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  Switchgrass: Bridging Bioenergy And Conservation

  October 6, 2007 — An important part of the answer to the country's energy woes could be blowing in the prairie wind, according to a plant geneticist. He has spent the past 10 years breeding switchgrass, an ... > full story
• Evolution
  Evolutionary Biology
  Nature
  Birds
  Charles Darwin
  New Species
   
  

  Galapagos Hawk's Evolutionary History Illuminated

  October 2, 2007 — Scientists used DNA sequences from feather lice to study how island populations of their host, the Galápagos Hawk might have colonized the Galápagos islands, home to the endangered and ... > full story
• Water
  Pollution
  Agriculture and Food
  Environmental Issues
  Sustainability
  Bacteria
   

  Protecting Beaches From Agricultural Pollution

  September 3, 2007 — Bathing beaches and lakes in Europe could fail the new cleanliness standards set by the 2006 Bathing Waters Directive, but a new risk assessment tool developed by rural studies and water management ... > full story
• Space Telescopes
  Space Exploration
  Galaxies
  NASA
  Astrophysics
  Cosmology
   
  

  Discovering Distant Galaxies: HAWK-I Takes Off

  August 23, 2007 — Europe's flagship ground-based astronomical facility, the ESO VLT, has been equipped with a new 'eye' to study the Universe. Working in the near-infrared, the new instrument -- dubbed HAWK-I -- ... > full story
• Birds
  Nature
  Wild Animals
  Bird Flu Research
  Endangered Animals
  Zoology
   
  

  Last Hope For Cambodia's Parachuting Bird

  August 16, 2007 — The Bengal florican – the rarest of the globe’s 27 bustards - is amongst 189 critically endangered birds in need of help. There are fewer than 1,000 Bengal florican’s left in ... > full story
• Behavioral Science
  Zoology
  Dogs
  Animals
  Life Sciences
  Wild Animals
   
  

  First Giant Anteater Born At The National Zoo

  August 4, 2007 — A giant anteater was born at the Smithsonian's National Zoo the morning of Tuesday, July 24--a first in the Zoo's 118-year history. Anteaters have sticky tongues that can extend up to two feet long. ... > full story
• Climate
  Wildfires
  Global Warming
  Environmental Issues
  Nature
  Forest
   
  

  Climate Change Threatens Siberian Forests

  July 31, 2007 — Catastrophic forest fire outbreaks in Siberia are happening more frequently because of climate change, new research suggests. In Central Siberia alone, fires have destroyed 38 000 square kilometers ... > full story
• Nature
  Birds
  Mating and Breeding
  Agriculture and Food
  Endangered Plants
  Insects (including Butterflies)
   

  Bumblebees Make Bee Line For Gardens, National Bumblebee Nest Survey Finds

  July 23, 2007 — Britain's gardens are vital habitats for nesting bumblebees, new research has found. The findings will help conservationists understand -- and hopefully address -- the factors responsible for ... > full story
• Birds
  Apes
  Mating and Breeding
  Zoology
  Nature
  Insects (including Butterflies)
   
  

  Great Bustards Breed In UK For First Time In 175 Years

  July 22, 2007 — The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has welcomed news of the first breeding great bustards in Great Britain for 175 years. The Great Bustard Group has been releasing birds on Salisbury ... > full story
• Global Warming
  Environmental Issues
  Water
  Climate
  Ecology
  Environmental Policy
   
  

  Melting Glaciers On The Tibetan Plateau

  July 20, 2007 — "If I compare this land to what it used to be in the 1960s, it is difficult for me to recognize it," recalls Qi Mei Duo Jie, a 71-year-old nomadic herder from Yanshiping in China's central-western ... > full story

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