June 4, 2009
| Posted in Environment and Society
The Australasian Bat Society predicts that the Christmas Island Pipistrelle bat has less than six months left until extinction, unless measures are taken immediately to set-up a captive breeding population.
June 3, 2009
| Posted in Environment and Society
Watch any nature documentary and it’s sure to include pulse-pounding footage of large herbivores migrating across African plains, Asian steppe, or the Arctic tundra.
June 1, 2009
| Posted in Environment and Society
It is unlikely that world governments will keep their pledge to protect 10 percent of every ecological region by 2010, according to a new study published in Biological Conservation.
May 31, 2009
| Posted in Environment and Society
Restoration efforts can return polluted or degraded landscapes to previous states in less than a lifetime, according to study Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
May 28, 2009
| Posted in Environment and Society
A dirt road that had bisected Lake Kuyucuk in Turkey’s Kars Province has been turned into an island for birds to breed safely away from livestock, foxes, and humans.
May 26, 2009
| Posted in Environment and Society
An interview with Alvaro del Castillo, director of Proyecto Asís in Costa Rica.
May 25, 2009
| Posted in Environment and Society
Climate change is expected to cause widespread disruptions to ecosystems and their resident species. Some creatures will go extinct, others will expand their ranges and thrive.
May 25, 2009
| Posted in Environment and Society
Commercial wildlife farms are not alleviating pressure on wild populations as claimed by proponents, but exacerbating the problem
May 22, 2009
| Posted in Environment and Society
The first global report on the state of shellfish was released today at the International Marine Conservation Congress in Washington, DC.
In May 2008 the Bush Administration listed the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The listing immediately received allegations of being politically biased and not based on sound science.
