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Want to Count Wild Tigers? Go to YouTube

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Wildlife Conservation Society’s India Program (WCS - India) has released a unique training video on YouTube that showcases the latest scientific methods for estimating the numbers of wild tigers and their prey.





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Asian Elephants

Jumbo-sized discovery made in Malaysia

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created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New data released today by the Wildlife Conservation Society and Malaysia's Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) reveals that a population of endangered Asian elephants living in a Malaysian park ...


Tracking tigers in 3-D

Tracking tigers in 3-D

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New software developed with help from the Wildlife Conservation Society will allow tiger researchers to rapidly identify individual animals by creating a three-dimensional model using photos taken by remote ...


Arctic oil: A boon for nest predators

Arctic oil: A boon for nest predators

Biology / Ecology

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

A new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and other groups reveals how oil development in the Artic is impacting some bird populations by providing "subsidized housing" ...


New monkey discovered in Brazil

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced today the discovery of a new monkey in a remote region of the Amazon in Brazil.


The straight poop on counting tigers

The straight poop on counting tigers

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced today a major breakthrough in the science of saving tigers: high-tech DNA fecal sampling.


The bird is not completely bald but has a narrow line of hair-like feathers down the centre of its crown

Bizarre bald bird discovered

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An odd songbird with a bald head living in a rugged region in Laos has been discovered by scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and University of Melbourne, as part of a project ...


Golf course: Playing fields, wildlife sanctuaries or both

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created Dec 03, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

"FORE"...Though they may not help improve a person's golf game, stream salamanders might change the way golfers think about the local country club in the near future, following a new University of Missouri study.


Kenya's national parks not free from wildlife declines

Kenya's national parks not free from wildlife declines

Biology / Ecology

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

Long-term declines of elephants, giraffe, impala and other animals in Kenya are occurring at the same rates within the country's national parks as outside of these protected areas, according to a study released ...


Scientists identify 'DNA barcodes' to help track illegal trading of wildlife products

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from several institutions including the University of Colorado at Boulder have sequenced DNA "barcodes" for as many as 25 hunted wildlife species, providing information that can be used to better ...


Rare crocs found hiding in plain sight in Cambodia (AP)

Rare crocs found hiding in plain sight in Cambodia

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Conservationists searching for one of the world's most endangered crocodile species say they have found dozens of the reptiles lounging in plain sight - at a wildlife rescue center in Cambodia.



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