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Scientific American, 2012-02-03
With cold weather absent from much of the U.S. Northeast this year, what does a groundhog's shadow mean anymore?
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Scientific American, 2012-02-03
A warming ocean is encouraging the growth of coral in the far Southern Hemisphere, overriding any effects of "acidification"
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Scientific American, 2012-02-03
The death of an adult female kakapo (Strigops habroptila) on New Zealand’s Anchor Island this past weekend brings the population of these rare flightless parrots down to just 127 birds.
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United Press International (UPI), 2012-02-03
PUERTO MOLDONADO, Peru, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- A wealth of new, previously undocumented species have been discovered in a protected national park in southeastern Peru, wildlife conservationists say.
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New Scientist, 2012-02-03
Malaria kills almost twice as many people worldwide as the World Health Organization estimates, according to a major study that is causing a stir this week. It claims a staggering eight times as many adults die of the disease in Africa as the WHO says.
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Guardian (UK), 2012-02-03
Scientists in Cape Cod are trying to determine what is causing dolphins to swim dangerously close to shore, with more than 100 becoming stranded in the last three weeks.
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ABC News (Australia), 2012-02-03
Jellyfish might be able to shut down a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, but they are not taking over the world's oceans and turning them into slime, say scientists.
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Winnipeg Free Press, 2012-02-03
VANCOUVER - Fisheries management in Canada places too much discretion in the hands of the federal minister, conferring "czar-like" powers that have meant the country has lagged far behind others in protecting its oceans, says a study by an expert panel of some of Canada's most distinguished scientists.
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United Press International (UPI), 2012-02-03
NEW YORK, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Humpback whales on both sides of the southern Indian Ocean are singing different tunes, a totally unexpected finding, U.S. researchers say.
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Inter Press Service News Agency, 2012-02-03
OUAGADOUGOU , Feb 2, 2012 (IPS) - The story of a pair of buffalo aggressively prowling the edges of a village in eastern Burkina Faso is a warning sign of severe water stress in the region which threatens humans and wild animals alike.
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Guardian (UK), 2012-02-03
Evidence gathered by one of prince's charities hailed as rare piece of good news for world's dwindling fish stocks
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Guardian (UK), 2012-02-02
Leading scientists, including climate change experts, complain about opinion piece akin to 'dentists practising cardiology'
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SciDev.net, 2012-02-02
The Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund (NPIF) — has announced its first beneficiary: a project exploring Panama's natural resources for use in the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries.
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Scientific American, 2012-02-02
ScienceDaily (Feb. 1, 2012) — Yellow-cedar, a culturally and economically valuable tree in southeastern Alaska and adjacent parts of British Columbia, has been dying off across large expanses of these areas for the past 100 years. But no one could say why -- until now.
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Science Daily, 2012-02-02
ScienceDaily (Feb. 1, 2012) — Blooms, or proliferation, of jellyfish have shown a substantial, visible impact on coastal populations -- clogged nets for fishermen, stinging waters for tourists, even choked intake lines for power plants -- and recent media reports have created a perception that the world's oceans are experiencing increases in jellyfish due to human activities such as global warming and overharvesting of fish.
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BBC News, 2012-02-02
A huge crustacean has been found lurking 7km down in the waters off the coast of New Zealand.
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Newstrack India, 2012-02-02
Naharlagun, Feb 1: The Hornbill Nest Adoption Programme (HNAP), a novel idea of Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Tana Tapi to conserve and protect hornbill nests in the fringe forest area outside Pakke Tiger Reserve and Wildlife Sanctuary (PTRWS) in East Kameng District, is attracting tourists not only from India, but also from other countries as well.
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Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), 2012-02-02
DO WE need to release elephants into the Australian bush? Maybe we do, ecologist David Bowman suggests. He thinks we need to consider such extreme measures to bring stability to the nation's disrupted ecosystems.
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Mongabay.com, 2012-02-02
New photos provide visual evidence of just how close the long-isolated tribe of Mashco-Piro people in the Amazon rainforest are to being contacted by the outside world—a perilous moment for tribes highly susceptible to disease and likely to defend their people and territory with weapons.
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Mongabay.com, 2012-02-02
Around 80 percent of the Andes' most biodiverse and important ecosystems are unprotected according to a new paper published in the open-access journal BMC Ecology.
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Science Daily, 2012-02-02
ScienceDaily (Feb. 1, 2012) — To generate phylogenetic trees and investigate relationships between organisms, scientists usually look for similarities and differences in the DNA.
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ABC News (Australia), 2012-02-02
Australia could introduce large herbivores such as elephants as part of a radical biological solution to the problem of wild fires and invasive species, says one expert.
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CTV (Canada), 2012-02-01
Research shows northern forests in the three prairie provinces are drying up and shrinking from drought caused by climate change, while the eastern boreal forest is holding its own.
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Wall Street Journal (USA), 2012-02-01
Do you consult your dentist about your heart condition? In science, as in any area, reputations are based on knowledge and expertise in a field and on published, peer-reviewed work. If you need surgery, you want a highly experienced expert in the field who has done a large number of the proposed operations.
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Reuters, 2012-02-01
China began Wednesday streaming live video footage of its pandas around the world via webcam in an attempt to boost awareness of conservation efforts for its beloved but endangered animal ambassadors.
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Cape Argus (Cape Town), 2012-02-01
Three rhino poachers have been sentenced to 25 years each by the Phalaborwa Regional Court, with SA National Parks saying this was an indication SA was taking more stringent measures to clamp down on the scourge.
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Physorg, 2012-02-01
The Cross River gorilla, the most endangered great ape in Africa, is seen here in Cameroon's Limbe Wildlife Center. Images of wild Cross River gorillas are rare, due to the rugged terrain in which they exist and the great ape's elusive behavior. Credit: Nicky Lankester
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Viet Nam News, 2012-02-01
DA NANG — Authorities at central Da Nang City's Ba Na Nature Reserve have been urged to build more zoos and aviaries to ensure better protection for endangered species in the area.
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BBC News, 2012-02-01
It is 100 years since the first of these appealing, but invasive, rodents was recorded in the UK.Black and grey squirrels are the same species, so the project also aims to find out if these darker, less common squirrels carry the "grey squirrel pox" which infects the UK's red squirrels.
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Environmental News Network (ENN), 2012-02-01
GLOUCESTER, Mass. (January 31, 2012) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association today designated the Atlantic sturgeon an endangered species, providing it greater legal protections, following a petition the Natural Resources Defense Council submitted in September 2009.
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