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Saving Seeds the Right Way Can Save the World's Plants
Aug 01, 2014 (SPX)
Exotic pests, shrinking ranges and a changing climate threaten some of the world's most rare and ecologically important plants, and so conservationists establis...
Decades-old amber collection offers new views of a lost world
Aug 01, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists are searching through a massive collection of 20-million-year-old amber found in the Dominican Republic more than 50 years ago, and the effort is yie...
Chinese mosquitos on the Baltic Sea
Aug 01, 2014 (SPX)
The analysis of the roughly 3,000 pieces is still in its infant stage. But it is already evident that the results will be of major significance. "Amazingly ofte...
Major turtle nesting beaches protected in one of the UK's far flung overseas territories
Aug 01, 2014 (SPX)
But on the remote UK overseas territory of Ascension Island, one of the world's largest green turtle populations is undergoing something of a renaissance. Writi...
Bees able to spot which flowers offer best rewards before landing
Aug 01, 2014 (SPX)
Bumblebees are able to connect differences in pollen quality with floral features, like petal colour, and so land only on the flowers that offer the best reward...
Marine pest provides advances in maritime anti-fouling and biomedicine
Aug 01, 2014 (SPX)
A team of biologists, led by Clemson University associate professor Andrew S. Mount, performed cutting-edge research on a marine pest that will pave the way for...
No walk in the park for S. Africa's embattled game rangers
Aug 01, 2014 (AFP)
The game ranger with a rifle slung across his shoulders follows a bush trail through South Africa's famed Kruger national park, alert to the slightest sound or ...
Evolution in rainforest flies points to climate change survival
Jul 31, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists believe some tropical species may be able to evolve and adapt to the effects of climate change. The new findings published in the journal, Proceeding...
Dinosaurs fell victim to perfect storm of events
Jul 29, 2014 (SPX)
Dinosaurs might have survived the asteroid strike that wiped them out if it had taken place slightly earlier or later in history, scientists say. A fresh study ...
Poachers threaten new slaughter of S.Africa elephants
Jul 29, 2014 (AFP)
Rangers in South Africa's Kruger national park, already struggling to cope with well-armed rhino poachers, said Tuesday they were preparing to face a new onslau...
Invertebrate numbers nearly halve as human population doubles
Jul 29, 2014 (SPX)
Invertebrate numbers have decreased by 45% on average over a 35 year period in which the human population doubled, reports a study on the impact of humans on de...
Great apes face extinction: conservationist Jane Goodall
Jul 29, 2014 (AFP)
The world's great apes face extinction within decades, renowned chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall warned Tuesday in a call to arms to ensure man's closest relative...
Bacteria manipulate salt to build shelters to hibernate
Jul 29, 2014 (SPX)
For the first time, Spanish researchers have detected an unknown interaction between microorganisms and salt. When Escherichia coli cells are introduced into a ...
Four billion-year-old chemistry in cells today
Jul 25, 2014 (SPX)
Parts of the primordial soup in which life arose have been maintained in our cells today according to scientists at the University of East Anglia. Research publ...
Giant anteaters kill two hunters in Brazil
Jul 25, 2014 (AFP)
Giant anteaters in Brazil have killed two hunters in separate incidents, raising concerns about the animals' loss of habitat and the growing risk of dangerous e...
Leaf-mining insects destroyed with the dinosaurs, others quickly appeared
Jul 25, 2014 (SPX)
After the asteroid impact at the end of the Cretaceous period that triggered the dinosaurs' extinction and ushered in the Paleocene, leaf-mining insects in the ...
Seals forage at offshore wind farms
Jul 24, 2014 (SPX)
By using sophisticated GPS tracking to monitor seals' every movement, researchers have shown for the first time that some individuals are repeatedly drawn to of...
How honey bees stay cool
Jul 24, 2014 (SPX)
Honey bees, especially the young, are highly sensitive to temperature and to protect developing bees, adults work together to maintain temperatures within a nar...
Radio frequency ID tags on honey bees reveal hive dynamics
Jul 24, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists attached radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags to hundreds of individual honey bees and tracked them for several weeks. The effort yielded two d...
As humans multiply, bugs decline and conflict spikes
Jul 24, 2014 (AFP)
As the number of humans on Earth has nearly doubled over the past four decades, the number of bugs, slugs, worms and crustaceans has declined by 45 percent, res...
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