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Bats Not Bothered by Forest Fires, Study Finds
March 6, 2013 — A survey of bat activity in burned and unburned areas after a major wildfire in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains found no evidence of detrimental effects on bats one year after the fire. The ... > full story -
Almost Half of Africa's Lions Facing Extinction, New Report Confirms
March 5, 2013 — A new report concludes that nearly half of Africa's wild lion populations may decline to near extinction over the next 20-40 years without urgent conservation measures. The plight of many lion ... > full story -
More Storms Like Sandy? Arctic Ice Loss Amplified Superstorm Sandy Violence
March 5, 2013 — Researchers have shown that the severe loss of summertime Arctic sea ice – attributed to greenhouse warming – appears to increase the frequency of atmospheric blocking events like the one ... > full story -
New Fossils of Crocodilian, Hippo-Like Species from Panama
March 5, 2013 — Paleontologists have discovered remarkably well-preserved fossils of two crocodilians and a mammal previously unknown to science during recent Panama Canal excavations that began in ... > full storyMore: -
One Law to Rule Them All: Sizes Within a Species Appear to Follow a Universal Distribution
March 4, 2013 — Biologists have discovered what might be a universal property of size distributions in living systems. If valid throughout the animal kingdom, it could have profound implications on how we understand ... > full story -
Shark Fisheries Globally Unsustainable: 100 Million Sharks Die Every Year
March 1, 2013 — The world’s shark populations are experiencing significant declines with perhaps 100 million – or more - sharks being lost every year, according to a new ... > full story -
New Study Reveals How Sensitive US East Coast Regions May Be to Ocean Acidification
March 1, 2013 — A continental-scale chemical survey in the waters of the eastern US and Gulf of Mexico is helping researchers determine how distinct bodies of water will resist changes in ... > 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 -
Reducing Numbers of One Carnivore Species Indirectly Leads to Extinction of Others
February 28, 2013 — Previous studies have shown that carnivores can have indirect positive effects on each other, which means that when one species is lost, others could soon follow. Biologists have now found that ... > full story -
After the Human Genome Project: The Human Microbiome Project
February 28, 2013 — A complex ecosystem exists within our bodies -- communities of microbes affecting the behavior of human host cells. This crucial "microbiome," is considered to be a complex "second genome." The ... > full story
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