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After Mastodons and Mammoths, a Transformed Landscape
Roughly 15,000 years ago, at
the end of the last ice age,
North America's vast
assemblage of large animals
-- including such iconic
creatures as mammoths,
... > full story
Predator Beetle to Battle Hemlock Pest
Hemlock woolly adelgids
(HWA) -- aphidlike insects
that have destroyed stands
of hemlocks throughout the
East Coast -- were first
identified in hemlocks in
the central Finger Lakes in
... > full story
Decline in Russian Tigers Renews Calls to End All Trade in Tiger Parts
A shocking decline in the
Russian Federation's wild
tiger population highlights
the importance of
eliminating trade in and
... > full story
Evolution of Highly Toxic Box Jellyfish Unraveled
With thousands of stinging
cells that can emit deadly
venom from tentacles that
can reach ten feet in
length, the 50 or so species
of box jellyfish have long
... > full story
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Is 80-Year-Old Mistake Leading to First Species to Be Fished to Extinction?
November 19, 2009 — A species of common skate is to become the first marine fish species to be driven to extinction by commercial fishing, due to an error of species classification 80 years ... > full story -
New Climate Treaty Could Put Species at Risk, Scientists Argue
November 16, 2009 — Plans to be discussed at the forthcoming UN climate conference in Copenhagen to cut deforestation in developing countries could save some species from extinction but inadvertently increase the risk ... > full story -
Potential Ecological Costs and Co-Benefits of REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation)
November 16, 2009 — A new paper examines the potential of a REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) mechanism to provoke ecological damage and/or promote ecological cobenefits. Such analysis ... > full story -
Africa's Rarest Monkey Had an Intriguing Sexual Past, DNA Study Confirms
November 14, 2009 — The most extensive DNA study to-date of Africa's rarest monkey reveals that the species had an intriguing sexual past. Of the last two remaining populations of the recently discovered kipunji, one ... > full story -
Amphibians As Environmental Omen Disputed
November 10, 2009 — Amphibians, for years considered a leading indicator of environmental degradation, are not uniquely susceptible to pollution, according to a new ... > full story -
Ants Are Friendly To Some Trees, But Not Others
November 9, 2009 — Tree-dwelling ants generally live in harmony with their arboreal hosts. But new research suggests that when they run out of space in their trees of choice, the ants can get destructive to neighboring ... > full story -
Inconspicuous Leaf Beetles Reveal Environment's Role In Formation Of New Species
November 6, 2009 — Unnoticed by the nearby residents of St. Johnsbury, Vt., tiny leaf beetles that flit among the maple and willow trees in the area have just provided some of the clearest evidence yet that ... > full story -
Heavy Metals Accumulate More In Some Mushrooms Than In Others
November 6, 2009 — Researchers in Spain have analyzed the presence of heavy metals in 12 species of mushroom collected from non-contaminated natural areas, and has found that the levels vary depending on the type of ... > full story -
DNA 'Barcode' For Tropical Trees
November 6, 2009 — In foods, soil samples or customs checks, plant fragments sometimes need to be quickly identified. The use of DNA "barcodes" to itemize plant biodiversity was proposed during the 1992 Rio de Janeiro ... > full story -
Paleoecologists Offer New Insight Into How Climate Change Will Affect Organisms
November 5, 2009 — New research examines some of the potential problems with current prediction methods and calls for the use of a range of approaches when predicting the impact of climate change on organisms. The ... > full story
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