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Scientists find that rain may not always be a welcome thing to waterbirds
Jun 14, 2012 (SPX)
Scientists from the Smithsonian and colleagues have found that waterbird communities can be the "canary in the coal mine" when it comes to detecting the health ...
Feathers fly in New York goose wars
Jun 13, 2012 (AFP)
It's the battle for New York's skies -- and feathers are flying. On one side: jetliners from crowded airports. On the other: wild Canada geese. In a town that's...
A search engine for social networks based on the behavior of ants
Jun 13, 2012 (SPX)
Research at Carlos III University (Universidad Carlos III) in Madrid (Universidad Carlos III - UC3M) is developing an algorithm, based on ants' behavior when th...
Where have all the hummingbirds gone?
Jun 13, 2012 (SPX)
The glacier lily as it's called, is a tall, willowy plant that graces mountain meadows throughout western North America. It flowers early in spring, when the fi...
Knotty proteins present new puzzle
Jun 13, 2012 (SPX)
Strings of all kinds, when jostled, wind up in knots. It turns out that happens even when the strings are long strands of molecules that make up proteins. A new...
Bird Rest Stops To Be Tracked by NASA Rain Radar
Jun 13, 2012 (SPX)
At sunset on a spring night, tree-dwelling songbirds take off in a flurry of wings from the lower Delmarva Peninsula near Oyster, Va. The peninsula is a tempora...
Stealth behavior allows cockroaches to seemingly vanish
Jun 12, 2012 (SPX)
New cockroach behavior discovered by University of California, Berkeley, biologists secures the insect's reputation as one of nature's top escape artists, able ...
Climate, habitat, humans in cahoots to kill mammoths: study
Jun 12, 2012 (AFP)
Rising temperatures, changing vegetation and the spread of humans all contributed to the extinction of the woolly mammoth, according to a new study that said no...
Scientists uncover evidence of impending tipping point for Earth
Jun 11, 2012 (SPX)
A prestigious group of scientists from around the world is warning that population growth, widespread destruction of natural ecosystems, and climate change may ...
Ecologists Call for Preservation of Planet's Remaining Biological Diversity
Jun 11, 2012 (SPX)
Twenty years after the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, 17 ecologists are calling for renewed international efforts to curb the loss of Earth's biological divers...
Many questions as Rio Summit seeks to help sick planet
Jun 11, 2012 (AFP)
Twenty years ago, a burst of sunny optimism radiated from Rio de Janeiro as world leaders staged a meeting that would prove pivotal. Amid post-Cold War euphoria...
Sri Lanka holds mass baby elephant christening
Jun 10, 2012 (AFP)
Sri Lanka's main elephant orphanage staged its biggest mass christening Sunday by naming 15 baby elephants born in captivity, an official said. Thirteen babies ...
Ex-hunter thrills bird watchers on Ecuador preserve
Jun 10, 2012 (AFP)
After hunting birds for decades, Angel Paz now guides bird-watchers who flock to his forested mountain preserve in Ecuador, home to one-sixth of the world's bir...
Wales seeking Rio+20 sustainability impact
Jun 08, 2012 (UPI)
The regional government of Wales said this week it's going to work with EU president Denmark to push a strong sustainability agenda at an upcoming U.N. summit. ...
India boosts sanctuaries for endangered tiger
Jun 08, 2012 (AFP)
India has approved four new tiger sanctuaries and a "tiger corridor" in the latest of a series of measures designed to stem the decline of the threatened specie...
Some butterfly species particularly vulnerable to climate change
Jun 08, 2012 (SPX)
A recent study of the impact of climate change on butterflies suggests that some species might adapt much better than others, with implications for the pollinat...
Eagles on decline in Britain for centuries
Jun 08, 2012 (UPI)
Golden and sea eagle populations have been declining in the British Isles for 1,500 years because of human activity, a report released Friday said. The report i...
A different drummer: Stanford engineers discover neural rhythms drive physical movement
Jun 08, 2012 (SPX)
Unlike their visual cousins, the neurons that control movement are not a predictable bunch. Scientists working to decode how such neurons convey information to ...
Study suggests expanding the genetic alphabet may be easier than previously thought
Jun 08, 2012 (SPX)
A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute suggests that the replication process for DNA-the genetic instructions for living organisms that...
Neuroscientists reach major milestone in whole-brain circuit mapping project
Jun 07, 2012 (SPX)
Neuroscientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have reached an important milestone, publicly releasing the first installment out of 500 terabytes of da...
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