A new study suggests that overgrazing and other factors increase the severity of cheatgrass invasion in sagebrush steppe, one of North America's most endangered ecosystems.

Biology - Ecology

May 13, 2013 not rated yet 0 |

UK wildlife is already feeling the effects of climate change, scientists say. According to a report out on Thursday, with input from many of the UK's top environmental scientists, many species are now found ...

Space & Earth - Environment

May 09, 2013 3.9 / 5 (7) 0

(AP)—A U.S. firm recently gave smart phones to some game rangers in South Africa to help them track poachers who kill rhinos for their horns. An anti-poaching ad campaign in Vietnam, a key illegal market, ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 24, 2013 not rated yet 0

Scavengers might not play as key a role in spreading anthrax through wildlife populations as previously assumed, according to findings from a small study conducted in Etosha National Park in northern Namibia.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Apr 22, 2013 not rated yet 0

African lions and villagers would benefit from fences to protect them from each other, according to a new study by University of Minnesota researcher Craig Packer published online by Ecology Letters on Tuesday, March 5. ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 08, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Current approaches to deer management are failing to control a serious and growing problem, according to new research by the University of East Anglia (UEA).

Biology - Ecology

Mar 07, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 13

Wildlife managers are calling it an ecological success story. Conservation advocates say it threatens to undermine years of work to recover a once-endangered species.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 06, 2013 3 / 5 (1) 3

The annual duck hunting season in the United States is traditionally big business, but while bird numbers are rising faster than they have for decades, the number of hunters continues to fall. Far from being good news for ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 07, 2013 3.5 / 5 (2) 0

(Edmonton) A University of Alberta polar bear researcher along with eleven international co-authors are urging governments to start planning for rapid Arctic ecosystem change to deal with a climate change catastrophe for ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 04, 2013 3.7 / 5 (9) 78

A new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society and James Cook University says that coral reefs in Aceh, Indonesia are benefiting from a decidedly low-tech, traditional management system that dates back ...

Biology - Ecology

Oct 11, 2012 not rated yet 0

The Wildlife Conservation Society and over 35 government agency and NGO partners participating in IUCN's World Conservation Congress this week are urging the world's governments to take urgent steps to save ...

Biology - Ecology

Sep 04, 2012 not rated yet 0

The projected number of golden-cheeked warbler males across their breeding range in Central Texas is more than previous estimates had indicated, according to results from a Texas AgriLife Research study recently ...

Biology - Ecology

Jul 10, 2012 not rated yet 0

Not all birds mate for life, but for those species that do, wildlife biologists have found a clear benefit to the birds from such long-term relationships: greater longevity and breeding success, according ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 20, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

American mountain lions, or cougars, are re-emerging in areas of the United States, reversing 100 years of decline. The evidence, published in The Journal of Wildlife Management, raises new conservation questions, such a ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 14, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 1

After 20 hours of talks into the early hours Wednesday, Europe's fisheries ministers finally struck a compromise deal to save the oceans from overfishing -- but failed to satisfy environmentalists.

Biology - Ecology

Jun 13, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1