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Camera Trap Photo of Rare Cat Wins Prize
November 29, 2012 — A photo of a little known Bolivian cat species called an oncilla has been taken by a camera ... > full story -
An Ocean Away: Two New Encrusting Anemones Found in Unexpected Locations
November 29, 2012 — A group of marine biologists from Japan has discovered two new species of encrusting anemone, thousands of kilometers away from the single other known species of the group. The first species from ... > full story -
Human Disturbances Keep Elk on High Alert
November 28, 2012 — Researchers have discovered that elk are more frequently and more easily disturbed by human behavior such as ATV drivers than by their natural predators like bears and ... > full story -
Researcher Tests Powerful New Tool to Advance Ecology, Conservation
November 28, 2012 — A new study shows ecologists may have been missing crucial information from animal bones for more than 150 ... > full story -
Fracking in Michigan: Researchers Study Potential Impact on Health, Environment, Economy
November 28, 2012 — University of Michigan researchers are conducting a detailed study of the potential environmental and societal effects of hydraulic fracturing, the controversial natural gas drilling process known as ... > full story -
How Climate Change Could Affect Entire Forest Ecosystems
November 28, 2012 — The fog comes in, and a drop of water forms on a pine needle, rolls down the needle, and falls to the forest floor. The process is repeated over and over, on each pine needle of every tree in a ... > full story -
Increasing Drought Stress Challenges Vulnerable Hydraulic System of Plants, Professor Finds
November 27, 2012 — The hydraulic system of trees is so finely-tuned that predicted increases in drought due to climate change may lead to catastrophic failure in many species. A recent paper finds that those systems in ... > full story -
Thawing of Permafrost Expected to Cause Significant Additional Global Warming, Not Yet Accounted for in Climate Predictions
November 27, 2012 — Permafrost covering almost a quarter of the northern hemisphere contains 1,700 gigatonnes of carbon, twice that currently in the atmosphere, and could significantly amplify global warming should ... > full story -
Orsini's Viper: Alternates Between Reproducing and Growing, Year-by-Year
November 27, 2012 — Orsini’s viper, a rare and protected species at risk of extinction in France, has an original reproductive strategy. In alternate years, it switches between reproductive and non-reproductive ... > full story -
Ancient Microbes Found Living Beneath the Icy Surface of Antarctic Lake
November 26, 2012 — A pioneering study reveals, for the first time, a viable community of bacteria that survives and ekes out a living in a dark, salty and subfreezing environment beneath nearly 20 meters of ice in one ... > full storyMore:
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