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Spectacular mammal rediscovered after 113 years -- first ever photographs taken

(PhysOrg.com) -- A unique and mysterious guinea-pig-sized rodent, not seen since 1898 despite several organized searches, bizarrely showed up at the front door of an ecolodge at a nature reserve in Colombia, ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 19, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (19) | comments 22 | with audio podcast

End to cheap coal closer than we thought?

(PhysOrg.com) -- A report entitled "The End of Cheap Coal," published in the journal Nature by Richard Heinberg and David Fridley, suggests we may reach peak coal in the next two decades.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (16) | comments 33 | with audio podcast report

Spain wilts in driest winter for 70 years

February is barely past but already Spanish farmers are on drought alert as reservoirs shrink, crops wilt and brush fires crackle after the country's driest winter in 70 years.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 107

Poland plans its first atomic power plant on Baltic

Poland's first nuclear power plant, due to come on line by 2020, is set to be located near the Baltic Sea, Polish energy group PGE said on Friday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 10

Hidden Baja undersea park is the world's most robust marine reserve

A thriving undersea wildlife park tucked away near the southern tip of Mexico's Baja peninsula has proven to be the world's most robust marine reserve in the world, according to a new study led by researchers ...

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 12, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

EPA theorizes fracking-pollution link

(AP) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday for the first time that fracking - a controversial method of improving the productivity of oil and gas wells - may be to blame for causing ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 5

Blood group may affect woman's fertility

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in the US have for the first time demonstrated that having type O blood may have a negative effect on fertility through a lower egg count and poor egg quality. Women with type A blood appeared ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 26, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Five countries sign for 'European Amazon' reserve

Five central European countries signed an accord to launch a cross-border nature reserve in an area known as Europe's Amazon at a meeting of environmental ministers that ended Saturday.

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Denmark moves forward on North Pole claim

Denmark on Monday presented its "Arctic Strategy" for the next decade, confirming that it intends to lay claim to the North Pole sea bed by 2014 at the latest.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 10

NASA, Google data show North Korea logging in protected area

Using NASA satellite data and Google Earth, a Purdue University researcher has reported finding evidence that North Korea has been logging in what is designated as a protected United Nations forest preserve.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 17, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 6

First footage of clouded leopard captured in Borneo

The Sundaland clouded leopard, a newly identified and little understood species of big cat in Borneo, has been filmed for the first time.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 15, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Study shows drifting fish larvae allow marine reserves to rebuild fisheries

Marine ecologists at Oregon State University have shown for the first time that tiny fish larvae can drift with ocean currents and "re-seed" fish stocks significant distances away – more than 100 miles ...

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 22, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cutting fishing could buy time for coral reefs

Stopping people fishing around Caribbean coral reefs by designating them legally protected marine reserves could help some of them survive the effects of a changing climate by more than 50 years.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Zoning boundaries can make good neighbors in conservation

As the world's biodiversity hotspots are increasingly stressed by their human neighbors, zoning is becoming a common strategy to balance environmental protection and human needs. But a recent study shows zoning ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Malaysian officials save endangered Malayan tiger

Malaysian wildlife authorities rescued a five-year old Malayan tiger, badly injured in a snare set up by poachers near the country's jungle border with Thailand, officials said Monday.

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0