News tagged with conservationists
Related topics: species , birds , endangered species
Racing the clock: Rapid climate change forces scientists to evaluate extreme conservation strategies
Scientists are, for the first time, objectively evaluating ways to help species adapt to rapid climate change and other environmental threats via strategies that were considered too radical for serious consideration as recently ...
May 25, 2009 |
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'Modern Portfolio Theory' optimizes conservation practices: study
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 ...
May 15, 2012 |
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First satellite tag study for manta rays reveals habits and hidden journeys of ocean giants
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 ...
May 11, 2012 |
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Endangered species, languages linked at high biodiversity regions
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 ...
May 07, 2012 |
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Did climate change shape human evolution?
(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 ...
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Apr 24, 2012 |
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Wild dogs didn't go extinct in east Africa after all
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 ...
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Birds benefit from knowing their neighbors
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.
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Harm not those strangers that pollinate, study warns
(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 ...
Nov 16, 2011 |
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Smells may help birds find their homes, avoid inbreeding
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.
Sep 21, 2011 |
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A tool to measure stress hormone in birds -- feathers
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 ...
Aug 16, 2011 |
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Borneo rainbow toad seen for 1st time in 87 years
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 ...
Jul 14, 2011 |
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Species extinction rates have been overreported, new study claims
The most widely used methods for calculating species extinction rates are "fundamentally flawed" and overestimate extinction rates by as much as 160 percent, life scientists report May 19 in the journal Nature.
May 18, 2011 |
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Scientists call for more robust measures to identify and protect endangered species
Conservationists may need to change their approach to protecting animals and plants from extinction if they are to successfully shield key species and habitats from the effects of global climate change, according to a new ...
Mar 31, 2011 |
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In order to save biodiversity, society’s behaviour must change
(PhysOrg.com) -- Leading conservationists warn that in order to save biodiversity, society's behaviour must change.
Sep 09, 2010 |
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Fish can be picky eaters
(PhysOrg.com) -- We all know how fussy kids can be about their food, but now new research suggests they're not the only ones.
Jul 19, 2010 |
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