A new University of Florida study shows ecologists may have been missing crucial information from animal bones for more than 150 years.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 28, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org)—The Galapagos giant tortoise, one of the most fascinating species of the Galapagos archipelago, treks slowly and untiringly across the volcanic slopes. Scientists of the Max Planck Institute ...

Biology - Ecology

Nov 27, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

An outbreak of anthrax has killed at least 30 hippopotamus in South Africa's famed Kruger National Park wildlife reserve, the country's parks authority said on Tuesday.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 06, 2012 not rated yet 0

(AP)—When Linda Bugbee's husband suggested traveling to the South Pacific to see a total solar eclipse, she was more enthusiastic about the cruise and visiting Tahiti than she was about seeing a celestial ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Oct 29, 2012 not rated yet 0

Seventy years after it was scuttled off Los Angeles, Calif., government archaeologists have found the wrecked remains of a rare Pacific Coast schooner that was employed in the lumber trade during the early ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Oct 23, 2012 not rated yet 0

Researchers in Grand Canyon National Park have discovered a prehistoric-looking sucker fish once thought to be extinct from the area.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 19, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

A national recession doesn't just affect Americans' wallets. It also impacts their travel to national parks, a new University of Georgia study has found.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 19, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Yellowstone National Park has two of the last remaining large herds of pure-bred bison in North America, but moving them out of the park to reproduce has been tough with public concerns over their widespread ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Aug 31, 2012 not rated yet 0

For years, scientists have debated how big a role elephants play in toppling trees in South African savannas. Tree loss is a natural process, but it is increasing in some regions, with cascading effects on the habitat for ...

Biology - Ecology

Aug 06, 2012 not rated yet 0

The greatest diversity of small insect-eating microbats in the Sydney region is not in the national parks that ring the city but in its western suburbs, according to a new study.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jul 31, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(AP) — A new video initiative is bringing the famed brown bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park directly to computers and smartphones.

Biology - Ecology

Jul 24, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

A new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder indicates air pollution in the form of nitrogen compounds emanating from power plants, automobiles and agriculture is changing the alpine vegetation in ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jul 05, 2012 not rated yet 2

Elephant movement in response to changes in rainfall patterns can be used to determine biologically relevant boundaries between seasons, as opposed to commonly used arbitrary definitions of seasons. The full report is published ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 27, 2012 4 / 5 (1) 0

The death of Lonesome George came as a shock to the caretakers who had come to know the 100-year-old giant tortoise, the last survivor of a subspecies decimated by pirates more than a century ago.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jun 26, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Famed giant tortoise Lonesome George has died on the Galapagos Islands, leaving the world one subspecies poorer.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jun 25, 2012 4.7 / 5 (7) 0