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NEWS ABOUT: zoologists

zoologists stories: 3 news summaries

Mating Calls Bare More
Than Desire

Courtship 'song' of desert creatures
conveys complex info

Jan 18, 09 4:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Like human songs, animal calls are said to spur courtship, but what exactly does each wail and snort signify? To find out, a pair of Tel Aviv zoologists studied the mating songs of furry little rock hyraxes in the Judean desert. The researchers found that male hyrax courtship "songs"... More »

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animal behavior • song • courtship • mating rituals • zoologists • mating • hyrax

 Long-Lost 
 'Furby' 
 Species 
 Found 

Tiny primate thought extinct found alive and well in Indonesian mountaintop forest

Nov 20, 08 4:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Scientists on a remote Indonesian mountaintop have discovered a pocket-sized primate not seen alive since the 1920s, CNN reports. The giant-eyed, two-ounce pygmy tarsier had been thought extinct until one was found dead in a rat trap, inspiring a professor from Texas A&M University to lead an expedition to... More »

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endangered species • Indonesia • extinction • primates • zoologists • animal

Pygmy Hippos Found in Liberia

Rare mammal not wiped out by wars, deforestation

Mar 10, 08 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rare pygmy hippos have been videotaped in the forests of Liberia, proving to a team of zoologists that the rare and elusive mammal has survived through two civil wars, illegal logging, and poaching thought to have wiped it out. Less than 3,000 pygmy hippos, which look like normal hippos... More »

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endangered species • civil war • wildlife • Liberia • Zoological Society of London • pygmy hippos • zoologists • bush hunters • hippopotamus

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