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Could Siberian Volcanism Have Caused the Earth's Largest Extinction Event?
January 9, 2012 — Around 250 million years ago there was a mass extinction so severe that it remains the most traumatic known species die-off in Earth's history. Although the cause of this event is a mystery, it has ... > full story -
New Primate Species Discovered on Madagascar
January 7, 2012 — Biologists have discovered a new primate species in the Sahafina Forest in eastern Madagascar, a forest that has not been studied before. The name of the new species is Gerp’s mouse lemur ... > full story -
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Another Outbreak of Coral Disease Hits the Reefs of Kane'ohe Bay, O'ahu
January 6, 2012 — In March 2010 an outbreak of a disease called acute Montipora White Syndrome (MWS) was discovered affecting coral reefs in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu. Follow-up surveys found that the disease left trails of ... > full story -
A New Wild Ginger Discovered from the Evergreen Forest of Western Ghats of South India
January 6, 2012 — Recent explorations in the evergreen forest of western Ghats resulted in the discovery of a new wild relative of the large cardamom from South ... > full story -
Identifying Sloth Species at a Genetic Level
January 6, 2012 — Identifying species, separating out closely related species and managing each type on its own, is an important part of any animal management system. Some species, like the two types of two-toed ... > full story -
New Culprit in Earth's Massive Extinction: Mercury
January 5, 2012 — Researchers have discovered a new culprit likely involved in Earth's greatest extinction event: an influx of mercury into the ... > full story -
Bird Smuggler Busted in Indonesia
January 5, 2012 — A smuggler using a public bus to transport a veritable aviary of rare birds for the illegal pet trade was recently arrested by Indonesian ... > full story -
Fish Mimics Octopus That Mimics Fish
January 4, 2012 — Nature's game of intimidation and imitation comes full circle in the waters of Indonesia, where scientists have recorded for the first time an association between the black-marble jawfish and the ... > full story -
Early Land Plants: Early Adopters
January 4, 2012 — A newly described species of a liverwort (very simple, small plants, and probably common ancestors of all land plants) from New Zealand marks a pioneering effort by international plant scientists to ... > full story -
Climate Change Models May Underestimate Extinctions: Animals and Plants Could Be on a Collision Course Created by Climate Change
January 3, 2012 — Predictions of the loss of animal and plant diversity around the world are common under models of future climate change. But a new study shows that because these climate models don't account for ... > full story
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