Australia's 'ugly' animals attract less study
Koalas and kangaroos are subject to more scientific study than Australia's twitching rodents and bats, according to new research which finds 'ugly' animals attract less funding and investigation.
Ecology news
Mar 07, 2016
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Researchers find high-fructose corn syrup may be tied to worldwide collapse of bee colonies
Sexploits of Diego the Tortoise save Galapagos species
He's over 100 years old, but his sex life is the stuff of legend. Diego the Tortoise is quite the ladies' man, and his exploits have helped save his species from extinction.
Mexico jaguar population grows 20% in eight years
Mexico's population of wild jaguars has grown 20 percent in the past eight years, according to a study released Thursday, a bit of good news for an iconic species whose numbers have been declining.
Mammals cannot evolve fast enough to escape current extinction crisis
World's last wilderness may vanish
The world's last wilderness areas are rapidly disappearing, with explicit international conservation targets critically needed, according to University of Queensland-led research.
Birth of wolf cubs in Mexico raises hopes for endangered species
Mexican zoo officials are drooling over the birth of seven cubs of a species of endangered wolf.
Study investigates impact of lions living alongside giraffe populations
It is commonly accepted that lions are the only predators to pose a risk to giraffes on an individual basis but there has never been a study to investigate how the presence of lions impacts on the population as a whole.
Ninety-five per cent of world's fish hide in mesopelagic zone
An international team of marine biologists has found mesopelagic fish in the earth's oceans constitute 10 to 30 times more biomass than previously thought.
Huge, once-hated fish now seen as weapon against Asian carp
It's a toothy giant that can grow longer than a horse and heavier than a refrigerator, a fearsome-looking prehistoric fish that plied U.S. waters from the Gulf of Mexico to Illinois until it disappeared from many states a ...
