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New studies find amazing concentration of species unique to east African mountains
New studies published this month in the scientific journal Biological Conservation document an amazing concentration of over 1000 species unique—or endemic— to an area slightly larger than Rhode Island in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and Kenya.   view more (2007-01-17)

Monkey-dung study offers clues about land-use, wildlife ecology
Fecal matter of red colobus monkeys collected in western Uganda has yielded a wealth of knowledge about human land-use change and wildlife health and conservation.   view more (2006-04-07)

Students discover new species of spider
As film buffs queue to watch the new Spider-man movie, geography students from the University of Sussex have gone one better by discovering a new species of spider in the wild. The second year undergraduates were taking part in a field course to the Seychelles, one of the most biologically diverse... view more (2002-07-04)

Why conservationists should heed Pokémon
Could you tell a Pikachu from a Pidgeotto or a Jigglypuff? The average eight-year old can identify 80 per cent of all Pokémon characters – but is much less expert at identifying real wildlife species. A team of Cambridge University scientists has, found that children were much less... view more (2002-03-27)

Study explores which carnivores are most likely to kill other carnivores
Ecologists used to think of prey as the most important factor governing the structure of predator communities. However, over the past twenty years, they have increasingly recognized the importance of interspecific killing - carnivores killing carnivores - in determining ecology and behavior.   view more (2006-03-09)

UCF student's research with Disney giraffes may help conserve several species
University of Central Florida doctoral student Jennifer Fewster is studying giraffe excrement at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge in Lake Buena Vista in an effort to figure out what the animals eat in the wild and to improve the nutrition of those in captivity.   view more (2007-01-30)

Dinsaurrific!
The most comprehensive picture yet of how dinosaurs evolved has been produced by a team at Bristol University. More than 1,000 species of dinosaurs have been named since the first skeletons were dug up in the 19th century, and unravelling their patterns of evolution has been a major area of... view more (2002-04-26)

Ray of hope for vultures facing extinction
Today saw a glimmer of hope for the three species of Asian vulture threatened with extinction.   view more (2006-01-31)

Study garners unique mating photos of wild gorillas
Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have released the first known photographs of gorillas performing face-to-face copulation in the wild. This is the first time that western gorillas have been observed and photographed mating in... view more (2008-02-13)

Ouch! Taking a Shot at Plague: Vaccine Offers Hope for Endangered Ferrets in Plague Outbreak
Endangered black-footed ferrets, like children, aren't exactly lining up to be stuck with a vaccine, but in an effort to help control an extensive outbreak of plague in South Dakota, some of the ferrets are getting dosed with a vaccine given by biologists.   view more (2008-07-17)

Extinct may not be forever for some species of Galapagos tortoises
Yale scientists report that genetic traces of extinct species of Galapagos tortoises exist in descendants now living in the wild, a finding that could spur breeding programs to restore the species, The report appears in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.   view more (2008-09-23)

Scientists discover new species of Ebola virus
Scientists report the discovery of a new species of Ebola virus, provisionally named Bundibugyo ebolavirus, November 21 in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens.   view more (2008-11-21)

In a last 'stronghold' for endangered chimpanzees, survey finds drastic decline
In a population survey of West African chimpanzees living in Côte d'Ivoire, researchers estimate that this endangered subspecies has dropped in numbers by a whopping 90 percent since the last survey was conducted 18 years ago.   view more (2008-10-14)

New study explores beetle species with two forms of females
A fascinating new study from the forthcoming issue of The American Naturalist attempts to explain the mysterious persistence of two forms of females in many diving beetle populations.   view more (2006-01-25)

Reservoirs may accelerate the spread of invasive aquatic species, researchers say
Just as disturbance makes a landscape susceptible to invasion by alien plant species, the construction of reservoirs around the globe could be contributing to the accelerating spread of exotic aquatic species.   view more (2005-05-31)

NYU scientists identify how development of different species uses same genes with distinct features
Biologists at New York University have identified how different species use common genes to control their early development and alter how these genes are used to accommodate their own features.   view more (2007-04-02)

Thieves promote stable coexistence among desert rodents
The warm deserts of North America are hopping with multiple species of kangaroo rats and pocket mice despite limited seed resources.   view more (2006-07-27)

Study provides new understanding of spontaneous hybridization
Plant and animal breeders have long used hybridization to transfer useful traits between species.   view more (2006-05-11)

America's national forests landlocked by sea of development
America's national forests are beginning to resemble "islands" of green wilderness, increasingly trapped by an expanding sea of new houses, a forestry researcher will report today at the 90th annual Ecological Society of America (ESA) meeting in Montreal, Canada.   view more (2005-08-08)

Diversity in the deep blue seas
Nature magazine has published an article by Xabier Irigoien, a researcher at AZTI, the Basque Fisheries and Marine Technological Research Centre. The article provides data on the diversity of marine life at the bottom of the sea - particularly amongst algae. Species diversity Most research carried... view more (2004-06-28)

Giant panda can survive
The giant panda is not at an "evolutionary dead end" and could have a long term viable future, according to new research involving scientists from Cardiff University.   view more (2007-08-27)

Theory of oscillations may explain biological mysteries
New mathematical studies of the interactions between oscillating biological populations may shed light on some of the toughest questions in ecology, including the number and types of species in an ecosystem, according to an article in the December 2006 issue of BioScience.   view more (2006-12-04)

Climate change opens new avenue for spread of invasive plants
Plants that range northward because of climate change may be better at defending themselves against local enemies than native plants.   view more (2008-11-20)

Avian Persistence in Fragmented Rainforest
Loss and deterioraton of indigenous habitat increasingly affect natural populations worldwide. As a result of these processes, new selection pressures are imposed upon organisms, increasing local extinction rates. Simultaneously, reduced movement among remnant patches lowers colonisation rates and... view more (2002-11-08)

Diversity of plant-eating fishes may be key to recovery of coral reefs
For endangered coral reefs, not all plant-eating fish are created equal. A report scheduled to be published this week in the early edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that maintaining the proper balance of herbivorous fishes may be critical to restoring... view more (2008-10-09)
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