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Biologists save fish after landslide

Biology / Ecology

11 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- A gigantic landslide that buried a highway, uprooted homes and rerouted a river in Washington state's Cascade Range left hundreds of smaller victims: fish.

Unknowlingly consuming endangered tuna

Biology / Ecology

Nov 19, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 2

While most of us would never willingly consume a highly endangered species, doing so might be as easy as plucking sushi from a bento box. New genetic detective work from the Sackler Institute for Comparative ...

Microorganism may provide key to combating giant salvinia throughout Louisiana

Biology / Ecology

Nov 19, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

A team of researchers at Louisiana Tech University has found that a naturally occurring microorganism acts as a natural herbicide against giant salvinia.

Save the seeds: Scientists are relocating plants that may be affected by climate change

Biology / Ecology

Nov 17, 2009 | 1 / 5 (2) | 1

As warmer temperatures threaten to devastate plant species across the globe, scientists are taking the lead by relocating plants to safer grounds, according to a recent New York Times article.

Alternative animal feed part of global fisheries crisis fix: study

Biology / Ecology

Nov 17, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Finding alternative feed sources for chickens, pigs and other farm animals will significantly reduce pressure on the world's dwindling fisheries while contributing positively to climate change, according to University of ...

Scientists Find Ozone Levels Already Affecting Soybean Yields

Biology / Ecology

Nov 17, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Current atmospheric ozone levels are already suppressing soybean yields, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and university cooperators studying the effect of global ...

Penguins and sea lions help produce new atlas

Biology / Ecology

Nov 16, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Recording hundreds of thousands of individual uplinks from satellite transmitters fitted on penguins, albatrosses, sea lions, and other marine animals, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and BirdLife ...

Cautious conservation: How to ensure that slowing global warming will protect biodiversity

Biology / Ecology

Nov 16, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

While it is clear that massive destruction of tropical rainforests poses a serious threat to the incredibly rich biodiversity found on Earth, other hazards are not so explicit. An international group of prominent scientists ...

EU: bluefin tuna catches to be reduced

Biology / Ecology

Nov 16, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- The EU Commission says over 45 countries who catch tuna have agreed to cut catches of the threatened Atlantic bluefin tuna next year.

Jellyfish swarm northward in warming world

Biology / Ecology

Nov 15, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (15) | 1

(AP) -- A blood-orange blob the size of a small refrigerator emerged from the dark waters, its venomous tentacles trapped in a fishing net. Within minutes, hundreds more were being hauled up, a pulsating ...

Federal agencies not taking chances to keep carp from invading Great Lakes

Biology / Ecology

Nov 15, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A group of federal agencies criticized in the past for failing to move quickly to stop Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes announced Friday that they're taking every precaution to keep them out, even poisoning thousands ...

Salmon migration mystery explored on Idaho's Clearwater River

Biology / Ecology

Nov 15, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Temperature differences and slow-moving water at the confluence of the Clearwater and Snake rivers in Idaho might delay the migration of threatened juvenile salmon and allow them to grow larger ...

Judge says seals can stay in California cove

Biology / Ecology

Nov 14, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- The seals can stay and play at a La Jolla swimming cove.

A biology whodunnit: are rodents helping protect trees from fire?

Biology / Ecology

Nov 12, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Tom Parker has made an unusual find. In California forests and shrubland that burned in 2008, he has spotted Manzanita seedlings sprouting in tight clusters, suggesting that the young shrubs emerged from underground ...

Warming drives off Cape Cod's namesake, other fish

Biology / Ecology

Nov 12, 2009 | 1 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- Fishermen have known for years that they've had to steam farther and farther from shore to find the cod, haddock and winter flounder that typically fill dinner plates in New England.

Cornell releases predator beetle to battle hemlock pest

Biology / Ecology

Nov 11, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell researchers released a well-studied beetle predator to test its ability to ward off a hemlock-killing aphid-like insect.

Amphibians as environmental omen disputed

Biology / Ecology

Nov 11, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Amphibians, for years considered a leading indicator of environmental degradation, are not uniquely susceptible to pollution, according to a meta-analysis to be published in Ecology Letters.

Gov't says brown pelicans are endangered no longer

Biology / Ecology

Nov 11, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Much like its death-defying dives for fish, the brown pelican has resurfaced after plummeting to the brink of extinction.