As pneumonia continues to limit recovery of the once nearly extinct bighorn sheep population in the western United States, a research team including scientists from Penn State's Huck Institutes of the Life ...

Biology - Ecology

May 03, 2013 not rated yet 0

The world's biodiversity is currently in rapid decline, with human-mediated global change being a principal cause. Europe is no exception, and the Natura 2000 network provides an important conservation tool for biodiversity on a E ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 18, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 1

Tuna-harvesting nations of the Pacific argued at a key meeting in Manila Tuesday over how best to regulate devices that attract the giant fish, amid growing concern over depleted stocks, officials said.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 04, 2012 not rated yet 1

(Phys.org)—Scientists from the University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Laboratory have helped to reintroduce a species of toad declared extinct in the wild to its native range-the world's first reintroduction of an ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Nov 01, 2012 not rated yet 0

Efforts to stop Myanmar's tigers being hunted to extinction are under threat from a civil war raging in a region home to the world's biggest sanctuary for the endangered cats, experts warn.

Biology - Ecology

Jun 22, 2012 not rated yet 0

Recreational fishing is a major contributor to the rapid decline of important salt marshes along Cape Cod because it strips top predators such as striped bass, blue crabs, and smooth dogfish out of the ecosystem, according ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 11, 2012 3.7 / 5 (3) 0

A new study provides compelling evidence that the arrival of the invasive non-native harlequin ladybird to mainland Europe and subsequent spread has led to a rapid decline in historically-widespread species ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 07, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

A new study co-authored by University of Florida researchers on the endangered Ozark Hellbender giant salamander is the first to detail its skin microbes, the bacteria and fungi that defend against pathogens.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Dec 19, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

Several species of rhino have been poached into extinction or to the point of no return, according to an update of the Red List of Threatened Species, the gold standard for animal and plant conservation.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 10, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 2

Smithsonian scientists and colleagues conducted the first DNA barcoding survey of crustaceans living on samples of dead coral taken from the Indian, Pacific and Caribbean oceans. The results suggest that the ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Nov 02, 2011 not rated yet 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team comprised of geological and environmental science researchers from Stanford University has been studying the impact that early European exploration had on the New World and have found evidence that ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Oct 17, 2011 3.8 / 5 (13) 19 |

In the journal Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science Professor Dr. Peter Glynn, and 2008 Pew Fellow for Marine Conservation and Assist ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 03, 2009 3 / 5 (4) 4