Read more breeding stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/906/breeding.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:02:07 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73573/taiwan-panda-keepers-seek-love-docs-advice.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAhead of breeding season in February, the Taipei Zoo is soliciting expert advice for getting its two giant pandas in the mood. A researcher dispatched from their native China found Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan—presented last year as a symbol of thawing relations between the countries—just a little...http://www.newser.com/story/73573/taiwan-panda-keepers-seek-love-docs-advice.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 08 Nov 2009 14:51:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/58464/pandas-havent-bounced-back-from-china-quake.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChina’s efforts to save the giant panda from extinction haven’t recovered from last year’s earthquake in Sichuan province, AFP reports. The temblor swallowed up whole groves of bamboo, causing a food shortage just as breeding centers, whose efforts have caused a recent panda “baby boom,” have more mouths to feed...http://www.newser.com/story/58464/pandas-havent-bounced-back-from-china-quake.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 08 May 2009 16:12:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48285/cute-dog-craze-yields-dumber-weaker-breeds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHumans' quest for beautiful, quirky "leash candy" is making man's best friend dumber, weaker, and more introverted, reports the Times of London. Bred less and less to be hunters, guard dogs, and herders, current breeds can do little more than look pretty, a Swedish study of dog behavior has found.http://www.newser.com/story/48285/cute-dog-craze-yields-dumber-weaker-breeds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Jan 2009 5:35:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43752/aha-zoo-bears-wont-mate-because-both-are-female.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Japanese zoo is learning it might want to check the plumbing more closely the next time it acquires a polar bear cub, CNN reports. Tsuyoshi was brought to the Kushiro Zoo to breed with 11-year-old Kurumi. But when the cub reached reproductive age, he turned out to be she,...http://www.newser.com/story/43752/aha-zoo-bears-wont-mate-because-both-are-female.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 26 Nov 2008 13:36:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/32425/devils-breed-earlier-to-stave-off-cancer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTasmanian devils are reproducing at a younger age to offset a contagious cancer epidemic, the Daily Telegraph reports. The ill-tempered marsupials, suffering from tumors that cut their lifespan in half, are now breeding at age 1 instead of 2 or 3. "We could be seeing evolution occurring before our eyes,...http://www.newser.com/story/32425/devils-breed-earlier-to-stave-off-cancer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Jul 2008 20:46:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30542/national-zoos-panda-preggers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe National Zoo in DC says panda mother Mei Xiang is showing a spike in hormone levels, a sign that she might be pregnant again. Mei Xiang was artificially inseminated in March with semen from Tian Tian, the zoo's male giant panda. Hormone test results indicate Mei Xiang will either...http://www.newser.com/story/30542/national-zoos-panda-preggers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Jun 2008 11:56:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25877/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-mares-but-you-cant-make-him-sire.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWar Emblem was a champion on the track, winning the 2002 Kentucky Derby, but as a sire, the racehorse is nowhere near as surefooted. Though surrounded by mares, War Emblem hasn't produced a live foal since 2005, and in more than five years at Shadai Stallion Station in Japan has...http://www.newser.com/story/25877/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-mares-but-you-cant-make-him-sire.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Apr 2008 9:34:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21984/berlin-zoo-accused-of-selling-animals-for-slaughter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA German politician has filed a criminal complaint against the director of the Berlin Zoo, accusing him of selling animals for slaughter, Der Spiegel reports. The complaint cites examples of a hippopotamus and a family of bears allegedly sold in Belgium. Bernhard Blaszkiewitz vehemently denied the accusations, which he described...http://www.newser.com/story/21984/berlin-zoo-accused-of-selling-animals-for-slaughter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Mar 2008 14:38:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/19901/ole-breeder-to-clone-prize-bull.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAlcalde is one in a million: The hulking black bull's sons have struck fear in the hearts of Spain's bravest matadors for more than a decade. But now, in his waning years, his famed breeder has commissioned a US company to make him two in a million—with the cloned...http://www.newser.com/story/19901/ole-breeder-to-clone-prize-bull.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 24 Feb 2008 14:16:06 CST