Negotiators sought Friday to persuade wealthy nations to bankroll ambitious targets for stemming the loss of Earth's dwindling natural resources.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 19, 2012 not rated yet 0

Scientists have discovered why the 'broken world' following the worst extinction of all time lasted so long – it was simply too hot to survive.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Oct 18, 2012 4.9 / 5 (27) 24 |

(Phys.org)—Climate change causes extinctions not only as a result of species intolerance to high temperature, but more commonly via a variety of related factors that alter a species' interactions with other ...

Biology - Ecology

Oct 17, 2012 3.7 / 5 (3) 3 |

Should European farmers pay for pollination provided by bees? Should city dwellers in Brazil pay for the abundant rain generated over the Amazonian forest? And if mangroves are a shield against tsunamis, ...

Biology - Ecology

Oct 16, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org)—University of Cincinnati professor Thomas J. Algeo, working with a team of Chinese scientists, has established a tight link between repeated episodes of volcanic activity and environmental degradation ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Oct 16, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 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

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 collection of fossil animals discovered off the coast of Florida suggests that present day deep-sea fauna like sea urchins, starfish and sea cucumbers may have evolved earlier than previously believed and ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Oct 10, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org)—A new study is finally laying to rest the debate over whether DNA from the age of the dinosaurs could survive to the present day.

Biology - Biotechnology

Oct 10, 2012 4.1 / 5 (7) 5 |

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.

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Oct 08, 2012 not rated yet 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

Australian Environment Minister Tony Burke Thursday hit out at Japan's "alleged" scientific whaling as researchers hailed the testing of new acoustic tracking technology for the endangered blue whale.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Oct 04, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

When you think 3D you probably imagine the cinema and popcorn, or that fancy TV you've just blown the kids' university fees on. What you probably don't think – unless you're a particular breed of palaeontologist ...

Technology - Engineering

Oct 03, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 0

Recently, a mysterious seed fern, Lepidopteris baodensis sp. nov., dating to more than 251 million years ago (Ma), was discovered at the Baijiagou of Baode, Shanxi, China, from the Upper Permian Sunjiagou Format ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Sep 30, 2012 not rated yet 0

An orangutan famous for puffing on cigarettes gave birth this week at an Indonesian zoo, an official said on Friday, in a rare event giving a boon to the critically endangered species.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Sep 28, 2012 not rated yet 0