Two rare Malayan sun bears have been rescued in Cambodia after being discovered in an abandoned garment factory, a zoo official said Friday.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 22, 2013 not rated yet 0

Biologists Jackie Grebmeier and Lee Cooper from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science's Chesapeake Biological Laboratory have been visiting the chilly area north of Alaska near the Bering ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Feb 21, 2013 3.7 / 5 (3) 0

Switzerland's only recorded wild bear has been culled after fears that it could pose a threat to humans, the authorities announced on Wednesday.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 20, 2013 3 / 5 (5) 8

(Phys.org)—Folmer Bokma, researcher at Umeå University, explains that living species have a limited ability to adapt to the environment. His results suggest that species do not change gradually, as the modern evolutionary ...

Biology - Evolution

Feb 19, 2013 3.6 / 5 (11) 11 |

(Edmonton) A University of Alberta polar bear researcher along with eleven international co-authors are urging governments to start planning for rapid Arctic ecosystem change to deal with a climate change catastrophe for ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 04, 2013 3.7 / 5 (9) 78

The tenacious wolverine, a snow-loving carnivore sometimes called the "mountain devil," is being added to the list of species threatened by climate change—a dubious distinction that puts it in the ranks ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 01, 2013 2.6 / 5 (5) 0

(Phys.org)—Aside from rising sea levels, many climate change models predict that in the future, the planet's temperature and weather will become increasingly erratic with wild, unpredictable storms and ...

Biology - Evolution

Feb 01, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

(Phys.org)—Mama bear appears to know what's best when it comes to selecting a place to call home, according to a new University of Alberta study.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 22, 2013 not rated yet 0 |

Russia on Thursday decreed a national park in its remote Far Eastern Chukotka region, paving the way for a joint US-Russian nature reserve spanning the Bering Strait, an idea first proposed by the last Soviet ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 17, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 1

A team of American and Chinese conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and University of Montana recently counted nearly 1,000 wild yaks from a remote area of the Tibetan-Qinghai Plateau. ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 16, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

A sanctuary for bears rescued from the Asian bile trade which has been at the centre of a high-profile land dispute has been spared eviction by Vietnam's government, its director said.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 16, 2013 not rated yet 0

The populations of four vulnerable bear species have fallen by at least 30 percent in the last 30 years due to rampant deforestation, mining and poaching, a conservation group said on Monday.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 26, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

Estonia's thriving brown bear population has spread nationwide after hunters eased up in their traditional territory, an expert in the Baltic state said Friday.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 23, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

An online video featuring cartoon creatures killing themselves in a variety of ways as part of an Australian transport safety campaign has gone viral, with almost 12 million YouTube views in a week.

Technology - Internet

Nov 21, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

New fossils found in Spain are thought to be of the oldest recorded ancestor of the giant panda.

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Nov 14, 2012 4.3 / 5 (3) 0