Aug. 11, 2016 — Global change will strike the oldest and most complex ecosystems of the world hardest, regardless of their past stability, warn experts in a new ...
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Aug. 10, 2016 — The Endangered Species Act was enacted by Congress in 1973 to protect species threatened with extinction. To receive protection, a species must first be listed as endangered or threatened. A two-year ...
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Aug. 10, 2016 — Scientists have revealed goblin sharks' 'slingshot feeding' mechanism, which involves high-speed protrusion of their jaws. Goblin sharks have revealed a remarkable biting mechanism, ...
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Aug. 10, 2016 — Scientists have discovered a new species of colorful songbird in the Galápagos Islands, with one catch: it's extinct. Researchers used molecular data from samples of museum specimens to ...
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Aug. 9, 2016 — As more of Southeast Asia's forests are cleared for tree plantations, a study finds that 42 percent of mammal, bird and amphibian species endemic to the region's forests face a higher risk ...
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Aug. 9, 2016 — Researchers have sequenced mitochondrial DNA from museum specimens of rare species of deer. Analysis of partial nucleotide sequences has enabled the team to refine our picture of the evolutionary ...
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Aug. 9, 2016 — Invasive plants are a problem around the world, but are they just a nuisance or are they killers? So far there are no documented cases of native plants becoming extinct purely because of an alien ...
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Aug. 8, 2016 — Looking different to your parents can provide species with a way to escape evolutionary dead ends, according to new ...
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Aug. 8, 2016 — Scientists have identified four new pathogens previously not found in Australian chilies, raising the stakes for the country's quarantine and disease resistance ...
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Aug. 3, 2016 — The golden tegu lizard, previously thought to be a single species, may actually comprise four distinct clades, including three new cryptic species, according to a new ...
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Aug. 2, 2016 — A team of scientists have undertaken detective work to trace the origin of the first orangutan specimen to be scientifically named<em> Pongo pygmaeus</em>. By tracing the history of the ...
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Aug. 3, 2016 — A research group has described and named a new species of ant from Hong Kong, Paratopula bauhinia, or the rare "Golden Tree ...
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Aug. 1, 2016 — New research finds that choosing how to meet bioenergy goals means making trade-offs about which wildlife species and ecosystems will be most impacted. The work focuses on the southeastern United ...
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July 28, 2016 — Even if people completely stopped converting tropical forests into farmland, the impacts of tropical deforestation would continue to be felt for many years to come. That's the conclusion of ...
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July 28, 2016 — Tomato plants deter attacks from a parasitic plant that's known to ravage crops by detecting one of its peptides, a new study ...
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July 28, 2016 — Underneath the waves of Palikir Pass, one of the world's top surf breaks in the Pacific Ocean, lies a new safe zone which aims to ensure the survival of local fisheries and the species that are ...
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July 28, 2016 — A research team uses the example of the acacia to show how interaction between native and invasive species varies. Their findings are outlined in a new ...
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July 27, 2016 — A team of conservation biologists is calling for a worldwide strategy to prevent the unthinkable: the extinction of the world's largest mammal ...
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July 27, 2016 — A decision by the US Fish and Wildlife Service to remove the gray wolf from protection under the US Endangered Species Act may be made as early as this fall. Research presents strong evidence that ...
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July 27, 2016 — The dragons from 'Game of Thrones' have come to life in insect form. New ant species that appear dragon-like due to their large and distinctive spines were recently found in the tropical ...
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Paleontologists Discover Major T. Rex Fossil
Europe's Oldest Known Living Inhabitant
Edible Food Packaging Made from Milk Proteins
Modifying a Living Genome With Genetic Equivalent of 'Search and Replace'
Ancient Air Pockets Changing the History of Earth’s Oxygen
The Demise of the Maya Civilization: Water Shortage Can Destroy Cultures
Arctic Gives Clues on Worst Mass Extinction of Life
Fungi Recycle Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Batteries
An Ancient Mayan Copernicus
Tool or Weapon? Research Throws Light on Stone Artifacts' Use as Ancient Projectiles
Blue-Eyed Humans Have a Single, Common Ancestor
Recent Connection Between North and South America Reaffirmed
A Mammoth Undertaking: Can De-Extinction Be Ecologically Responsible?
300 Teeth: Duck-Billed Dinosaurs Would Have Been Dentist’s Dream
Well-Wrapped Feces Allow Lobsters to Eat Jellyfish Stingers Without Injury
Mutually Helpful Species Become Competitors in Benign Environments
Endangered Cuban Solenodon Evolved After the Extinction of Dinosaurs
BPA Can Disrupt Painted Turtles' Brain Development Could Be a Population Health Concern
Big Fish, and Their Urine, Are Key Parts of Coral Reef Ecosystems
New Tiny Species of Extinct Australian Marsupial Lion Named After Sir David Attenborough
'Cyclops' Beetles Hint at Solution to 'Chicken-and-Egg' Problem in Novel Trait Evolution
Pre-Hispanic Mexican Civilization May Have Bred and Managed Rabbits and Hares