Some Mac users were taken by surprise Thursday as their computers stopped running programs written using the Java programming language after Apple blocked Java due to security problems.

Technology - Software

Jan 31, 2013 1.5 / 5 (8) 5

The remorse felt by Himali Chungda Sherpa after he killed three snow leopard cubs in retaliation for his lost cattle inspired him to set up a scheme to prevent other herders from doing the same.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 26, 2012 3.7 / 5 (3) 12

(Phys.org)—Just what you never wanted. Mac-based malware, just ponder that phrase alone, not Windows-based but Mac-based, that tricks users into paying subscription fees. The malware masquerades as an installer ...

Technology - Software

Dec 14, 2012 1.3 / 5 (12) 5 |

Two snow leopards were captured, fitted with satellite collars, and released for the first time in Afghanistan by a team of Wildlife Conservation Society conservationists and Afghan veterinarians conducting ...

Biology - Ecology

Jul 17, 2012 not rated yet 1

Nepal's elusive snow leopards, thought to number just 500 in the wild, are under threat from warmer and wetter weather in the Himalayas that is reducing their habitat, a new study says.

Biology - Ecology

Jul 17, 2012 3 / 5 (2) 1

For the first time, the den sites of two female snow leopards and their cubs have been located in Mongolia's Tost Mountains, with the first known videos taken of a mother and cubs, located and recorded by ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jul 12, 2012 not rated yet 0

A Chinese technology firm has filed a legal challenge accusing US giant Apple of infringing its patented voice recognition software with its Siri function on the iPhone, the company said Saturday.

Technology - Business

Jul 07, 2012 4.9 / 5 (15) 4

For Apple Inc. in China, it's been one step forward and two steps back when it comes to lawsuits.

Technology - Business

Jul 06, 2012 4.9 / 5 (9) 0

"Kilimanjaro is a snow-covered mountain 19,710 feet high, and is said to be the highest mountain in Africa. Close to the western summit there is the dried and frozen carcass of a leopard. No one has explained wh ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 05, 2012 3.5 / 5 (4) 0

Knowledge about animal diet can inform conservation strategy, but this information can be difficult to gather. A new DNA-based method, which analyzes genetic material from feces, could be a useful tool, and researchers have ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 29, 2012 3.7 / 5 (3) 0

Gorillas, cockatoos and frogs are among a list of threatened species to benefit from a $3.3 million (2.4 million euro) aid award, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said Thursday.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 09, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The survival of the endangered snow leopard is looking promising thanks to Monash University scientists who have, for the first time, produced embryonic stem-like cells from the tissue of ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Jan 23, 2012 2 / 5 (1) 0

If they didn't have enough to worry about from dodging poachers, snow leopards, and landslides in Central Asia's rugged mountains, a population of endangered markhor—a majestic wild goat species—has ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 05, 2012 not rated yet 0

New WWF camera traps have captured the images of two rare snow leopards in Russia. The photographs  are the first ever taken of snow leopards in Russia's Altai mountains.  WWF camera traps last ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Dec 01, 2011 4.8 / 5 (4) 0

The elusive snow leopard (Panthera uncia) lives high in the mountains across Central Asia. Despite potentially living across 12 countries the actual numbers of this beautiful large cat are largely unknown. It is thought that t ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Nov 28, 2011 3.4 / 5 (5) 0