The New York Times reports The New Guinea Singing Dog, a dingo-like animal with a unique howling style, was considered extinct in the wild. But scientists reported Monday that the dogs live on, based on DNA collected by an intrepid and indefatigable field researcher. Read story and hear the dogs “sing” at Singing Dogs Re-emerge From […]
Singing Dogs Re-emerge From Extinction for Another Tune — Natural History Wanderings
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Image Credit: Photograph by gswell · · From Snapped: Photograph is of part of the South Australian section of the Australia’s extremely long Dog Fence. The Dingo Fence or Dog Fence is a pest-exclusion fence that was built in Australia during the 1880s and finished in 1885, to keep dingoes out of the relatively fertile […]
Since the arrival of British settlers more than 230 years ago, most Australians have assumed dingoes are a breed of wild dog. Now 20 leading researchers have confirmed in a new study that the dingo is actually a unique, Australian species in its own right. The latest findings provide further evidence of specific characteristics that […]