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Global warming cycles threaten endangered primate species

Two Penn State University researchers have carried out one of the first-ever analyses of the effects of global warming on endangered primates. This innovative work by Graduate Student Ruscena Wiederholt and ...

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created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (17) | comments 5




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Ecuador's Yasuni National Park identified as one of the most biodiverse places on earth

Yasuní National Park, located in the core of the Ecuadorian Amazon, shatters a range of world biodiversity records -- from trees to amphibians to insects to mammals and an array of other plant and animal ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 19, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Oil and wildlife don't mix in Ecuador's Eden

What harm can a simple road do in a pristine place such as Ecuador's Yasuni National Park, home to peccaries, tapirs, monkeys and myriad other wildlife species? A great deal, it turns out. Specifically, it ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Extinction threat growing for mankind's closest living relatives

Mankind’s closest living relatives – the world’s apes, monkeys, lemurs and other primates – are under unprecedented threat from destruction of tropical forests, illegal wildlife trade and commercial bushmeat hunting, with ...

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created Oct 26, 2007 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (14) | comments 1


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