News articles tagged with 'conservation' (Page 43)
New tool for marine conservation
— 3 Jul 2007 02:36 | BiologyIn the current issue of BioScience, Mark D. Spalding of The Nature Conservancy and fourteen colleagues from around the world describe a new biogeographic classification of the world's…
Viable tiger populations, tiger trade incompatible
— 5 Jun 2007 17:39 | EnvironmentIn the cover story of this month's BioScience journal, leading tiger experts warn that if tigers are to survive, governments must stop all trade in tiger products from wild and captive-bred…
New animal species discovered in Suriname rainforest
— 4 Jun 2007 16:03 | BiologyScientists exploring the remote highlands of eastern Suriname discovered 24 species believed to be new to science, including a frog with florescent purple markings and other amphibians,…
Threats to wild tigers rising
— 1 Jun 2007 11:51 | EnvironmentThe wild tiger now occupies a mere 7 percent of its historic range, and the area known to be inhabited by tigers has declined by 41 percent over the past decade, according to an article…
DNA studies can help conservation efforts in Africa
— 23 May 2007 02:15 | EnvironmentTracing the evolutionary history of wildlife could improve global habitat conservation, a major Cardiff University study has found. Researchers in the School of Biosciences analysed…
Nesting ground of rare softshell turtle found in Cambodia
— 17 May 2007 14:00 | BiologyOne of the worlds largest and least studied freshwater turtles has been found in Cambodias Mekong River, raising hopes that the threatened species can be saved from extinction. Scientists…
The mountain gorillas of Uganda increase in number
— 20 Apr 2007 22:10 | BiologyThe most recent census of mountain gorillas in Ugandas Bwindi Impenetrable National Park - one of only two places in the world where the rare gorillas exist - has found that the population…
Twenty of world's 162 grouper species threatened with extinction
— 22 Mar 2007 12:15 | BiologyThe first comprehensive assessment of the worlds 162 species of grouper, a culinary favorite and important commercial fish, found that 20 are threatened with extinction unless proper…
New species of snapper discovered in Brazil
— 13 Mar 2007 18:50 | BiologyA popular game fish mistaken by scientists for a dog snapper is actually a new species discovered among the reefs of the Abrolhos region of the South Atlantic Ocean. The international…