News articles tagged with 'conservation'
Alternative animal feed part of global fisheries crisis fix: UBC study
— 18 Nov 2009 11:40 | EnvironmentFinding alternative feed sources for chickens, pigs and other farm animals will significantly reduce pressure on the world's dwindling fisheries while contributing positively to climate... — full story
Penguins and sea lions help produce new atlas
— 17 Nov 2009 16:59 | BiologyRecording hundreds of thousands of individual uplinks from satellite transmitters fitted on penguins, albatrosses, sea lions, and other marine animals, the Wildlife Conservation Society... — full story
Cautious conservation: How to ensure that slowing global warming will protect biodiversity
— 17 Nov 2009 12:34 | EnvironmentWhile it is clear that massive destruction of tropical rainforests poses a serious threat to the incredibly rich biodiversity found on Earth, other hazards are not so explicit. An international... — full story
Falling Amazon deforestation rates create opportunity for other damaged forests
— 15 Nov 2009 16:46 | EnvironmentFewer trees were cut down in the Amazon this year, creating an opportunity to apply sound government policies to halt deforestation in other damaged forests, WWF says... — full story
Joint forces to prevent extinction of smallest rhino in the world
— 15 Nov 2009 14:26 | BiologyInternational scientists and zoo experts started together with Malaysian governmental and conservation organisations an extensive programme to protect the Sabah rhino... — full story
First evidence for a second breeding season among migratory songbirds
— 28 Oct 2009 11:48 | BiologyBiologists for the first time have documented a second breeding season during the annual cycle of five songbird species that spend summers in temperate North America and winters in... — full story
Are US and European plovers really birds of a feather?
— 23 Oct 2009 11:41 | BiologyThe Kentish-Snowy Plover, a small shorebird found in the US and Europe, is suffering from an identity crisis after scientists at the Universities of Bath and Sheffield found genetic... — full story
Promises to be more environmentally friendly are honoured in practice
— 23 Oct 2009 11:11 | EnvironmentWhoever promises in public to behave in a more environmentally friendly manner usually does this as well. This also applies to agrarian nature conservation says Dutch researcher Anne... — full story
Museums increasingly turn to scientists to preserve treasures
— 22 Oct 2009 07:55 | ChemistryMuseums are increasingly seeking help from chemists in an effort to understand and preserve the artistic and cultural heritage of the treasures in their collections. That's the topic... — full story
Catching a killer one spore at a time
— 20 Oct 2009 12:11 | BiologyA workshop at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama has dramatically improved the ability of conservationists and regulatory agencies to monitor the spread of chytridiomycosis... — full story