http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Researchers have used information about seabird colonies and food availability to create a mathematical model which predicts where they forage for food during the breeding season. http://phys.org/news247825169.html Biology Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:50:03 EST news247825169 Conservationists and Native American tribes are suing over the Navy's expanded use of sonar in training exercises off the Washington, Oregon and California coasts, saying the noise can harass and kill whales and other marine life. http://phys.org/news246785736.html Biology Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:35:46 EST news246785736 In 1991, conservationists announced with dismay that endangered African wild dogs had gone extinct from the Serengeti-Mara region of east Africa. Now the latest genetic study reveals that this proclamation may have been premature – it turns out they almost certainly didn't go extinct at all. http://phys.org/news246525942.html Biology Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:25:49 EST news246525942 (AP) -- One of the world's most endangered turtles has been released into a Cambodian river with a satellite transmitter attached to its shell to track how it will navigate through commercial fishing grounds and other man-made hazards. http://phys.org/news246347759.html Biology Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:56:35 EST news246347759 The US administration scheduled an announcement Monday widely expected to implement a long-term ban on mining around the Grand Canyon, a move praised by environmental activists. http://phys.org/news245330197.html Space & Earth Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:40:02 EST news245330197 Incredible camera trap video footage from the forests of Thailand have given conservationists confirmation that anti-poaching efforts in that country are paying off, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society. http://phys.org/news243611363.html Biology Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:49:35 EST news243611363 The Nile crocodile is a species that was identified by ancient Egyptians. Genetic analysis done by a group of geneticists using samples taken from species throughout the animal's range and including DNA from mummified crocodile remains indicates that more than one species is known by this name. http://phys.org/news243534319.html Biology Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:26:38 EST news243534319 Being on good terms with your neighbors well certainly has its benefits. They might water your plants while you're on holiday, feed the cat, or even put your bins out. http://phys.org/news242988672.html Biology Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:51:36 EST news242988672 Energy-starved Laos sought the green light from Southeast Asian neighbours on Thursday for a proposed hydropower dam on the Mekong River that faces fierce opposition from conservationists. http://phys.org/news242541260.html Space & Earth Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:50:01 EST news242541260 Foreign companies are spending billions of dollars to plant forests in Mozambique, but conservationists fear the investments aren't as good for the environment as they might initially seem. http://phys.org/news242274689.html Space & Earth Mon, 05 Dec 2011 03:10:01 EST news242274689 (AP) -- Conservationists in St. Maarten are warning islanders not to eat lionfish after tests found a naturally occurring toxin in the flesh of the candy-striped invasive species, officials said Thursday. http://phys.org/news241504668.html Biology Sat, 26 Nov 2011 04:37:57 EST news241504668 Conservation science can help protect the variety of living things in tropical landscapes even if they are being turned into oil palm plantations, new research argues. http://phys.org/news241345471.html Biology Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:24:39 EST news241345471 Conservationists welcomed a US appeals court ruling that grizzly bears still need protecting, after federal authorities sought to have them taken off an endangered species list. http://phys.org/news241246956.html Biology Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:30:01 EST news241246956 (AP) -- Delegates at an international conservation meeting agreed Saturday on a measure mandating that silky sharks accidentally caught in fishing gear be released back into the sea alive, marine advocacy groups said. http://phys.org/news240924390.html Biology Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:26:42 EST news240924390 (PhysOrg.com) -- In an irony of nature, invasive species can become essential to the very ecosystems threatened by their presence, according to a recent discovery that could change how scientists and governments approach the restoration of natural spaces. http://phys.org/news240660519.html Biology Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:10:15 EST news240660519 Conservationists in Nepal have enlisted an army of school children to record the movements of the mysterious snow leopard, one of the most elusive predators in the world, a scientist said Tuesday. http://phys.org/news239967811.html Biology Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:43:36 EST news239967811 Scientists in Nepal are to build up the world's first national DNA database of the endangered Bengal tiger by collecting and recording a unique genetic fingerprint from each adult's faeces. http://phys.org/news238406257.html Biology Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:58:02 EST news238406257 Studies of ant populations in Borneo reveal an unexpected resilience to areas of rainforest degraded by repeated intensive logging, a finding which conservationists hope will lead governments to conserve these areas rather than allow them to be cleared and used for cash crop plantations. http://phys.org/news238324173.html Biology Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:09:44 EST news238324173 Police in the US state of Ohio shot dead dozens of lions, tigers, bears and wolves in a frantic hunt after the owner of an exotic farm freed the dangerous animals and then killed himself. http://phys.org/news238299132.html Biology Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:12:25 EST news238299132 In a new camera trap survey in the world's most biologically diverse landscape, researchers for the Wildlife Conservation Society have identified more individual jaguars than ever before. http://phys.org/news238246487.html Biology Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:34:54 EST news238246487 Kenyan rangers Thursday began relocating 50 rampaging elephants back to the renowned Maasai Mara game reserve to stem rising human deaths and property destruction in outlying villages. http://phys.org/news235885086.html Biology Thu, 22 Sep 2011 04:38:25 EST news235885086 Birds may have a more highly developed sense of smell than researchers previously thought, contend scholars who have found that penguins may use smell to determine if they are related to a potential mate. http://phys.org/news235846683.html Biology Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:58:17 EST news235846683 The recent Southern Research Station (SRS) publication Sustaining Young Forest Communities: Ecology and Management of Early Successional Habitats in the Central Hardwood Region, USA, addresses a variety of concerns raised by Forest Service managers and natural resource professionals regarding early successional habitats. http://phys.org/news235754451.html Space & Earth Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:21:12 EST news235754451 (AP) -- One of the world's rarest crocodile species has moved a little bit further from extinction with the hatching of 20 wild eggs plucked from a nest found in southern Laos. http://phys.org/news233566334.html Biology Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:32:32 EST news233566334 When faced with environmental threats like bad weather, predators or oil spills, wild birds secrete a hormone called corticosterone. Traditionally, researchers have analyzed blood samples to detect corticosterone levels in wild birds. http://phys.org/news232685617.html Biology Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:53:57 EST news232685617 As record numbers of whales pass New South Wales during the annual northern migration, scientists and conservationists are watching for southern right whales particularly carefully, following new research released this month. http://phys.org/news230979501.html Biology Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:58:46 EST news230979501 The lively morning calls of a rare species of gibbon has led to the discovery of the only known "viable" community of the talkative primates in remote Vietnamese forests, conservationists said Monday. http://phys.org/news230198901.html Biology Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:08:39 EST news230198901 The long-tailed macaque is being threatened with extinction by a huge surge in international trade and the destruction of its habitat in Southeast Asia, conservationists said on Friday. http://phys.org/news229948268.html Biology Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:50:02 EST news229948268 Scientists scouring the mountains of Borneo spotted a toad species last seen in 1924 by European explorers and provided the world with the first photographs of the colorful, spindly legged creature, a researcher said Thursday. http://phys.org/news229839454.html Biology Thu, 14 Jul 2011 05:17:49 EST news229839454 The Wildlife Conservation Society has discovered a surprisingly healthy population of rare snow leopards living in the mountainous reaches of northeastern Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor, according to a new study. http://phys.org/news229778856.html Biology Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:27:55 EST news229778856