Songbird populations can handle far more disrupting climate change than expected. Density-dependent processes are buying them time for their battle. But without (slow) evolutionary rescue it will not save ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 25, 2013 3.7 / 5 (3) 1 |

(Phys.org) —North Carolina State University researchers studying aquatic organisms called Daphnia have found that exposure to a chemical pesticide has impacts that span multiple generations – causing the so ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 22, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

(AP)—The agency that oversees Internet domain names says it will open a satellite office in China, home of the world's largest Internet population.

Technology - Internet

Apr 08, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —A dramatic change in the fluctuations of vole numbers is being seen across Europe, according to a major international study.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 05, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

With 6 billion mobile phone subscriptions worldwide—that's about 87 percent of the world population—and an even higher percentage of users estimated on campuses, Indiana University has embarked on a mobile ...

Technology - Other

Dec 12, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—New findings suggest that the ecology of blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) – the largest living animal – has recently changed due to human activities. A team lead by researchers at Mac ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Nov 14, 2012 not rated yet 0

The green stink bug is one of the most damaging native stink bug species in the United States. Stink bugs feeding on cotton, soybeans, tomatoes, peaches, and other crops can result in cosmetic damage as well ...

Biology - Ecology

Sep 26, 2012 not rated yet 0

Furry, agile, intelligent and voracious: the raccoon is far from being a cuddly toy, which is what many people believe when they get one as a pet. It is more like an invader that escapes and is able to adapt ...

Biology - Ecology

Aug 28, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 7

A critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros was born Saturday at an Indonesian sanctuary, only the fourth birth in captivity in more than a century, boosting survival hopes for the species, say conservationists.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jun 23, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The New York state fish could be jeopardy due to climate change, warn Cornell scientists.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 27, 2012 not rated yet 0

In a study published online this month in the Journal of Heredity, NOAA researchers and others, using DNA testing to fill in a missing link in the lives of killer whales that seasonally visit Washington's Puget Sound, have d ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jul 21, 2011 not rated yet 0

Researchers have probed deeper into human evolution by developing an elegant new technique to analyse whole genomes from different populations. One key finding from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute's study is that African ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Jul 13, 2011 4.3 / 5 (14) 5 |

(Edmonton) A University of Alberta researcher has co-written an extensive study of the caribou population in the Fort McMurray oilsands region that show the animals' survival isn't as threatened as was perceived in the past. ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 21, 2011 not rated yet 0

The number of Internet users in China, already the world's largest online market, hit 477 million at the end of March, a senior government official was quoted by state media as saying Monday.

Technology - Internet

May 16, 2011 not rated yet 0

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) released photos today from the first large-scale census of jaguars in the Amazon region of Ecuador—one of the most biologically rich regions on the planet.

Biology -

Jan 27, 2009 4 / 5 (5) 0