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B.C. biologist disciplined for 'hunting' caribou after shooting clips to collect hair for DNA samples

The definition of 'hunting' is at the centre of a ruling from B.C.'s Environmental Appeal Board which upheld a decision to punish a wildlife biologist for his actions toward an endangered caribou herd he is studying in northern B.C.

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How tiny 'backpacks' and sniffer dogs could save hedgehogs from extinction

The project uses GPS 'backpacks' to track the hedgehogs as they become an increasingly rare sight.

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Red squirrels 'close to extinction' in England

A petition set up by campaign group Save Our Reds, has attracted more than 75,000 signatures.

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May 13 17:03Avian lung single-cell atlas elucidates evolutionary divergence in endothermic respiration by Yan Hao and others (MBE)
May 13 17:03evo3D R package: a spatial haplotype framework for structure-informed analysis of molecular evolution by Bradley K Broyles and Qixin He (MBE)
May 13 17:03Comparative Genomics of Transisthmian Damselfishes (Abudefduf saxatilis and A. troschelii) by Claire B Tracy and others (GBE)
May 12 16:00Modular genetic architecture underlies human hand and foot evolution - Alexander S. , et al. (PNAS)
May 12 16:00Sperm, egg, and embryo proteins critical for genetic adaptation of herring to low salinity in the Baltic Sea - Cheng Ma, et al. (PNAS)
May 12 16:00Lineage-specific evolution of regulatory landscapes in a polyploid plant and its diploid progenitors - Xiang Li, et al. (PNAS)
May 12 16:00Evolution of noisy learning in games - Marta C. , et al. (PNAS)
May 12 16:00Ancestral splice variation is a key substrate for rapid diversification in African cichlids - Pooja Singh, et al. (PNAS)
May 12 14:03Pseudogene revival drives repeated adaptation in fission yeast by Zhiwei Wu and others (MBE)
May 12 14:03Host-Parasite Interactions Revisited: Evidence of Horizontal Transfer of a Transposable Element Between a Snail and Its Parasite by Toby Brann and others (GBE)
May 11 17:03Using drift coefficients as a basis for inferring times, effective population sizes, and genetic adaptations by Reiichiro Nakamichi and others (MBE)
May 11 17:03Orthologs of an essential orphan gene vary in their capacities for function and subcellular localization inDrosophila melanogaster by Prajal H Patel and others (MBE)
May 11 17:03Experimental evolution toward extinction in a molecular host-parasite system by Kohtoh Yukawa and others (MBE)
May 11 17:03Comparative transcriptomics reveals an extracellular worm Argonaute as an ancestral regulator of LTR retrotransposons by Isaac Martinez-Ugalde and others (GBE)
May 11 17:03Population-level variability in genome-wide repressive histone marks in a fungal wheat pathogen by Leen Nanchira Abraham and others (GBE)
May 11 17:03Genome of facultatively parthenogenetic harvester (Opiliones) indicates frequent mitonuclear sequence transfer and novel full-length insertions by Sarah Stellwagen and Mercedes Burns (GBE)

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