A new report from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) looked at the vulnerability of 54 breeding bird species to climate change impacts occurring by the year 2050 in Arctic Alaska. The assessment found ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 03, 2013 2.3 / 5 (3) 3

What effects will the rapidly growing field of synthetic biology have on the conservation of nature? The ecological and ethical challenges stemming from this question will require a new dialogue between members of the synthetic ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 02, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 2

A new study from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) has pieced together the last 150 years of history for one of the state's most interesting denizens: the ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 29, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

African forest elephants are being poached out of existence. A study just published in the online journal PLOS ONE and supported in part by San Diego Zoo Global shows that a staggering 62% of all forest elephants have been k ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 29, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 1

Canada has sent 30 bison to Russia for reintroduction in the rugged and mostly forested Siberian province of Sakha, 5,000 years after they died out in the area, its parks administration said Thursday.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 28, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 3

China's wild finless porpoises are heading toward extinction, a conservation group said Thursday, with the dolphin-like animals now rarer than the giant panda.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 28, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 2

A new study led by WCS-India scientist Vidya Athreaya finds that certain landscapes of western India completely devoid of wilderness and with high human populations are crawling with a different kind of backyard ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 28, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0

Several footprints believed to be from critically endangered Sumatran rhino have been found on Indonesia's Borneo island, raising hopes for the existence of an animal long thought to be extinct in that area, ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 28, 2013 not rated yet 0

Scenarios for the optimal employment of light-emitting diodes for lighting purposes are being investigated at the TU Darmstadt's Institute for Lighting Technology. The focus is on human perceptions, wellbeing, ...

Technology - Engineering

Mar 27, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —The indicators currently being used to guide policy and investments into protected areas in the Amazon may not be having the desired effect.

Space & Earth - Environment

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Britain's butterflies suffered a "catastrophic" year in 2012 with almost all species declining as a result of torrential rains, according to a study published on Tuesday.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 26, 2013 3 / 5 (2) 7

(Phys.org) —University of Auckland research revealing the extent to which feral pigs can disturb forest vegetation and soils has led to a call for the animals to be controlled as a pest in areas of high ecological value.

Biology - Ecology

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(Phys.org) —In a world first study, researchers have developed a way for governments to balance the needs of society and industry with those of endangered wildlife and environments.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 26, 2013 3 / 5 (2) 0

Bangladesh is to launch a census of tigers next month living in the world's largest mangrove forest in a bid to determine the full extent of the threat to their survival, scientists said on Tuesday.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 26, 2013 not rated yet 0

Solutions that meet the broad, varied, and often competing priorities of conservation are difficult to come by. Research published in the March 28 edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sc ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 25, 2013 3.7 / 5 (3) 0 |