Search Results for: national park
Failing protection of Africa’s national parks
For years, biologists in Africa have known that large mammals – including antelopes and their predators - were... Read More
Eastern Africa and biodiversity
Overview of resources Nectophrynoidesvivparus is one of the few frogs that give... Read More
Huge Population Of Endangered Asian Elephants Living In Malaysian Park
New data released by the Wildlife Conservation Society and Malaysia’s Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP)... Read More
Can feces save the species?
Sniffing dogs help monitor and protect threatened animals in Brazil Arlington, Virginia (May 12, 2008) – It’s a tough... Read More
Rare Plant From Dinosaur Age
A relic plant that once co-existed with dinosaurs has taken up residence in the University of Wisconsin-Madison botany... Read More
Frozen hair holds secrets of Yellowstone grizzlies
BOZEMAN -- Locks of hair from more than 400 grizzly bears are stored at Montana State University, waiting to tell the tale... Read More
Living With Lions: How Livestock Owners Manage
There are many historical stories of shepherds and travellers encountering lions, for example the Old Testament contains... Read More
National Park
A tract of land declared by the national government to be public property.Areas of land that are earmarked for environmental... Read More
Mouse Study Trumpets New Way To Preserve Species
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- In a popular Dr. Seuss book, Horton the elephant is tricked into hatching a bird's egg. Now, in a... Read More
DOE JGI finishes 100th microbial genome
Microbes, thriving in even the world's most extreme environments, are capable of performing myriad biological functions,... Read More
Wild Tigers Need Cat Food
A landmark study by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) says tigers living in one of... Read More
Professor hopes to help high elevation pines grow
July 20, 2009 -- Thread-like fungi that grow in soils at high elevations may play an important role in restoring whitebark... Read More
Beaver Dams Create Healthy Downstream Ecosystems
Beavers, long known for their beneficial effects on the environment near their dams, are also critical to maintaining... Read More
Are Fires More Important Than Rain For The Savannah Ecosystem?
Natural grass fires are evidently more important for the ecology of savannahs than has previously been assumed. This is... Read More
One Of The World’s Rarest Rabbits Spotted In Sumatra
Hippity, hoppity…click! So went the latest appearance of one of the world’s rarest rabbits, captured on film by a... Read More
Scientists Map Soils on an Extinct American Volcano
Thousands of years after the lava cooled, soil scientists conduct sophisticated mapping of the resulting soil... Read More
Good gnus: Ruminating on conservation in Africa… ’til the cows come home
New book from WCS and IUCN looks at today's Africa, and how and where wildlife conservation can be a 'win win' land use of... Read More
Yellowstone Alga Found To Detoxify Arsenic
March 10, 2009 — Arsenic may be tough, but scientists have found a Yellowstone National Park alga that's tougher. The... Read More
Environmental Disaster in Southern Spain Compared With Cretaceous Mass Extinction
Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) have compared the disaster caused by the Aznalcóllar spillage in the... Read More
Hot springs microbes hold key to dating sedimentary rocks, researchers say
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Scientists studying microbial communities and the growth of sedimentary rock at Mammoth Hot Springs in... Read More
Intravenous immune globulin in hereditary inclusion body myopathy: a pilot study
Intravenous immune globulin in hereditary inclusion body myopathy: a pilot study Susan Sparks1 ,2, Goran Rakocevic3, Galen... Read More
Ugandan monkeys harbor evidence of infection with unknown poxvirus
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Researchers report this month that red colobus monkeys in a park in western Uganda have been exposed to an... Read More
Researchers determine why wolves not dispersing as fast as expected in Yellowstone
In 1995, 14 wolves were transferred to Yellowstone National Park in the U.S. from the Canadian Rocky Mountains, with 17... Read More
Chimpanzee study reveals genome variation ‘hot spots’
A chimpanzee mother, Miff, and her infant, Moeza, sit together at Gombe Stream... Read More
More large forest fires linked to climate change
The aftermath of the Aspen Fire, a large and severe forest fire that occurred in... Read More
Life Cycle Mapped Of Unique Organism In Extreme Environments
Microorganisms that thrive under extreme conditions, such as hot acid, not only can be used as a model for how life got... Read More
Alkaliphile
Definition noun, plural: alkaliphiles An organism that can live and thrive in an alkaline environment Supplement An... Read More
Proteins Strangle Cell During Division
December 2008 -- A Swedish research group has discovered a new mechanism for cell division in a microorganism found in... Read More
Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence: Allen Telescope Array Begins Scientific Observations
The Allen Telescope Array. (Credit: Image courtesy of SETI Institute) (Click image to... Read More
What Lurks Beneath the Swimming Spots
In the summertime, there's nothing more inviting than refreshing pools of water. Unfortunately, pools, ponds, rivers and... Read More
Conservation International and Toyota partner to protect Philippines’ rain forests
Initiative demonstrates strong tie between conservation and community development Manila, Philippines - Conservation... Read More
Winning by a neck — Giraffes avoid competing with shorter browsers
The giraffe's elongated neck has long been used in textbooks as an illustration of evolution by natural selection, but... Read More
Thermus aquaticus
Definition Noun A gram-negative thermophilic bacterium involved in the process known as the polymerase chain reaction, a... Read More
Animal Water Regulation
Homeostatic control, a set environment, and how evolution and natural selection drives a species to adapt to its environment... Read More
"We are the champions" – the new birdie song
It's not just football supporters who join together in a rousing chorus to celebrate a victory. Winning a fight also appears... Read More
Anatolian leopard
The Anatolian leopard (Panthera pardus tulliana) was once described as a distinct subspecies of leopard native to Anatolia... Read More
Hunting Martian Fossils Best Bet For Locating Mars Life, Says Researcher
Feb. 19, 2007 — Hunting for traces of life on Mars calls for two radically different strategies, says Arizona State... Read More
Museums must play a bigger role in conservation
Museums, zoos, botanic gardens must play a bigger role in conservation, says Science essay Field Museum experts call for... Read More
New marine protected area to safeguard world’s largest fish
Majority share of Belizean Island purchased for local communities July 17, 2003 (Washington, DC) – Conservation... Read More