Climate change threatens endangered sparrows
A new study in The Condor: Ornithological Applications finds that some sparrow species will go extinct within the century due to climate change.
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Counting orangutan nests to estimate orangutan population
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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Majority overestimates US gay population, could influence gay rights policies
The public tends to overestimate the American gay and lesbian population, and those who do so are less likely to support equal rights measures, according to a new study by two University of Kansas political scientists.
Social Sciences
Oct 16, 2017
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Smithsonian manatee count informs policy recommendations
All three of the world's manatee species are threatened with extinction: the Amazonian Manatee, the African Manatee and the West Indian Manatee. The Antillean Manatee, an endangered subspecies, feeds and calves in rivers ...
Ecology
Aug 17, 2017
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Antarctic penguin numbers double previous estimates: scientists
Almost six million Adelie penguins are living in East Antarctica, more than double the number previously thought, scientists said Wednesday in findings that have implications for conservation.
Plants & Animals
Mar 15, 2017
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Aerial surveys of elephants and other mammals may underestimate numbers
As lead researchers in Africa's recent Great Elephant Census, wildlife ecologists Curtice Griffin and Scott Schlossberg at the University of Massachusetts Amherst also evaluated elephant counting methods in the wild. In a ...
Ecology
Oct 31, 2016
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Citizen scientists can now lend a hand in penguin conservation
A new interactive and user-friendly website that tracks Antarctic penguin populations and provides information for scientists to better understand environmental changes will now be accessible to the general public. The new ...
Ecology
Oct 26, 2016
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Increasing stocking rate may not lead to greater nitrogen leaching on dairy farms
It has been commonly accepted that more cows per pasture would lead to increased nitrogen leaching because of increased nitrogen excretion via urine; but, a new study discovered circumstances where a decline in leaching occurred ...
Environment
Sep 9, 2016
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Positive signs for endangered monk seal population
Hawaii's monk seal population is improving slowly, though researchers warn it'll take many more good years to reverse a decline that's been ongoing since the 1950s.
Ecology
Feb 14, 2016
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West Coast sardine season called off amid population decline
Fisheries managers have decided to call off the West Coast sardine fishing season that starts in July because of rapidly dwindling numbers, hoping to save an iconic industry from the kind of collapse that hit in the 1940s ...
Ecology
Apr 13, 2015
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