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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
Biologists Names New Spider After Neil Young
A biologist has brought his
admiration of Neil Young to
a whole new class. Or
species, to be exact. A
professor of biology has
named a newly discovered
... > 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
Legless Lizard And Tiny Woodpecker Among New Species Discovered In Brazil
Researchers discovered a
legless lizard and a tiny
woodpecker along with 12
other suspected new species
in Brazil's Cerrado, one of
... > 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 -
Building A Global Reference Library Of DNA Barcodes Of Marine Life
April 23, 2008 — The global Fish Barcode of Life Initiative plans to collect at least five representatives each of all 30,000 plus marine and freshwater species in the world. FISH-BOL is part of the global Consortium ... > full story -
Hawaiian Plant, Thought To Be Newcomer, Actually Shaped Ecology Of The Islands From The Beginning
April 18, 2008 — One of Hawaii's most dominant plants, Metrosideros, has been a resident of the islands far longer than previously believed. Metrosideros, commonly called "ohi'a" in the Hawaiian Islands, has puzzled ... > full story -
Scripps Oceanography Invites Donors To Name An Ocean Species
April 9, 2008 — Every year scientists discover new species of marine life from deep within the vast global oceans. Each of these new discoveries adds to the catalog of known organisms on Earth, and deepens the ... > full story -
First Lungless Frog Discovered
April 8, 2008 — Researchers have confirmed the first case of complete lunglessness in a frog. The little aquatic frog apparently gets all the oxygen it needs through its skin. Previously known from only two ... > full story -
Tiny Bug Found In Grand Canyon Region Cave Suggests Big Biodiversity
April 8, 2008 — The discovery of a new genus of a tiny booklouse from a northern Arizona cave may lead to further protection for cave ecosystems. This is the third new genus of invertebrates found by the same two ... > full story -
Evolution Of New Species Slows Down As Number Of Competitors Increases
March 28, 2008 — Molecular evidence provides strong evidence that speciation rates slow down through time. New species seem to appear less and less as the number of species in a region approaches the maximum number ... > full story -
Parasitic Worm May Be More Widespread Than Previously Thought
March 21, 2008 — A new genetic analysis suggests that the parasitic worm Schistosoma mekongi is more widespread than previously thought. According to the study, the human population at risk of infection could be up ... > full story -
New Bird Species Discovered
March 17, 2008 — The discovery of a new bird comes with a twist: It's a white-eye, but its eye isn't white. Still, what this new bird lacks in literal qualities it makes up for as one of the surprises that nature ... > full story -
Rare North Island Brown Kiwi Hatches At Smithsonian's National Zoo
March 17, 2008 — One of the world's most endangered species -- a North Island brown kiwi -- has just hatched at the Smithsonian's National Zoo Bird House. Keepers had been incubating the egg for five weeks, following ... > full story
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