conservation

New threats to wild bees identified

Posted in Featured, Science on 6th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller

Wild bumblebees are becoming infected with many of the diseases found in honeybees looked after by bee keepers.

Yosemite reports rare red fox sightings

Posted in Featured, Science on 29th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

The first sightings of a Sierra Nevada red fox in nearly 100 years: One of the rarest animals in North America, with a population of only about 50 animals.

Oceans facing wildlife Armageddon:

Posted in Science on 21st Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

'We are falling off a mass extinction cliff, but we're not there yet'

Nearly half of crucial planet stability systems compromised

Posted in Featured, Science on 18th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

Almost half of the processes that are crucial to maintaining the stability of the planet have become dangerously compromised by human activity.

Scientists race to save 'books' in the burning 'library of life'

Posted in Science on 30th Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller

Researchers have developed a cost-effective way to save a wide range of threatened species, including rare old ones that may be costly too protect.