Extinction News

Posted November 24, 2009:

• To the Bat Cave: Researchers Reconstruct Evolution of Bat Migration With Aid of Mathematical Model
• Killer Fungus Threatening Amphibians
• New Chameleon Species Discovered in East Africa

Posted November 23, 2009:

• DNA 'Barcode' for Tropical Trees

Posted November 20, 2009:

• Frog Legs Trade May Facilitate Spread of Pathogens
• After Mastodons and Mammoths, a Transformed Landscape
• Paleontologists Find Extinction Rates Higher in Open-Ocean Settings During Mass Extinctions

Posted November 19, 2009:

• Is 80-Year-Old Mistake Leading to First Species to Be Fished to Extinction?

Posted November 18, 2009:

• Extinct Moa Rewrites New Zealand's History

Posted November 16, 2009:

• New Climate Treaty Could Put Species at Risk, Scientists Argue

Posted November 14, 2009:

• Africa's Rarest Monkey Had an Intriguing Sexual Past, DNA Study Confirms

Posted November 11, 2009:

• Warm-Blooded Dinosaurs Worked Up A Sweat

Posted November 6, 2009:

• 'Duck-Billed' Dinosaurs: Last European Hadrosaurs Lived In Iberian Peninsula
• Can Biodiversity Persist In The Face Of Climate Change?

Posted November 4, 2009:

• Timber Harvest Impacts Amphibians Differently During Life Stages

Posted November 2, 2009:

• Data Point To Some Improvements In China's Environment

Posted October 29, 2009:

• Global Warming Cycles Threaten Endangered Primate Species
• Fishery Impact Test Developed

Posted October 28, 2009:

• What Are Coral Reef Services Worth? $130,000 To $1.2 Million Per Hectare, Per Year

Posted October 27, 2009:

• Endemic Birds Thrive On Timor-Leste's 'Lost World' Mountain
• First Ever Method To Genetically Identify All Eight Tuna Species
• Catching A Killer One Spore At A Time: Monitor The Spread Of A Deadly Frog Disease

Posted October 26, 2009:

• Marine Lab Team Seeks To Understand Coral Bleaching
• Ancient 'Monster' Insect: 'Unicorn' Fly Never Before Observed
• Sage-Grouse Populations In US Intermountain West May Be Threatened By Energy Development, Study Predicts
• Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Among Healthiest Coral Reefs In Gulf Of Mexico

Posted October 23, 2009:

• Ancient Bison Genetic Treasure Trove For Farmers

Posted October 21, 2009:

• Scientists Discover Largest Orb-Weaving Spider

Posted October 20, 2009:

• Carbon-Offsetting And Conservation Can Both Be Winners In Rainforest
• Shark Teeth Provide Key To North Sea’s Climatic Past
• Killer Algae: Key Player In Mass Extinctions
• Conservation: Minimum Population Size Targets Too Low To Prevent Extinction?
• Last Chance To Save Rare Asian Animal From Extinction?

Posted October 18, 2009:

• Do Three Meals A Day Keep Fungi Away? Protective Effect Of Being Warm-Blooded

Posted October 15, 2009:

• Global Seed Banking Milestone Celebrated

Posted October 14, 2009:

• New Type Of Flying Reptile: Darwin's Pterodactyl Preyed On Flying Dinosaurs
• World Will Miss 2010 Target To Stem Biodiversity Loss, Experts Say

Posted October 13, 2009:

• Long Feared Extinct, Rare Bird Rediscovered
• First Neotropical Rainforest Was Home Of The Titanoboa World's Biggest Snake
• Sex In The Caribbean: Environmental Change Drives Evolutionary Change, Eventually
• Orangutans Unique In Movement Through Tree Tops

Posted October 8, 2009:

• Early Hominid First Walked On Two Legs In The Woods

Posted October 6, 2009:

• Black Rat Does Not Bother Mediterranean Seabirds

Posted October 3, 2009:

• Quick Rebound From Marine Mass Extinction Event, New Findings Show
• Coral Bleaching Increases Chances Of Coral Disease

Posted October 2, 2009:

• New Ancient Fungus Finding Suggests World's Forests Were Wiped Out In Global Catastrophe

Posted October 1, 2009:

• Ancient Rainforests Resilient To Climate Change
• Rediscovering The Dragon's Paradise Lost: Komodo Dragons Most Likely Evolved In Australia, Dispersed To Indonesia

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