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Forestry's Waste Wood Offers Habitat for Small Forest-Floor Animals
October 24, 2012 — The wood that remains after a tree harvesting operation is often burned to reduce the hazard of fire or is removed for bioenergy production. But another option should be considered—leaving the ... > full story -
Majority of Roadkill Amongst Vertebrates in Catalonia, Spain, Are in Protected Areas
October 24, 2012 — Amphibians are the vertebrate group that is more likely to become roadkill in Catalonia, even more so than reptiles, mammals and birds. This is the case according to an international team of ... > full story -
Fossil Study Helps Pinpoint Extinction Risks for Ocean Animals: When It Comes to Ocean Extinctions, Range Size Matters Most
October 23, 2012 — What makes some ocean animals more prone to extinction? An analysis of roughly 500 million years of fossil data for marine invertebrates reveals that ocean animals with small ranges have been ... > full story -
Helping North America's Marine Protected Areas Adapt to a Changing Climate
October 23, 2012 — The Commission for Environmental Cooperation has published Scientific Guidelines for Designing Resilient Marine Protected Area Networks in a Changing Climate in collaboration with the International ... > full story -
Genetic Patterns of Deep-Sea Coral Provide Insights Into Evolution of Marine Life
October 23, 2012 — The ability of deep-sea corals to harbor a broad array of marine life, including commercially important fish species, make these habitat-forming organisms of immediate interest to conservationists, ... > full story -
New Technique to Grow Black Truffles
October 23, 2012 — Researchers have found beneficial effects of the Pseudomonas fluorescens bacterium for the colonization of the black truffles on the pine roots. These results can be promising to enhance the ... > full story -
Scientists Seek National Wildlife Conservation Network
October 22, 2012 — Wildlife conservation efforts in the United States are facing habitat loss, climate change and major reductions in funding. To address these threats, a group of prominent wildlife biologists and ... > full story -
Climate Change Threatens Marine Environment in the Baltic Sea
October 22, 2012 — At the end of the 21st century, the temperature in the Baltic Sea will be higher and the salt content lower than at any time since 1850. If no action is taken, there may be major consequences for the ... > full story -
Bowhead Whales: Ancient DNA Sheds Light on Arctic Whale Mysteries
October 19, 2012 — Scientists have published the first range-wide genetic analysis of the bowhead whale using hundreds of samples from both modern populations and archaeological sites used by indigenous Arctic hunters ... > full story -
Evolution: New Understandings of How Populations Change Over Time
October 19, 2012 — Since 1859, when Darwin’s classic work “On the Origin of Species” was published, we have known that populations change over the course of time. The ability to adapt to ... > full story
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