(Phys.org) —Giant ancient corals off the coast of Madagascar have revealed that climate swings thousands of kilometres away in the Pacific Ocean have a major impact on rainfall variations in the Western ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Apr 04, 2013 not rated yet 0

A new report from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) looked at the vulnerability of 54 breeding bird species to climate change impacts occurring by the year 2050 in Arctic Alaska. The assessment found ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 03, 2013 2.3 / 5 (3) 3

What effects will the rapidly growing field of synthetic biology have on the conservation of nature? The ecological and ethical challenges stemming from this question will require a new dialogue between members of the synthetic ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 02, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 2

Conservationists want to make sure Peter Cottontail is around for many Easters to come.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 31, 2013 2.3 / 5 (3) 3

A new study from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) has pieced together the last 150 years of history for one of the state's most interesting denizens: the ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 29, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

African forest elephants are being poached out of existence. A study just published in the online journal PLOS ONE and supported in part by San Diego Zoo Global shows that a staggering 62% of all forest elephants have been k ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 29, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 1

A new study led by WCS-India scientist Vidya Athreaya finds that certain landscapes of western India completely devoid of wilderness and with high human populations are crawling with a different kind of backyard ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 28, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0

The final sections of a US Navy ship that has been stuck on a UN World Heritage-listed coral reef in the Philippines for more than 10 weeks are set to be removed within days, an official said Thursday.

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 28, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0

On March 1, in response to Alaska losing its appeal of the threatened-species designation for polar bears, state Rep. Eric Feige said the federal government itself was responsible for the deaths of many bears.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 26, 2013 not rated yet 1

(Phys.org) —In a world first study, researchers have developed a way for governments to balance the needs of society and industry with those of endangered wildlife and environments.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 26, 2013 3 / 5 (2) 0

Scientists from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently released a report in the journal Nature Communications that sought to estimate the number of wildlife killed by c ...

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Bangladesh is to launch a census of tigers next month living in the world's largest mangrove forest in a bid to determine the full extent of the threat to their survival, scientists said on Tuesday.

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Mar 26, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —Although it's known that construction of homes in suburban areas can have negative impacts on native plants and animals, a recent study led by University of Massachusetts Amherst ecologist Susannah ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 25, 2013 3.5 / 5 (4) 0

A gang of poachers killed a rare one-horned rhino at a wildlife park in northeast India, taking to 15 the number of such beasts slaughtered this year, an official said on Sunday.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 24, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 6

Hong Kong is one of the world's worst cities for light pollution with night skies around 1,000 times brighter than globally accepted levels, researchers said Wednesday ahead of this year's Earth Hour event.

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 20, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0