More than 70 environment ministers meet in India on Wednesday for key talks on halting the depletion of Earth's natural resources, under pressure to put up money to match their political pledges.

Biology - Ecology

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Sumatran orangutans have undergone a substantial recent population decline, according to a new genetic study, but the same research revealed the existence of critical corridors for dispersal migrations that, ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Oct 16, 2012 not rated yet 0

(AP)—Delegates from nearly 200 countries are working to implement an agreement for protecting Earth's ecosystems at a biodiversity conference in southern India.

Space & Earth - Environment

Oct 16, 2012 not rated yet 0

In the hit cartoon film "Madagascar", the island's lemurs are a lovable bunch of extroverts, but they are also among the world's most threatened primates, conservationists warned on Monday.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 15, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

A new report published today by Panthera confirms that widespread illegal hunting and the bushmeat trade occur more frequently and with greater impact on wildlife populations in the Southern and Eastern savannas ...

Biology - Ecology

Oct 12, 2012 not rated yet 0

The world's governments will need to invest billions annually to reduce the extinction risk for all known threatened species, a new study by University of Sussex biologist Dr Jörn Scharlemann and an international ...

Biology - Ecology

Oct 12, 2012 4.2 / 5 (5) 0

A captive-bred Chinese panda has been released into the wild as part of efforts to help the struggling species, but this time with special survival training after one of the animals died in a previous attempt.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Oct 12, 2012 not rated yet 0

Newly described species points to richer marine biodiversity in Guam waters than previously understood.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 10, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—An international team of scientists, including a University of Michigan graduate student, has demonstrated that a clear difference exists between the marine microbial communities in the Southern ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Oct 08, 2012 4.2 / 5 (5) 0 |

A major UN meeting designed to safeguard the world's natural resources began Monday with appeals to ensure that biodiversity does not become a victim of the global financial crisis.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 08, 2012 not rated yet 0

Will future conservation policies have to take account of the genetic diversity within each species ? A large-scale study into plants found at high altitude throughout the Alps and the Carpathians, has enabled ...

Biology - Ecology

Oct 08, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Factfile on biodiversity ahead of talks opening Monday under the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Hyderabad, India.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 05, 2012 4 / 5 (1) 1

(AP)—A Puerto Rican frog about the size of a peanut received federal protection Wednesday, ending a long battle to list it as an endangered species.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Oct 03, 2012 not rated yet 0

Researchers believe that the richness of plant species can boost primary production. But studies investigating the mechanisms behind positive plant biomass response to greater plant diversity have been lacking ...

Biology - Ecology

Oct 03, 2012 not rated yet 0

Our planet was revolving on its axis, turning night into day every 24 hours, for 4.5 billion years - long before any form of life existed here. About a billion years later, the very first simple bacterial ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Oct 02, 2012 4.3 / 5 (3) 4