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Researchers Develop Tools for Discovering New Species
March 11, 2013 — For hundreds of years, naturalists and scientists have identified new species based on an organism's visible differences. But now, new genetic techniques are revealing that different species can show ... > full story -
Are Tropical Forests Resilient to Global Warming?
March 10, 2013 — Tropical forests are less likely to lose biomass – plants and plant material - in response to greenhouse gas emissions over the twenty-first century than may previously have been thought, ... > full story -
Protected Areas Successfully Prevent Deforestation in Amazon Rainforest
March 8, 2013 — Strictly protected areas such as national parks and biological reserves have been more effective at reducing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest than so-called sustainable-use areas that allow for ... > full story -
Duckweed as a Cost-Competitive Raw Material for Biofuel Production
March 7, 2013 — The search for a less-expensive, sustainable source of biomass, or plant material, for producing gasoline, diesel and jet fuel has led scientists to duckweed, that fast-growing floating plant that ... > full story -
First in-Depth Deer Census Highlights Need for Increased Culls, UK Research Shows
March 6, 2013 — Current approaches to deer management are failing to control a serious and growing problem, according to a new study by researchers in the ... > full story -
Lizards Facing Mass Extinction from Climate Change
March 5, 2013 — Climate change could see dozens of lizard species becoming extinct within the next 50 years, according to new research. The often one-directional evolutionary adaptation of certain lizard species' ... > full story -
Extinction Looms for Forest Elephants: 60 Percent of Africa's Forest Elephants Killed for Their Ivory Over Past Decade
March 4, 2013 — Across their range in central Africa, a staggering 62 percent of all forest elephants have been killed for their ivory over the past decade, new research ... > full story -
Where the Wild Things Go … When There's Nowhere Else
February 28, 2013 — The presence of endangered cats and primates in swamp forests might be seriously overlooked. Recent research concludes that swamp forests beg further exploration as places where endangered species ... > full story -
New Marine Species Discovered in Pacific Ocean
February 28, 2013 — An international expedition in Papua New Guinea has found a new species of sea slugs, feather stars and amphipods, a shrimp-like ... > full story -
Giant Cockroach Genus Pseudophoraspis Expands to the North With 3 New Species
February 28, 2013 — Three new species of the giant cockroach genus Pseudophoraspis have been discovered in the Hainan, Yunnan and Guangxi provinces of China. The three newly described cockroaches, together with another ... > full story
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