The southern sea otter population continues its pattern of tepid recovery, according to the latest population survey led by scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey, UC Santa Cruz, and the California Department of Fish ...
Ecology
Aug 22, 2012
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Fishing nations meet in Morocco this week to thrash out tuna quotas as experts urge maintaining bluefin catch limits amid promising signs of the decimated species making a comeback.
Ecology
Nov 12, 2012
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Woodland salamanders are a viable indicator of forest ecosystem recovery, according to researchers from the U.S. Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Research Station.
Environment
Aug 28, 2013
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New research from Point Blue Conservation Science shows the significant negative impact that invasive, non-native house mice on the Farallon Islands are having to the threatened ashy storm-petrel. Original modeling by ecologists ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 10, 2019
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In a box, within a canister, surrounded by snow, tucked tightly into a backpack strapped to one determined ecologist. Twenty at a time they travel, these unassuming, iconic frogs, departing places where they're thriving for ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 19, 2018
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Scientists have discovered where a whale species that feeds around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia breeds during the winter months. This understanding of where the animals migrate from will enable conservation efforts ...
Ecology
May 20, 2020
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Encouraging people to change their behaviour through social marketing campaigns can help the recovery of threatened wildlife populations.
Ecology
Dec 4, 2018
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Otter populations crashed in Britain around the 1960s from the lethal effects of chemical pollution in rivers and lakes—or so we thought. Our research has looked more closely at what happened to otters in Britain over the ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 27, 2024
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