In a new study, Stanford University School of Medicine researchers provide the first evidence that African clawed frogs in California harbor a deadly fungal infection that is decimating amphibian populations ...

Biology - Ecology

May 15, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

Although a relatively large number of late Middle Pleistocene hominins have been found in East Asia, these fossils have not been consistently included in current debates about the origin of anatomically modern ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Mar 14, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0

African lions and villagers would benefit from fences to protect them from each other, according to a new study by University of Minnesota researcher Craig Packer published online by Ecology Letters on Tuesday, March 5. ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 08, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

African elephants face the worst crisis since global trade in ivory was banned almost a quarter-century ago, with the risk of extinction rising in worst-hit nations, conservationists said Wednesday.

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A new report published today concludes that nearly half of Africa's wild lion populations may decline to near extinction over the next 20-40 years without urgent conservation measures. The plight of many ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 05, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Rhino poaching soared by nearly half last year and appears to be increasing this year, conservationists said Tuesday, warning that the small population of animals would soon begin to shrink.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 26, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Conservationists on Thursday called for sanctions against the world's top offender nations in the illegal ivory trade to tackle a surge in poaching of African elephants.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 21, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Elephants are rare in African countries where poor schooling, a failing economy and widespread corruption are rife. Countries where these factors are well-organised have larger populations of elephants. It would appear that ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 12, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Jane Goodall greets the audience by imitating a chimpanzee, then launches into an hour-long talk on her relationship with apes and how, from being a primatologist, she became an activist to protect them.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 10, 2013 4.6 / 5 (9) 0

More than half of Gabon's elephant population has been killed by poachers since 2004 despite ramped up security measures to try to stop the slaughter, wildlife officials said Wednesday.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 06, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 3

About 75 percent of Africa's savannahs and more than two-thirds of the lion population once estimated to live there have disappeared in the last 50 years, according to a study published this week in the journal Biodiversity an ...

Biology - Ecology

Dec 04, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

Improving water supplies in rural African villages may have negative knock-on effects and contribute to increased poverty, new research published today has found.

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Nov 14, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 2

A herd of elephants hobbles past a cluster of acacia trees to a water-hole deep in Zimbabwe's vast Hwange game reserve, attracted by the drone of generators pumping water round the clock into the pool.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 23, 2012 not rated yet 0

To discover why Neandertals are most closely related to people outside Africa, Harvard and Max Planck Institute scientists have estimated the date when Neandertals and modern Europeans last shared ancestors. The research, ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Oct 04, 2012 4.1 / 5 (9) 3 |

Religious practices that strongly control female sexuality are more successful at promoting certainty about paternity, according to a study published in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Ac ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Jun 04, 2012 3.3 / 5 (12) 13 |