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Federal Polar Bear Research Critically Flawed, Forecasting Expert Asserts
Research done by the US
Department of the Interior
to determine if global
warming threatens the polar
bear population is so flawed
... > full story
Priority Regions For Threatened Frog And Toad Conservation In Latin America
Nearly 35% of all amphibians
are now threatened of
extinction raising them to
the position of the most
endangered group of animals
... > full story
Seed Dispersal In Mauritius -- Dead As A Dodo?
Walking through the last
rainforests on the volcanic
island of Mauritius, located
some 800 km east of
Madagascar, one is
surrounded by ghosts. Since
... > full story
It Started With A Squeak: Moonlight Serenade Helps Lemurs Pick Mates Of The Right Species
Some Malagasy mouse lemurs
are so similar that picking
a mate of the right species,
especially at night time in
a tropical forest, might see ... > full story
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Endangered Species Up The Risk Of Extinction For Other Species In Ecological Community
May 8, 2008 — An endangered species of flora or fauna ups the risk of the extinction of the other species in its ecological community. Trophically unique species are more vulnerable for cascading extinction, ... > full story -
Saving Frogs Before It's Too Late
May 6, 2008 — Highly diverse and so far apparently untouched by emergent diseases, Malagasy frogs nevertheless are threatened by ongoing habitat destruction, making proactive conservation actions especially ... > full story -
Trouble In Paradise: Global Warming A Greater Danger To Tropical Species
May 6, 2008 — The Arctic has become a poster child for the negative effects of climate change, but new research that species living in the tropics likely face the greatest peril in a warmer ... > full story -
Sun's Movement Through Milky Way Regularly Sends Comets Hurtling, Coinciding With Mass Life Extinctions
May 2, 2008 — A new study suggests the solar system passes through the plane of the galaxy every 35 to 40 million years. The period coincides with evidence of crater impact and mass extinctions on Earth. The paper ... > full story -
Dwarf Cloud Rat Rediscovered After 112 Years
May 2, 2008 — Scientists rediscovered the highly distinctive greater dwarf cloud rat, last seen in 1896. Thought to be extinct, Carpomys melanuru has never before been discovered in its natural habitat. It has ... > full story -
Bison Can Thrive Again, Study Says
April 30, 2008 — Bison can repopulate large areas from Alaska to Mexico over the next 100 years provided a series of conservation and restoration measures are taken, according to continental assessment of this iconic ... > full story -
Endangered Right Whales Protected With New Warning Buoys In Shipping Lanes
April 29, 2008 — Endangered North Atlantic right whales are safer along Massachusetts Bay's busy shipping lanes this spring, thanks to a new system of smart buoys. The buoys recognize whales' distinctive calls and ... > full story -
Critically Endangered Seabirds Not Finding Mates
April 29, 2008 — A study into one of the world's rarest seabirds provides knowledge that could help avoid extinction. Molecular analysis of the Critically Endangered Magenta Petrel Pterodroma magentae (also known as ... > full story -
Tropical Reforestation Aided By Bats
April 28, 2008 — German scientists are engaging bats to kick-start natural reforestation in the tropics by installing artificial bat roosts in deforested areas. The researchers report that the deployment of ... > full story -
When Did Dinosaurs Go Extinct? Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Dating Refined
April 28, 2008 — Thanks to a new calibration of the versatile argon-argon dating technique, geochronologists have established a more precise date for the dinosaur die-off at the end of the Cretaceous period: 65.95 ... > full story
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