Posts Tagged ‘endangered species’
Science & Technology - Nov 19, 2012 12:55 - 1 Comment
Team tracks nearly extinct elephant look-alike
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Researchers are hoping to use GPS collars to monitor the movements of endangered tapirs living in the rainforests of Nicaragua. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Nov 13, 2012 11:21 - 0 Comments
For pandas, bamboo buffet may run short
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — China’s endangered wild pandas need bamboo to survive, but models show that climate change may kill it off in swaths. (more…)
Top Stories - Nov 7, 2012 19:36 - 0 Comments
All guts, no glory for sharks in the news
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Sharks have suffered a lot of bad press—and it may affect their survival. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 31, 2012 15:55 - 1 Comment
Family tree links all 10,000 types of birds
YALE (US) / U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — The most comprehensive family tree for birds yet connects all living bird species—nearly 10,000 in total—and reveals surprising new details about their origins. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 17, 2012 12:23 - 1 Comment
For female Komodo dragons, hard work kills
U. MELBOURNE (AUS) — On average, female Komodo dragons live only half as long as males do, and scientists say the lizards’ hard work may explain why. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 4, 2012 6:08 - 3 Comments
In captivity, rare birds suffer empty nests
U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Critically endangered birds often fail to reproduce in captivity or the wild, but new methods may make it easier for scientists to keep these species going. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 21, 2012 15:01 - 0 Comments
Sea level rise washes out ‘Playboy’ bunny
U. FLORIDA (US) — A rise in sea level is responsible for the disappearance of nearly half of the endangered marsh rabbit’s Florida Keys habitat, research shows. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 19, 2012 11:43 - 1 Comment
Will Arctic shrink leave seal pups homeless?
U. WASHINGTON (US) — Shrinking sea ice in the Arctic could dramatically reduce areas where it’s suitable for ringed seals to reproduce, threatening their survival. (more…)
Top Stories - Sep 13, 2012 11:34 - 7 Comments
New monkey species has bright blue bottom
YALE (US) — Scientists have found a new monkey species in remote central Congo, where bush meat hunting and habitat loss threaten their survival. (more…)
Top Stories - Sep 4, 2012 10:18 - 2 Comments
To coexist with people, tigers take nightshift
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Motion-triggered cameras reveal that the same forest paths used by people in Nepal are also tiger hangouts at night. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 22, 2012 14:00 - 0 Comments
Drug-resistant staph found in sanctuary chimps
EMORY (US) — Reintroducing chimps in sanctuaries to their natural habitat could expose endangered wild apes to drug-resistant staph infections, say researchers. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 17, 2012 14:17 - 0 Comments
‘Acoustic smog’ drowns out whale chatter
CORNELL (US) — High levels of background noise, mainly from ships, has reduced by about two-thirds the ability of North Atlantic right whales to communicate with each other. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 16, 2012 14:33 - 2 Comments
Citizens are better at picking endangered species
EMORY (US) — Citizens do a better job of selecting threatened species than the US Fish and Wildlife Service, says an Emory University biologist. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 30, 2012 16:41 - 0 Comments
Number of amphibian species leaps to 7,000
UC BERKELEY (US) — Despite a global decline in the number of amphibians over the past 25 years, the number of species has skyrocketed. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 20, 2012 14:05 - 0 Comments
In public parks, marijuana farms poison wildlife
UC DAVIS (US) — Rat poison used on illegal marijuana farms may be sickening and killing the fisher, a rare forest carnivore found in remote areas of California. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 14, 2012 13:45 - 3 Comments
In wine country, trout struggle to survive
UC BERKELEY (US) — The competition between farmers and fish for precious water is intensifying in California. (more…)
Society & Culture - May 8, 2012 13:24 - 0 Comments
‘Hot spot’ languages are in danger, too
PENN STATE (US) — Biodiversity hot spots are some of the most linguistically diverse regions on the planet, accounting for 70 percent of all languages on Earth. (more…)
Top Stories - May 2, 2012 9:24 - 3 Comments
Nearly extinct, slew of new skinks found
PENN STATE (US) — Twenty-four new and threatened species of lizards known as skinks, all from islands in the Caribbean, have been discovered. (more…)
