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Disappearing bumblebee species under threat of extinction

91ÑÇÉ« research shows species is critically endangered TORONTO, April 18, 2019 – The American Bumblebee – a species once more commonly seen buzzing around Southern Ontario – is critically endangered, according to a new study led by 91ÑÇÉ«. The finding, published in Journal of Insect Conservation, found the native North American species, Bombus […]

Scat sniffer dogs tell 91ÑÇÉ« U researchers a lot about endangered lizards

TORONTO, January 31, 2017 – Dogs can be trained to find almost anything (people, drugs, weapons, poached ivory) but one 91ÑÇÉ« researcher had them detect something a little unusual – the scat of endangered blunt-nosed leopard lizards. The scat detection dogs helped biology PhD student Alex Filazzola discover not only scat, but the importance […]