A new species of green palm-pitviper of the genus Bothriechis is described from a seriously threatened cloud forest reserve in northern Honduras. Because of similarity in color pattern and scalation, the ne ...

Biology - Ecology

May 14, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

Keeping track of individuals in an endangered population of animals is a cumbersome and time-consuming task. Conservationists physically tag animals in the wild to better follow them over time. But tagging ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

May 01, 2013 not rated yet 0 |

Heavily armed poachers have killed at least 26 elephants in the Dzanga Bai reserve, a world heritage site in south-western Central African Republic, conservationist body WWF said Friday.

Biology - Ecology

May 10, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

The first peregrine falcons to be born in Paris since the end of the 19th century have hatched at the top of a giant heating tower close to the Eiffel Tower, it was announced on Tuesday.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 30, 2013 not rated yet 0

Scientists at Heriot-Watt have helped conservationists trying to protect rare natural habitats but challenged to know how well they're doing when there's no-where else to compare it to.

Biology - Ecology

May 08, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

A new species of fish with a penis on its head has been identified in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, researchers said on Wednesday.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Aug 29, 2012 5 / 5 (7) 12

New University of East Anglia research into the mating habits of a critically endangered sea turtle will help conservationists understand more about its mating patterns.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 03, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

Some pet cats are killing a lot of birds around the UK, a new study shows. Most don't do much harm, but millions of marauding felines add up to what could be a serious problem for the nation's wildlife.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 11, 2013 3.7 / 5 (3) 5 |

(Phys.org) -- As human ancestors rose on two feet in Africa and began their migrations across the world, the climate around them got warmer, and colder, wetter and drier. The plants and animals they competed ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Apr 24, 2012 3.5 / 5 (4) 17 |

Which is more important, pandas or pinot? Researchers say that is a question conservationists and wine-growers will have to answer in the coming years as climate change sparks a hunt for cooler places to ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 08, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 1

Biodiversity hot spots -- the world's biologically richest and most threatened locations on Earth -- and high biodiversity wilderness areas -- biologically rich but less threatened -- are some of the most linguistically diverse ...

Biology - Ecology

May 07, 2012 4.9 / 5 (7) 2 |

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 ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 23, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 3 |

Using the latest satellite tracking technology, conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the University of Exeter (UK), and the Government of Mexico have completed a ground-breaking study on ...

Biology - Ecology

May 11, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

(Phys.org) -- Biological scientist Eric Abelson of Stanford University has been studying the link between survivability of a species over time and brain size relative to body mass, and has found that as a general rule, it ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jul 18, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 3 |

While climate change is likely to alter the spatial distributions of species and habitat types, the nature of those changes is uncertain, making it more difficult for conservationists to implement standard ...

Biology - Ecology

May 15, 2012 3.5 / 5 (2) 0 |