A leading conservation group has warned of surging elephant poaching in parts of Botswana and estimated nearly 400 were killed across the country in 2017 and 2018, according to a report published Thursday, adding to conservation ...
Ecology
Jun 14, 2019
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Delta environments are low-lying and highly vulnerable to flooding and erosion by ocean waves. And these hazards are likely to increase as the world's climate changes and sea levels rise. Monitoring these hazards, and their ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 10, 2018
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A general misconception about estimating wildlife population is that it is a simple calculation of individual animals. Much like how we do a headcount at school, orangutans too, can be counted in a similar way in the wild.
Plants & Animals
Nov 21, 2018
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is monitoring Pacific walruses resting on Alaska's northwest coast.
Ecology
Sep 13, 2018
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Groups of basking sharks ranging from as few as 30 to nearly 1,400 individual animals have been observed aggregating in waters from Nova Scotia to Long Island. While individual sightings are fairly common, seeing large groups ...
Ecology
Mar 30, 2018
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As big as they are, Florida manatees aren't always so easy to find.
Ecology
Mar 20, 2018
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A new study of African savannah elephant populations in Angola by wildlife ecologists from Elephants Without Borders (EWB) and the University of Massachusetts Amherst reports today that though the population seemed to be ...
Ecology
Mar 14, 2018
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Aerial surveys in northern Kenya have confirmed the existence of a large population of beisa oryx, otherwise known as the East African oryx. The surveys, which took place in 2016 and 2017, covered the south-eastern parts ...
Ecology
Feb 20, 2018
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The steamy jungles of northern Guatemala don't reveal secrets easily. For centuries, the overgrown landscape has protected most of the remains of the Maya who once tamed it—yielding slowly to modern scientists seeking to ...
Archaeology
Feb 2, 2018
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Scientists analysing data from aerial surveys carried out over one of East Africa's most important nature reserves have uncovered clusters of elephant carcasses close to some ranger posts.
Ecology
Dec 19, 2017
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