A pioneering long-term University of Adelaide experiment to see how best to restore overgrazed land back to native woodland gets underway at Monarto Zoo today.

Biology - Ecology

Jun 13, 2013 not rated yet 0

Scientists working on the LIFE IBERLINCE project have spent six years studying the hunting behaviour of the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus), registering a total of 40 attacks with 716 farm animals killed. Their ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 11, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —Worldwide, around 20,000 endangered animal species are competing for scarce conservation funds – but just 80 'celebrity species' are hogging most of the attention.

Biology - Ecology

Jun 11, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1

British wildlife is under serious threat, according to a major new study out Wednesday, which found that 60 percent of species assessed have declined in numbers over the past 50 years.

Biology - Ecology

May 22, 2013 not rated yet 0

Many scientists have thought that dinosaur predecessors missed the race to fill habitats emptied when nine out of 10 species disappeared during the Earth's largest mass extinction, approximately 252 million ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Apr 29, 2013 4.7 / 5 (6) 0 |

Philippine authorities have seized 23 protected scaly anteaters found hidden in a cargo boat, in the second case of suspected trafficking of the species in a month, officials said.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 23, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1

Think Elephants International, a not-for-profit organization that strives to promote elephant conservation through scientific research, education programming and international collaborations, today announced ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 19, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0

A new study on extinction risk has shown that proportions of plant and animal species being classified as threatened on national Red Lists are more closely related to socioeconomic pressure levels from the ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 16, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org) —At some point, scientists may be able to bring back extinct animals, and perhaps early humans, raising questions of ethics and environmental disruption.

Biology - Other

Apr 08, 2013 4.1 / 5 (11) 25 |

(Phys.org) —A pair of researchers from Germany's Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität have published a paper in the journal Biology Letters, suggesting that the mass extinction of pseudosuchians approximately 201 mi ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Mar 28, 2013 4.5 / 5 (8) 5 |

The population of Yelkouan Shearwater of the French island of Le Levant is seriously under threat due to the invasion of wild cats, according to a French and Spanish joint study. The archipelago is home to ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 01, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Detecting sexual selection in the fossil record is not impossible, according to scientists writing in Trends in Ecology and Evolution this month, co-authored by Dr Darren Naish of the University of Southa ...

Biology - Evolution

Jan 29, 2013 5 / 5 (6) 1 |

Breeding season is under way for the endangered tortoises of Ecuador's Galapagos Islands, whose mating and nesting habits are carefully watched by wildlife specialists hoping to save them from extinction.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 10, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

The three-banded armadillo, a threatened species chosen as the official mascot for the 2014 World Cup, could disappear entirely within decades, a Brazilian NGO has warned.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 22, 2012 4 / 5 (1) 0

The climate after the largest mass extinction so far 252 million years ago was cool, later very warm and then cool again. Thanks to the cooler temperatures, the diversity of marine fauna ballooned, as paleontologists ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Dec 21, 2012 4.6 / 5 (5) 0 |