Spread of Amphibian-Killing Disease from Mexico Through Central America<\/span>\u00a0&#8211; 5\/2\/2011\u2028<br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">Science Daily<\/span>\u2028<br \/>There&#8217;s a crisis among the world&#8217;s amphibians &#8212; about 40 percent of amphibian species have dwindled in numbers in just three decades. Now, museum jars stuffed full of amphibians may help scientists decide whether this wave of extinctions was caused by a fungal infection&#8230; \u2028<br \/><a class=\"hyperlinkNews\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2011\/05\/110502151345.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divTableRow\"><div class=\"divTableCell\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"orangeNewsStory\">Wolves lose, tigers gain, penguins in peril and other updates from the brink<\/span>\u00a0&#8211; 4\/11\/2011\u2028<br \/><span class=\"italicResource\">Scientific Daily<\/span>\u2028<br \/>Sometimes there are so many stories about endangered species that not all of them can be covered in depth by this blog. 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