Wildlife populations plunge 73% since 1970: WWF
Wild populations of monitored animal species have plummeted over 70 percent in the last half-century, according to the latest edition of a landmark assessment by WWF published on Thursday......»»
Baby beaver sighting inspires hopes of a California comeback
Bill Leikam was reviewing footage from a wildlife camera he placed along a Palo Alto creekbed recently when something unfamiliar scampered across the screen......»»
New analysis reveals the differing threats to African lion populations
New research published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, reveals alarming data about dwindling lion populations in Africa but gives new insight into conservation strategies......»»
Farms with natural landscape features provide sanctuary for some Costa Rica rainforest birds
Small farms with natural landscape features such as shade trees, hedgerows and tracts of intact forest provide a refuge for some tropical bird populations, according to an 18-year study in Costa Rica......»»
South Africa"s great white sharks are changing locations—they need to be monitored for beach safety and conservation
South Africa is renowned for having one of the world's biggest populations of great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias). Substantial declines have been observed, however, in places where the sharks normally gather on the coast of the Western Cape p.....»»
Australian 10-year feral cat plan: A step closer to protecting endangered wildlife
Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has released a draft feral cat management plan......»»
Scientists find new strains of influenza A virus in pigs, potentially posing a pandemic risk
Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and their collaborators have uncovered several previously unknown strains of swine flu viruses that have been circulating unnoticed in Cambodian pig populations over the past 15 years, potentially posing a pand.....»»
Creating the tools to conserve our wildlife
The sixth mass extinction is currently happening on Earth. Rapid biodiversity loss is affecting every corner of the globe, as species of plants, mammals, fish, and reptiles disappear due to the changing climate. While much of the climate crisis and b.....»»
Alaskan fishers fear another bleak season as crab populations dwindle in warming waters
Gabriel Prout worked four seasons on his father's crab boat, the Silver Spray, before joining his two brothers in 2020 to buy a half-interest plus access rights for a snow crab fishery that's typically the largest and richest in the Bering Sea. Then.....»»
Study of northern gannets shows evidence of behavioral lateralization when plunge diving
A team of biologists affiliated with several institutions in Britain and Ireland, has found that northern gannets exhibit a type of behavioral lateralization when plunge diving. In their study, reported in the journal Biology Letters, the group caugh.....»»
GPS helps to monitor compliance with environmental law in new study
Researchers from Spain have demonstrated how equipping wildlife with GPS devices can help enforce environmental laws. The findings are published in a Journal of Applied Ecology study......»»
Belgium struggles with spread of "invasive" raccoons
Belgian forest ranger Thierry Petit can barely keep pace with call outs to deal with raccoons, a North American species branded an invasive threat to Europe's indigenous wildlife......»»
Farms that create habitat key to food security and biodiversity
It seems intuitive that forests would provide better habitat for forest-dwelling wildlife than farms. Yet, in one of the longest-running studies of tropical wildlife populations in the world, Stanford researchers found that over 18 years, smaller far.....»»
After studying more than 1,500 coastal ecosystems, researchers say they will drown if we let the world warm above 2C
Much of the world's natural coastline is protected by living habitats, most notably mangroves in warmer waters and tidal marshes closer to the poles. These ecosystems support fisheries and wildlife, absorb the impact of crashing waves and clean up po.....»»
Study connects greenhouse gas emissions to polar bear population declines
New research from the University of Washington and Polar Bears International in Bozeman, Montana, quantifies the relationship between greenhouse gas emissions and the survival of polar bear populations. The paper, published online Aug. 31 in Science,.....»»
Want to fight climate change? Don"t poach gorillas (or elephants, hornbills, toucans, etc.)
Here's a climate solution we can all get behind: don't kill elephants. Or poach gorillas—or wipe out tapirs, hornbills, or other large-bodied wildlife that eat fruit and disperse large seeds. That's because a new paper by the Wildlife Conservation.....»»
A synthetic RNA export system reveals the dynamic lives of cells and suggests direction for new therapeutics
Cells change dynamically over time during embryonic development and aging, and in diseases such as inflammation and cancer. Some populations expand, others decline. The ability to track these changes over time, without killing the cells being measure.....»»
Monarch butterfly nowhere to be found in some state wildlife action plans, new research shows
The monarch butterfly is one of the most widely recognized and admired creatures native to North America......»»
SARS-CoV-2: How the history of human populations influences their immune response
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the clinical spectrum observed among people infected with SARS-CoV-2 ranged from asymptomatic carriage to death. Researchers at the Institut Pasteur, the CNRS and the Collège de France, in collaboration with researchers.....»»
Researchers: Urbanization amplifies climate change through increased soil emissions
Increasing populations and the search for social and economic opportunities are driving people to move from rural to urban areas. Approximately four percent of the global area is urbanized and half of the world's population lives in urban areas. Natu.....»»
Leakage or spillover? Conservation parks boost biodiversity outside them, but there"s a catch, new study shows
It's easy to assume protected areas such as national parks conserve wildlife—that seems obvious. But what is the proof? And how does park success vary across different ecosystems—in deserts versus tropical rainforests, or wetlands versus oceans?.....»»