University of Adelaide veterinary pathologists have confirmed that a marine virus not previously reported in South Australia has been found in dead dolphins found washed up on the state's beaches.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 26, 2013 1 / 5 (2) 0

Mozambique's elephant population risks being obliterated within a decade unless tight anti-poaching measures are introduced, conservationists have warned.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 25, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 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

Since 1997, a shrubby perennial found only in East Texas has been on a waiting list to be officially declared by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. A ruling on the fate of the ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 23, 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

(Phys.org) —In the first published results of more than three years of tracking mountain lions in the Santa Cruz Mountains, UC Santa Cruz researchers document how human development affects the predators' ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 18, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

The Huemul, a species of deer found only in the Latin American region of Patagonia, is bouncing back from the brink of possible extinction as a result of collaboration between conservationists and the Chilean ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 16, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

(AP)—India's Supreme Court on Monday ordered western Gujarat state to share some of its endangered lions with a neighboring state to create a second home for them.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 15, 2013 not rated yet 0

Leading international marine scientists have called for the protection of more, large marine wilderness areas in a bid to shield the world's dwindling stocks of fish from destruction.

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 15, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

The Philippine coast guard said Monday it had found hundreds of frozen scaly anteaters, or pangolins, in the cargo hold of a Chinese boat that ran aground in a protected marine sanctuary last week.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 15, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

Like a preening Texas cowboy strutting his stuff on a barroom dance floor, the testosterone-stoked little guy is doing his best to attract a cute hen.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 13, 2013 5 / 5 (6) 7

The world's biggest scheme to certify that seafish come from sustainable sources has come under fire in a scientific journal, where researchers say the label is too generous and may "mislead" consumers.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 12, 2013 not rated yet 0

Activists warned Thursday that wild populations of Southeast Asia's striking Tokay Gecko were in danger of being over-hunted for use in traditional medicine in China and other countries.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 11, 2013 not rated yet 1

The certification of seafood as "sustainable" by the nonprofit Marine Stewardship Council is too lenient and discretionary, a study by a consortium of researchers has found.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 10, 2013 not rated yet 0

Kenya plans to bolster current lenient sentences for convicted wildlife poachers or ivory smugglers in a bid to stamp out a spike in elephant killings, the government said on Saturday.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 06, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0