Biodiversity News

Posted November 20, 2009:

• Frog Legs Trade May Facilitate Spread of Pathogens
• Paleontologists Find Extinction Rates Higher in Open-Ocean Settings During Mass Extinctions

Posted November 19, 2009:

• Is 80-Year-Old Mistake Leading to First Species to Be Fished to Extinction?

Posted November 16, 2009:

• New Climate Treaty Could Put Species at Risk, Scientists Argue
• Potential Ecological Costs and Co-Benefits of REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation)
• Penguins and Sea Lions Help Produce New Atlas

Posted November 14, 2009:

• Africa's Rarest Monkey Had an Intriguing Sexual Past, DNA Study Confirms

Posted November 13, 2009:

• Airborne Nitrogen Shifts Aquatic Nutrient Limitation in Pristine Lakes

Posted November 10, 2009:

• Amphibians As Environmental Omen Disputed
• New Fossil Plant Discovery Links Patagonia To New Guinea In A Warmer Past

Posted November 9, 2009:

• Well-Traveled Wasps Provide Hope For Vanishing Species

Posted November 6, 2009:

• Can Biodiversity Persist In The Face Of Climate Change?
• DNA 'Barcode' For Tropical Trees

Posted November 5, 2009:

• Scientists Launch Effort To Sequence The DNA Of 10,000 Vertebrates
• Innovative Plan To Save Rainforest, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Coral Reefs Inspire Rare Consensus Just Save Them

Posted November 4, 2009:

• Timber Harvest Impacts Amphibians Differently During Life Stages

Posted November 3, 2009:

• Wolves, Moose And Biodiversity: An Unexpected Connection

Posted November 2, 2009:

• Data Point To Some Improvements In China's Environment

Posted October 29, 2009:

• Fishery Impact Test Developed

Posted October 28, 2009:

• What Are Coral Reef Services Worth? $130,000 To $1.2 Million Per Hectare, Per Year

Posted October 26, 2009:

• Sage-Grouse Populations In US Intermountain West May Be Threatened By Energy Development, Study Predicts
• Finding The ASX200 For Marine Ecosystems

Posted October 23, 2009:

• Hybrids Of Invasive Australian Plant Species Casuarina Found Growing Widely In Florida

Posted October 22, 2009:

• New Genetic Material From Group B Streptococcus Identified
• Small Number Of Partnerships Make Substantial Contribution To Biodiversity

Posted October 20, 2009:

• Carbon-Offsetting And Conservation Can Both Be Winners In Rainforest
• Conservation: Minimum Population Size Targets Too Low To Prevent Extinction?
• Last Chance To Save Rare Asian Animal From Extinction?
• Evolutionary Arms Race Between Bacteria And Their Viruses In Soil

Posted October 14, 2009:

• World Will Miss 2010 Target To Stem Biodiversity Loss, Experts Say

Posted October 13, 2009:

• First Neotropical Rainforest Was Home Of The Titanoboa World's Biggest Snake
• Orangutans Unique In Movement Through Tree Tops

Posted October 10, 2009:

• Bug Splatter On Your Car's Windshield Is A Treasure Trove Of Genomic Biodiversity

Posted October 8, 2009:

• Nitrogen Deposition Limits Climate Change Impacts On Carbon Sequestration
• In Search Of Wildlife-Friendly Biofuels: Are Native Prairie Plants the Answer?

Posted October 6, 2009:

• Black Rat Does Not Bother Mediterranean Seabirds

Posted September 29, 2009:

• Perennial Energy Crops Could Be Good For Carbon Savings And For Wildlife

Posted September 28, 2009:

• Researchers Go Underground To Reveal 850 New Species In Australian Outback
• New Species Discovered In The Greater Mekong At Risk Of Extinction Due To Climate Change

Posted September 23, 2009:

• Frog Fungus Hammering Biodiversity Of Communities

Posted September 22, 2009:

• Proposal To Reintroduce Iberian Lynx On Abandoned Agricultural Land

Posted September 21, 2009:

• Invasive Species On The March: Variable Rates Of Spread Set Current Limits To Predictability

Posted September 20, 2009:

• Impact Of Renewable Energy On Our Oceans Must Be Investigated, Say Scientists

Posted September 18, 2009:

• High Numbers Of Heat-Loving Bacteria Found In Cold Arctic Ocean

Posted September 17, 2009:

• Exotic Timber Plantations Found To Use More Than Twice The Water Of Native Forests

Posted September 15, 2009:

• Barcoding Endangered Sea Turtles

Posted September 14, 2009:

• Flash Recovery Of Ammonoids After Most Massive Extinction Of All Time

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