News tagged with migratory routes

Brazil to fine Chevron $56 mn over oil spill

Brazilian authorities said Monday they planned to impose fines reaching $56 million (41 million euros) on US energy giant Chevron for an oil spill from a well off Rio de Janeiro state.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Larger Seasonal Speed Zones Could Save Whales

(PhysOrg.com) -- Larger areas of speed limits for ships around major ports could significantly help North Atlantic right whales' survival, according to a new study led by Duke University scientists.

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wiping out the world's mass migrations

Densely packed wildebeests flowing over the Serengeti, bison teeming across the Northern Plains—these iconic images extend from Hollywood epics to the popular imagination. But the fact is, all of the world's ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Study finds southern Indian Ocean humpbacks singing different tunes

A recently published study by the Wildlife Conservation Society and others reveals that humpback whales on both sides of the southern Indian Ocean are singing different tunes, unusual since humpbacks in the ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Elephant seal travels 18,000 miles

The Wildlife Conservation Society tracked a southern elephant seal for an astonishing 18,000 miles – the equivalent of New York to Sydney and back again.

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ocean cacophony a torment for sea mammals

With the constant churn of freighter propellers, the percussive thump of oil and gas exploration and the underwater din of military testing, ocean noise levels have become unbearable for some sea mammals.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Environmental conditions and predators affect Atlantic salmon survival in the Gulf of Maine

Stocks of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), which have been steadily declining for the past few decades, are facing new challenges in the Gulf of Maine, where changing spring wind patterns, warming sea surface temperatures and ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The genographic project confirms humans migrated out of Africa through Arabia

Evolutionary history shows that human populations likely originated in Africa, and the Genographic Project, the most extensive survey of human population genetic data to date, suggests where they went next. ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Whimbrel successfully negotiates most severe part of Hurricane Irene

Scientists are tracking a migrating shorebird that appears to have survived flying through the most dangerous segment of Hurricane Irene.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Lice from farmed salmon imperil wild salmon, new study confirms

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study on the impacts of lice on wild salmon published today by an independent team of academic researchers in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) confirmed what many previous ...

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Young puffins work out their own migration routes

Young Atlantic puffins migrating for the first time scout out their own routes, rather than relying on genetic programming or help from their parents, the latest study reveals.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 03, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Africanized bees in Modesto likely an isolated case

The recent confirmation of Africanized honey bees in Modesto — the first confirmed case north of Madera County — is "probably an isolated case, and there probably aren't any more Africanized honey bee colonies in ...

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created Jul 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gray whales likely survived the Ice Ages by changing their diets

(PhysOrg.com) -- Gray whales survived many cycles of global cooling and warming over the past few million years, likely by exploiting a more varied diet than they do today, according to a new study by University ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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