Print
Email
Bookmark
RSS
Diversity Of Plant-eating Fishes May Be Key To Recovery Of Coral Reefs
A report scheduled to be
published this week in the
early edition of the journal
Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences suggests
... > full story
Future Looks Bleak For One Of World’s Smallest Seal Species
One of the smallest seals --
the Caspian -- has joined a
growing list of mammal
species in danger of
extinction. ... > full story
Researchers Document World's Mammals In Crisis
From majestic African
elephants to tiny and often
unappreciated rodents,
mammals on Earth are in a
state of crisis. One in four
mammal species on Earth is
... > full story
Nearly One In Four Of World’s Mammals At Risk Of Disappearing Forever
The most comprehensive
assessment of the world's
mammals has confirmed an
extinction crisis, with
almost one in four at risk
... > full story
Browse News Stories
1 to 10 of 810 stories
view headlines only
-
Type Of Plankton -- Food Source For Many Fish -- Has Ability To Survive Climate Change
October 6, 2008 — Researchers have found that the main source of food for many fish -- including cod -- in the North Atlantic appears to adapt in order to survive climate change. Billions of Calanus finmarchicus, a ... > full story -
Field Museum Provides Gold Standard For Mammal Survey
October 6, 2008 — Several mamalogists at Chicago's Field Museum participated in the IUCN survey of the world's mammals, using the Museum's extensive mammal collections for ... > full story -
Decline In Alaskan Sea Otters Affects Bald Eagles' Diet
October 3, 2008 — Sea otters are known as a keystone species, filling such an important niche in ocean communities that without them, entire ecosystems can collapse. Scientists are finding, however, that sea otters ... > full story -
Extinct May Not Be Forever For Some Species Of Galapagos Tortoises
October 2, 2008 — Yale scientists report that genetic traces of extinct species of Galapagos tortoises exist in descendants now living in the wild, a finding that could spur breeding programs to restore the ... > full story -
Atlantic Wolffish: Fearsome Fish That Deserve Protection?
October 2, 2008 — A group has filed a scientific petition with the federal government seeking endangered species protection for the Atlantic wolffish, a fish threatened with extinction due to years of overharvesting ... > full story -
Effect Of Climate Change On Animal Diversity
September 28, 2008 — Two species of giraffe, several rhinos and five elephant relatives, along with multitudes of rodents, bush pigs, horses, antelope and apes, once inhabited what is now northern ... > full story -
Captive Breeding Introduced Infectious Disease To Mallorcan Amphibians
September 27, 2008 — A potentially deadly fungus that can kill frogs and toads was inadvertently introduced into Mallorca by a captive breeding program that was reintroducing a rare species of toad into the wild, ... > full story -
Serious Disease In Pet Lizards Caused By New Bacteria
September 25, 2008 — Skin infections are common in pet lizards and can lead to fatal organ disease and septicaemia. The cause of these diseases has been unclear but now researchers in Belgium have discovered a new ... > full story -
New Pacific Iguana Discovered In Fiji
September 22, 2008 — A new iguana has been discovered in the central regions of Fiji. The colorful new species, named Brachylophus bulabula, joins only two other living Pacific iguana species, one of which is critically ... > full story -
Oil Palm Plantations Are No Substitute For Tropical Rainforests, New Study Shows
September 17, 2008 — The continued expansion of oil palm plantations will worsen the dual environmental crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, unless rainforests are better protected, warn scientists in the most ... > full story
Search ScienceDaily
Number of stories in archives: 59,464
