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Electricity Sparks New Life Into Indonesia's Corals

Posted Mon Dec 26, 2011 09:06 AM ET   |   0

A weak, harmless voltage run through metallic structures underwater is reviving near-dead reefs. Read more

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Animals: The Grey: Are Wolves Really Man-Eaters? [VIDEO]

Posted Tue Dec 13, 2011 03:00 AM ET   |   0

Actor Liam Neeson fights off a pack of killer wolves in the new movie, The Grey. But do wolves really eat people? Jorge Ribas separates fact from fiction. Watch video

Animals: The Grey: Are Wolves Really Man-Eaters?
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Prehistoric Dog Found with Mammoth Bone in Mouth

Posted by  Jennifer Viegas  Fri Oct 7, 2011 01:12 PM ET   |   0

The dogs' brains may have been used for ritualistic purposes by humans. Read more

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Prehistoric Dog Domestication Derailed by Ice Age

Posted by  Jennifer Viegas  Thu Jul 28, 2011 05:00 PM ET   |   0

Some dogs were domesticated by 33,000 or more years ago, but the Ice Age disrupted the process. Read more

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Top Predators Preserve Ecosystems

Posted by  Jessica Marshall  Thu Jul 14, 2011 02:00 PM ET   |   0

The dwindling of the world's lions, wolves, sharks and other large animals isn't just sad, it's having far-reaching effects on ecosystems. Read more

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Gray Wolf Removed From Endangered Species List

Posted Wed May 4, 2011 02:46 PM ET   |   0

The 1,300 gray wolves in the Rocky Mountain region are considered recovered and are losing federal protection. Read more

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Endangered Gray Wolves Fall Prey to Politics

Posted Fri Apr 15, 2011 12:02 PM ET   |   0

Language slipped into the budget bill has removed an animal from the endangered species list for the first time. Read more

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France and Lap Dogs Go Way Back

Posted by  Jennifer Viegas  Tue Mar 29, 2011 09:00 AM ET   |   0

Most other prehistoric pooches were much larger, which raises questions about the French dogs' origins. Read more

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A Wolf in a Jackal Disguise : Slide Show

Posted Tue Mar 8, 2011 06:17 PM ET   |   0

A team of geneticists working in Ethiopia discovered that the Egyptian Jackal is not a rare subspecies of Golden Jackal, but a kind of grey wolf. Read more

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Prehistoric Dog Lived, Died Among Humans

Posted by  Jennifer Viegas  Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:10 AM ET   |   0

Remains of the Husky-like dog, buried 7,000 years ago in Siberia, suggest people saw it as a thinking, social being. Read more

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Contagious Dog Cancer Unraveled

Posted by  Jennifer Viegas  Thu Jan 20, 2011 02:00 PM ET   |   0

A canine cancer is found to be able to repair itself by tapping the infected dogs' own cells. Read more

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World's Oldest Dog Debated

Posted Fri Jul 23, 2010 11:49 AM ET   |   0

A dog jaw bone fossil found in a Swiss cave may be the oldest evidence of human-canine companionship. Read more

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You're It! Gorillas Play Tag

Posted by  Jennifer Viegas  Tue Jul 13, 2010 07:00 PM ET   |   0

Gorillas and other African great apes play tag, which suggests that this common childhood game has deep primate roots. Read more

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Dogs Dumbed Down by Domestication

Posted by  Jennifer Viegas  Tue Jun 8, 2010 07:00 AM ET   |   0

That blank stare in your dog's eyes could be the result of thousands of years of human intervention. Read more

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Small Dogs Originated in the Middle East

Posted by  Jennifer Viegas  Tue Feb 23, 2010 07:01 PM ET   |   0

These mini mutts were the descendants of gray wolves, which also happen to be smaller than many other wolves. Read more

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