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Bluefin tuna on edge of extinction, environmentalists warn - Yahoo! NewsAn international fisheries group set up to protect Atlantic tuna has done the opposite and driven one species of the fish, the bluefin, to the edge of extinction, environmentalists said Thursday. On the eve of a 10-day meeting in Brazil of the International Commission for the Conservation of ...
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Coral reefs inspire rare consensus -- just save themOne of the first set of studies to examine what tourists and recreation enthusiasts actually think about coral reef ecosystems suggests they are a rare exception to controversies over human use versus environmental conservation - their stunning beauty is so extraordinary that almost everyone ...
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Caught in the act: Scientists find butterflies splitting into two speciesPolymorphic mimicry in Heliconius cydno alithea in western Ecuador, where the white form mimics the white species Heliconius sapho and the yellow form mimics the yellow species Heliconius eleuchia. Credit: Marcus Kronforst and Krushnamegh Kunte Breaking up may actually not be hard to do, say ...
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Bacteria 'invest' wisely to survive uncertain times, scientists reportLike savvy Wall Street money managers, bacteria hedge their bets to increase their chances of survival in uncertain times, strategically investing their biological resources to weather unpredictable environments. In a new study available online and featured on the cover of today's issue of ...
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Oldest Preserved Spider Web Dates Back to Dinosaurs | Wired Science | Wired.comThe world’s oldest known spider web has been discovered on a beach in Sussex, England, trapped inside an ancient chunk of amber. Scientists found the rare amber fossil in December, and have now confirmed that it contains remnants of spider silk spun roughly 140 million years ago by an ancestor ...
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2Hyenas Surprisingly Good at Cooperative Tasks | LiveScienceIntelligence, including cooperation, continues to "spread" - actually be shown to be more WIDE spread than previously supposed.JDP added 5 weeks ago
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Travel | Adventurous spirit required for travel in Venezuela | Seattle Times NewspaperApart from the crocodiles, piranha fish, anaconda snakes and blood-sucking ants and mosquitoes, sounds fantastic.Murray Peat added 7 weeks ago
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2PNNL: Newsroom - Scrubbing sulfurWhatcha bet "we the people" give this away for free AND THEN pay for it twice by granting "pollution credits" and tax breaks to those industries that employ it! As opposed to say, the motorcycle helmet approach for individuals where one gets fined if they don't buy AND use one! Ain't it ...JDP added 2 months ago
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2Whales Might Be as Much Like People as Apes | Wired Science | Wired.comShould "canabalism" for higher-level ["thinking"] species be defined as eating other higher-level species?JDP added 4 months ago
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2Underweight and extremely obese die earlier than people of normal weight, study findsSo starving (and becoming underweight) may NOT be a way to longer life! IN FACT, being slightly "overweight" MAY BE (mainly later in life)!JDP added 4 months ago
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