(Phys.org) —Researchers are racing the clock to better understand a deadly virus which has the potential to intensify population declines in the endangered Asian elephant.

Biology - Ecology

Jun 17, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

A new statistical analysis shows the world population could reach nearly 11 billion by the end of the century, according to a United Nations report issued June 13. That's about 800 million, or about 8 percent, more than the ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Jun 13, 2013 4.1 / 5 (10) 1 |

A mismatch between the departure schedules of songbirds and higher spring temperatures at their breeding sites is putting them at risk, according to a new study out of York University.

Biology - Ecology

Jun 03, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Like their more visible cousins the butterflies, moths are undergoing rapid population declines.

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 30, 2013 not rated yet 0

By day, insects provide the white noise of the South, but the night belongs to the amphibians. In a typical year, the Southern air hangs heavy from the humidity and the sounds of wildlife.

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 17, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

(Phys.org) —More than a century ago, an estimated 180,000 female Atlantic sturgeon arrived from the coast in the spring to spawn in the Delaware River and fishermen sought their caviar as a lucrative export ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

May 06, 2013 not rated yet 2

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

Activists warned Thursday that wild populations of Southeast Asia's striking Tokay Gecko were in danger of being over-hunted for use in traditional medicine in China and other countries.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 11, 2013 not rated yet 1

Millions of birds die in the US each year as they collide with moving vehicles, but things have been looking up, at least in the case of cliff swallows. Today's swallows are hit less often, thanks to shorter ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 18, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 4

(Phys.org) —The number of sharks killed each year in commercial fisheries is estimated at 100 million, with a range between 63 million and 273 million, according to the research "Global Catches, Exploitation ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 04, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

A federal appeals court has rejected the state of Alaska's attempt to remove polar bears from the threatened species list.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 04, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 4

After experiencing years of population decline on the West Coast, a recent study examining fisher populations found that—at least in the southern Sierra Nevada—the animal's numbers appear to be stable.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 28, 2013 not rated yet 0

Since at least the 1970s, the population of critically endangered Sulawesi black macaques living in an Indonesian nature reserve has been dropping. But a new study by researchers at the University of Washington ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 23, 2013 not rated yet 0

New Zealand's common fish n chip lovin' seagull increasingly prefers the Otago coast as its home more than anywhere else in New Zealand, a University of Otago study has found.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 23, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0

The western long-beaked echidna, one of the world's five egg-laying species of mammal, became extinct in Australia thousands of years ago…or did it? Smithsonian scientists and colleagues have found evidence ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 02, 2013 5 / 5 (8) 0 |