(Phys.org)—Real-time information showing the locations of the threatened frigatebird is now available online thanks to a new Darwin Initiative funded study led by the University of Exeter and Ascension ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 22, 2013 not rated yet 0

Scientists are to extend a popular basking shark tracking project for another year, it was announced today. For the last seven months the public have been able to follow the progress of eight of the giant ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 14, 2013 not rated yet 0

What exactly happens when migratory birds travel from Point A to Point B, and all the stops and starts along the way? Those are questions a new $3.4 million project led by Western's Advanced Facility for Avian Research (AFAR) ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 01, 2013 not rated yet 0

A first ever study of the range and habits of white-backed vultures across southern Africa shows that they often shun national parks, preferring to forage further afield on private farmland.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 30, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org)—ESA's Proba-V microsatellite is now assembled and midway through testing to ensure it is fully spaceworthy. The miniature Earth-observer, designed to chart global vegetation every two days, will ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Jan 15, 2013 not rated yet 0

Coasts and estuaries are among the most rapidly developing areas on Earth. Night-time satellite images of the planet show that except Antarctica, continents are ringed with halos of brightly-lit human development. ...

Biology - Ecology

Nov 28, 2012 not rated yet 0

As they traveled from the east coast of Canada to the northern shore of South America, Akpik, Mackenzie, Pingo and Taglu stunned researchers and the global conservation community by flying some 2,500 miles ...

Biology - Ecology

Sep 28, 2012 not rated yet 1

Wi-Fi is coming to our cars. Ford Motor Co. has been equipping cars with Wi-Fi transmitters since 2010; according to an Agence France-Presse story last year, the company expects that by 2015, 80 percent of ...

Technology - Telecom

Jul 05, 2012 not rated yet 2 |

When loggerhead turtles are accidentally captured by humans, a recovery process follows, the complexity of which varies according to the turtle's injuries. Spanish researchers have analysed the process of ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 20, 2012 not rated yet 0

(AP) -- One of the world's most endangered turtles has been released into a Cambodian river with a satellite transmitter attached to its shell to track how it will navigate through commercial fishing grounds ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 21, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Some killer whales, a study published Wednesday shows for the first time, wander nearly 10,000 kilometres (6,200 miles) from Antarctica's Southern Ocean into tropical waters -- but not to feed or breed.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Oct 25, 2011 4.5 / 5 (10) 2

(AP) -- Alas, poor Harald. Wired up to a satellite transmitter, he had much to teach science about the life of the great sturgeons of the Danube River and Black Sea.

Biology - Ecology

May 31, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

Satellite tracking of olive ridley sea turtles off the coast of Central Africa has revealed that existing protected areas may be inadequate to safeguard turtles from fishing nets, according to scientists with ...

Biology - Ecology

May 12, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

Large-scale wind farm establishment may have a negative effect on Sweden's golden eagles. In a unique project in northern Sweden, scientists at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) are trapping ...

Biology - Ecology

Oct 25, 2010 3 / 5 (3) 0

"Gustavo" is an imposing bull always in search of the best feeding grounds. The elephant seal weighing 3 tons and measuring 4 metres in length belongs to a group of 14 animals that serve researchers of the ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jun 02, 2010 5 / 5 (1) 0