A recent report says illegal hunting of wildlife in South African Development Community (SADC) states can lead to the eradication of many species across extensive areas and even complete ecological collapse.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 25, 2012 not rated yet 0

Biologist E.O. Wilson once pondered whether many of our fellow living things were doomed once evolution gave rise to an intelligent, technological creature that also happened to be a rapacious carnivore, fiercely territorial ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jul 31, 2011 3.9 / 5 (16) 11

Schools must revamp how they teach about the environment to prevent ecological collapse, conservationist Charles Saylan and UCLA life scientist Daniel T. Blumstein argue in "The Failure of Environmental Education (And How ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

May 16, 2011 3 / 5 (2) 1

Google's algorithm for ranking web-pages can be used to determine which species are critical for sustaining ecosystems. Drs. Stefano Allesina and Mercedes Pascual find that "PageRank" can be applied to the study of food webs, ...

Biology - Ecology

Sep 04, 2009 4.5 / 5 (4) 0

The lesson from Australia's Great Barrier Reef is that we have to protect its biodiversity - because biodiversity in turn protects us.

Space & Earth - Environment

May 07, 2009 1.3 / 5 (3) 0

Economists use leading indicators — the drivers of economic performance - to take the temperature of the economy and predict the future.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 05, 2009 3 / 5 (8) 46