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

(Phys.org) —Herds of wooly mammoths once shook the earth beneath their feet, sending humans scurrying across the landscape of prehistoric Ohio. But then something much larger shook the Earth itself, and ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

May 20, 2013 4.8 / 5 (29) 11 |

An international team of scientists have revealed a new species of ichthyosaur (a dolphin-like marine reptile from the age of dinosaurs) from Iraq, which revolutionises our understanding of the evolution ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

May 14, 2013 4.7 / 5 (6) 0 |

International research has suggested that many coral species won't survive beyond the end of this century, but marine biologists at Victoria University are offering an alternative scenario.

Biology - Ecology

May 07, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 1

(Phys.org) —A trio of Iowa State University researchers has predicted, in a paper published in The American Naturalist, that the painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) faces extinction over the next century ...

Biology - Ecology

May 06, 2013 1.9 / 5 (12) 6 |

Illegal trafficking of two critically endangered tortoise species from Madagascar has reached epidemic proportions, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Turtle Survival Alliance, ...

Biology - Ecology

May 03, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 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 |

The Joint International Turtle Genomes Consortium, led by investigators from RIKEN, BGI, and Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, has completed the genome sequencing of soft-shell turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis) and gr ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Apr 28, 2013 4.8 / 5 (4) 0 |

The cheetah, the world's fastest land animal, survived mass extinction during the last ice age 10,000 years ago.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 24, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 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

Woolly mammoths stomp through the Siberian tundra as the giant moa strides the forest floor of New Zealand and Tasmania's dog-like "tigers" stalk their prey under the cover of night. This is not a snapshot ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 22, 2013 5 / 5 (10) 6

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

The Isisford bulldog fish, which surfaced from a 100 million year slumber eight years ago, will make its public debut at the Outer Barcoo Interpretation Centre in Isisford tomorrow (Saturday 20 April).

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

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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

(AP)—India's Supreme Court on Monday ordered western Gujarat state to share some of its endangered lions with a neighboring state to create a second home for them.

Biology - Ecology

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