News articles tagged with 'captivity'
Max Planck researchers urge more prominent role for zoos
— 18 Mar 2011 15:24 | BiologyOf around seven land vertebrate species whose survival in the wild is threatened one is also kept in captivity. These and other data on the protection of species in zoos and aquaria…
Researchers support the future of eel
— 7 Jul 2010 13:21 | EnvironmentThe reproduction of eels in captivity has become an important research focus due to the severe decline of the natural stocks. Leading scientists from European research institutes and…
Discovery of how coral reefs adapt to global warming could aid reef restoration
— 24 Jun 2010 11:28 | EnvironmentDiscoveries about tropical coral reefs, to be published on 23 June 2010, are expected to be invaluable in efforts to restore the corals, which are succumbing to bleaching and other…
Prawnography shows captive bred prawns lack lust
— 4 Mar 2009 18:40 | BiologyA Queensland University of Technology researcher has filmed hours of prawn 'sex tapes' to find out why prawns bred in captivity did not go on to breed well…
Flawed US regulations on captive tigers
— 1 Aug 2008 19:34 | EnvironmentHuge gaps in U.S. regulations could make tigers held in captivity a target for illegal trade, wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC and WWF found in the first-ever report into captive…
World's only captive hairy-nosed otter gets new home
— 19 Jun 2008 15:02 | EnvironmentThe world's only known hairy-nosed otter in captivity, one of the rarest and little known of otter species, got a new home and a Buddhist blessing. Dara, a frisky young male rescued…
Hope is reborn for the European sea sturgeon
— 24 Sep 2007 18:18 | EnvironmentA first release of 3000 European sea sturgeons, Acipenser sturio, took place today in Dordogne, in the Saint-Jean-de-Blaignac, Pessacsur-Dordogne sector, with Madame Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet,…
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