Rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns in Madagascar could fuel the spread of lemur parasites and the diseases they carry.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 23, 2013 not rated yet 0

Woodlands and grasslands that support rabbits and small rodents should be protected if we are to save the wildcat, say scientists.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 23, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org)—Mama bear appears to know what's best when it comes to selecting a place to call home, according to a new University of Alberta study.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 22, 2013 not rated yet 0 |

Wildlife conservationists are well aware of the potential conflicts that exist between the endangered species they seek to protect and the human populations which inhabit areas where the animals live. Carnivores, ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 21, 2013 not rated yet 0

Longer, warmer growing seasons associated with a changing climate are altering growing conditions in temperate rain forests, but not all plant species will be negatively affected, according to research conducted by the U.S. ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 18, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org)—An area of the Amazon rainforest twice the size of California continues to suffer from the effects of a megadrought that began in 2005, finds a new NASA-led study. These results, together with ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 18, 2013 3.2 / 5 (9) 4 |

(Phys.org)—As rapid economic expansion continues to shape the Asian landscape on which many species depend, time is running out for conservationists aiming to save wildlife such as tigers and leopards. Scientists at the ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 16, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—A new way of studying and visualizing Earth science data from a NASA and U.S. Geological Survey satellite program is resulting in, for the first time, the ability to tease out the small events ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Jan 15, 2013 not rated yet 0

An Australian researcher who discovered a new species of flying frog near Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam and named it after her mother said it was a rare find so close to such a big city.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 15, 2013 3.5 / 5 (2) 4

A research team involving several scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder has found an unexpected silver lining in the devastating pine beetle outbreaks ravaging the West: Such events do not harm water quality ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 14, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 1 |

The DISCO project coordinated by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed powerful enzymes, which accelerate plant biomass conversion into sugars and further into products such as bioethanol. The project's results ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Jan 08, 2013 3 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org)—An 80-year search for a tree killer has ended, says a University of Florida forest pathologist who helped identify the fungus that virtually wiped out the Florida Torreya and fears it may threaten ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 08, 2013 not rated yet 0

Cleaning up mercury pollution and reducing prenatal exposure to the neurotoxin methylmercury (MeHg) could save the European Union €10,000 million per year, finds a new study published in BioMed Central's ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 06, 2013 4.7 / 5 (3) 0

The Amazon rainforest, energy grids, and cells in the human body share a troublesome property: They possess multiple stable states. When the world's largest tropical forest suddenly starts retreating in a warming climate, ...

Physics - General Physics

Jan 06, 2013 3.7 / 5 (3) 1 |

(Phys.org)—A BYU biologist is part of a team of researchers that has unlocked the "black box" to the underground world home to billions of microscopic creatures.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 03, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0 |