conservation Archives

Some Corals Are Adapting to Global Warming. Some Aren’t.

03/05/2017

WCS coral expert finds that some reefs were less sensitive to warming water over time...

Stop Playing God! The Downside to Resurrecting Extinct Species

03/03/2017

Resurrecting extinct species might come at a terrible cost ...

Dani, West Papua, 2014 © Magda Zelewska / www.magdazelewska.com

Survival International Photo Competition

02/03/2017

Call for entries to Survival International's competition for images showing tribal peoples in their natural environment...

Cutting Trees to Save Trees. A Central Africa Paradox

19/01/2017

Risk of tree species disappearing in central Africa 'a major concern,' say researchers ...

Don’t Tell the Japanese. New Ways of Tracking Blue Whales

02/12/2016

New forecast tool helps ships avoid blue whale hotspots ...

Seismic Surveys Stop Sea Turtles Shagging

29/11/2015

Marine airgun noise could cause turtle trauma ...

Horny by name, not by nature. Breeding the Colorado Bighorn

27/07/2015

The health of Colorado's bighorn sheep population remains as precarious as the steep alpine terrain the animals inhabit...

goby by Carole Baldwin and Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Institution

Meet the Deepwater Goby Fish that Science Missed

22/07/2015

By thoroughly investigating reef ecosystems that lie just below shallow coral reefs, describing new species, documenting depth ranges of new and known species, we are providing the baseline...

Balearic shearwater by Beneharo Rodríguez

Drop that Glowstick! Light Pollution Threatens Balearic Birds

15/06/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”A/dropcapn ecological reason for Ibiza clubbers to ditch the ubiquitous LED bikini. At last. Could someone please come up with a convincing...