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- PHOTOS: Parachute Spider, New Shrew on 2008 "Red List"
Roughly 38 percent of the world's known species are near extinction, according to a comprehensive survey done to create the 2008 Red List of Threatened Species. - "Uncontacted" Tribes Fled Peru Logging, Arrows Suggest
Arrows and abandoned huts are fresh evidence that isolated indigenous tribes are being displaced by illegal logging, conservation groups say. - Artificial Nose Could Sniff Out Bombs, Cancer
Researchers can now mass-produce the receptors humans use to detect odors, a discovery with implications for law enforcement, medicine, and the military. - One in Four Mammals at Risk of Extinction
A five-year review done by experts from 130 countries paints a grim picture for the world's 5,487 known mammal species. - Nobel Prize for Medicine Goes to HIV, HPV Discoverers
The first of this year's Nobel Prizes, awarded for medicine, has been jointly won by scientists who identified the viruses that cause AIDS and cervical cancer. - Extinction Crisis Worsens; "Dow Jones" Approach Touted
The 2008 Red List of Threatened Species details dismaying trends. A new "Dow Jones index" approach aims to stem the tide by tracking selected species like stocks. - Eagles "Cannibalizing" Other Birds as Otters Disappear
Some bald eagles are turning to seabirds as their main food, and in a roundabout way, the new diet is traceable to a 1990s otter collapse, researchers say. - VIDEO: New Endangered Species List
The African elephant, Cuban crocodile, and Asian fishing cat are among species elevated to more critical categories on the updated global Red List of Threatened Species. - VIDEO: Iceland Glacier Melting Fast
Iceland's glaciers could all be gone by the next century, thanks to global warming, a new government report says.
- Smart Slime, Ovulating Strippers Among 2008 Ig Nobels
The annual Ig Nobel Prizes are given to scientists whose work made readers both laugh and think. This year's honors went to research on everything from puzzling placebos to spermicidal soda. - Male Songbirds Are High on Love
Singing to females lights up reward centers in male zebra finches' brains, a new study shows. The effect possibly "addicts" the birds to courtship.
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