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Summer without the sneezes
Plants lacking allergenic proteins could mean an easier life for hay fever sufferers. Nearly 15% of the UK population suffer an annual battle with this distressing condition - starting in early spring. Forced to take steroids and immunosuppressants to battle the symptoms, most sufferers would jump at the chance of a final solution. The latest... view more... (2002-02-01)
Ground Spider Diversity Studied in Research Project
None of Takesha Henderson's discoveries are named Charlotte, but they are weaving a new chapter in Texas entomology. Her graduate studies at Texas A&M University have led to the discovery of 25 new spiders in Brazos County and one species found for the first time in Texas. view more (2007-01-02)
World's smallest snake found in Barbados
The world's smallest species of snake, with adults averaging just under four inches in length, has been identified on the Caribbean island of Barbados. The species -- which is as thin as a spaghetti noodle and small enough to rest comfortably on a U.S. quarter --was discovered by Blair Hedges, an evolutionary biologist at Penn State. view more (2008-08-04)
Risk of extinction accelerated due to interacting human threats
The simultaneous effect of habitat fragmentation, overexploitation, and climate warming could accelerate the decline of populations and substantially increase their risk of extinction, a study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B has warned. view more (2007-02-08)
Microbes, by latitudes and altitudes, shed new light on life's diversity
Microbial biologists, including the University of Oregon's Jessica L. Green, may not have Jimmy Buffett's music from 1977 in mind, but they are changing attitudes about evolutionary diversity on Earth, from oceanic latitudes to mountainous altitudes. view more (2008-08-12)
Invitation to the Media - Environmental Catastrophe Hits London
A major interdisciplinary conference on environmental catastrophes in the recent geological past will be held at Brunel University from 28 August to 2 September 2002. All media are welcome to attend, by prior arrangement with the Conference Organiser (see Further Information). Although the Conference is being promoted by the Geological Society of... view more... (2002-08-07)
heory provides more precise estimates of large-area biodiversity
Ask biologists how many species live in a pond, a grassland, a mountain range or on the entire planet, and the answers get increasingly vague. Hence the wide range of estimates for the planet's biodiversity, predicted to be between 2 million and 50 million species. view more (2009-07-10)
Discovery of new cave millipedes casts light on Arizona cave ecology
A new genus of millipede was recently discovered by a Northern Arizona University doctoral student and a Bureau of Land Management researcher. view more (2007-03-05)
Media invitation: British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, Manchester Metropolitan University, 9-11 September 2003
Get more from your trip to this year's BA Festival of Science at Salford! You are invited to attend the UK's premier ecological event, the British Ecological Society's Annual Meeting, being held just a mile away from Salford at Manchester Metropolitan University, 9-11 September 2003. Thousands of ecologists from all four corners of the globe will... view more... (2003-08-20)
"Society in Science": First Fellowships Awarded
Based at ETH Zurich, "Society in Science: The Branco Weiss Fellowship" is a significant initiative to explore the societal dimensions of cutting-edge science through a converging research agenda. Today it announced the appointment of four exceptional young natural scientists from India, Italy, Hungary and the United Kingdom as the... view more... (2003-09-16)
ESA's Medspiration project branches out to support biodiversity
Maps of the sea surface temperature around Galapagos Islands and Cocos Island in the Pacific Ocean are being produced daily and are available online in full resolution in near-real time as part of the Medspiration project, an ESA-funded effort to represent the most reliable temperature of the seas on a global basis. view more (2007-03-20)
New study uncovers major inaccuracies in global wildlife trade monitoring
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is supposed to help governments conserve endangered species by regulating the international sale and transport of wildlife. view more (2005-11-04)
Scientists discover dozens of new species in Lost World of western New Guinea
An expedition to one of Asia's most isolated jungles - in the mist-shrouded Foja Mountains of western New Guinea - discovered a virtual 'Lost World of new species, giant flowers, and rare wildlife that was unafraid of humans. view more (2006-02-07)
Underestimation of frog numbers causes concern
Frogs are vanishing from all the world's ecosystems with unprecedented speed. It is thought that more than 100 species have died out since 1980 alone. view more (2007-10-31)
New chameleon species discovered in East Africa
Dr Andrew Marshall, from the Environment Department at the University of York, first spotted the animal while surveying monkeys in the Magombera Forest when he disturbed a twig snake eating one. view more (2009-11-24)
Isolated forest patches lose species, diversity
Failing to see the forest for the trees may be causing us to overlook the declining health of Wisconsin's forest ecosystems. view more (2009-06-12)
THE ROYAL INSTITUTION AT FUTUROSCOPE
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No joy in discoveries of new mammal species -- only a warning for humanity, Paul Ehrlich says
In the era of global warming, when many scientists say we are experiencing a human-caused mass extinction to rival the one that killed off the dinosaurs, one might think that the discovery of a host of new species would be cause for joy. view more (2009-02-10)
Reforestation using exotic plants can disturb the fertility of tropical soils
In many regions of the world, the impact of human activity on the environment intensified considerably over the past century. The high world population growth rate and the expansion of areas given over to crop production associated with climatic changes (longer periods of drought, irregular rainfall patterns) induced by global warming, have... view more... (2008-05-30)
Fossil Patagonian plants show high insect feeding diversity 52 million years ago
South America has the most biodiversity of any major region today and according to an international team of researchers, that biodiversity began at least 52 million years ago. view more (2005-06-16)
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