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Birds Outpace Climate Change to Avoid Extinction
July 10, 2013 — A new study has shed light on the potential of birds to survive in the face of climate change. In the analysis, based on more than fifty years' detailed study of a population of great tits near ... > full story -
Evolution Too Slow to Keep Up With Climate Change
July 9, 2013 — Many vertebrate species would have to evolve about 10,000 times faster than they have in the past to adapt to the rapid climate change expected in the next 100 years, a new study has ... > full story -
Bird Vaccine for West Nile Virus
July 9, 2013 — Researchers have developed a vaccine to halt the spread of West Nile Virus among common and endangered bird ... > full story -
Solitary Lemurs Avoid Danger With a Little Help from the Neighbors
July 5, 2013 — An endangered species of Madagascan lemur uses the alarm calls of birds and other lemurs to warn it of the presence of predators, a new study has found. This is the first time this phenomenon has ... > full story -
Declines in Ecosystem Productivity Fueled by Nitrogen-Induced Species Loss
July 3, 2013 — Humans have been affecting their environment since the ancestors of Homo sapiens first walked upright, but never has their impact been more detrimental than in the 21st century. Human-driven ... > full story -
Climate Change: Disequilibrium Will Become the Norm in the Plant Communities of the Future
July 1, 2013 — Global climate change will induce large changes to the plant communities on Earth, but these will typically occur with major time lags. Many plants will remain long after the climate has become ... > full story -
Survival of the Galapagos Sea Lion
June 29, 2013 — The study shows that Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) are more prone to starvation because of exposure to human influences like pets and pollution. These can impair the level of their ... > full story -
New Method for Assessing Risks from Alien Species
June 28, 2013 — A new semi-quantitative method that enables researchers and others to assess the environmental impacts posed by alien species is now in use in Norway. While the method is tailored to the ... > full story -
A New Bizarrely Shaped Spoon Worm, Arhynchite Hayaoi, from Japan
June 27, 2013 — A new species of the peculiarly shaped spoon worms has been recently discovered in Japan. These animals, formally referred to as echiurans, derive their name from their elongated spoon-like ... > full story -
Illegal Marijuana Grows Threaten Fishers in the Southern Sierra Nevada
June 27, 2013 — Rat poison used on illegal marijuana grows is killing fishers in the southern Sierra Nevada, according to a recent study conducted by a team of ... > full story
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