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Long-lived deep-sea fishes imperiled by technology, overfishing

...from the depths of the world's oceans are severely threatened by over-fishing and the species' ability to recove...lder fish may have an even greater impact on these threatened populations because older fish are more likely to breed successfully than younger fish. "When you...

A rarity among arachnids, whip spiders have a sociable family life

...ch other or their mother. Now and then, the mother threatened Rayor. The adolescents, though, tended to scurry away and hide when faced with threat. While sharing prey is an advantage for other arachnids with social tendencies, Rayor said she has yet to witness amblypygids intentionally sharing prey. More tha...

New sucker-footed bat discovered in Madagascar

...oast of Africa, remains one of the most critically threatened areas in the world, in terms of biodiversity. Madagascar has a higher level of endemism (with plants and animals found nowhere else) than any other landmass in the world of comparable size. "Still today, you can go out and discover things in Madagas...

Cambodian vulture nests offer hope for species

... slender-billed vultures, one of the world's most threatened bird species. Found in heavily forested country ...mazingly, there were also a host of other globally threatened species of birds and primates. It's a very special place." Chansocheat's team immediately set-up...

Row over study puts Korea's scientific community under scrutiny again

...ditor in chief of Fertility and Sterility has been threatened with legal action by Dr Cha, and that one of Dr Cha's co-authors on the disputed paper, Dr Sook Hwan Lee, has been charged with criminal copyright infringement. Dr Kim told the BMJ that the paper had begun life as his PhD thesis and that there wer...

Rare soft-shell turtle, nesting ground found in Cambodia

...in Cambodia’s Mekong River, raising hopes that the threatened species can be saved from extinction. Scientists ...llus Sp., along with surviving populations of such threatened species as terns, fish eagles, green peafowl, otters and silvered leaf-monkeys. More than 180 fish s...

DNA analysis suggests under-reported kills of threatened whales

...d to the International Whaling Commission ?putting threatened populations of coastal minke whales further at ris... shore than other minke breeds, and were hunted to threatened levels until the IWC passed a moratorium on commercial whaling in 1986. Though it is illegal to d...

Amphibians in losing race with environmental change

...n Earth, 43 percent are in decline, 32 percent are threatened and 168 species are believed extinct. The impacts of changes are far more pervasive on amphibians than many other vertebrates, such as birds or mammals. "Historically, amphibians were adept at evolving to deal with new conditions," Blaustein said....

Philandering female felines forgo fidelity

...for conservation efforts for the species, which is threatened by a number of human-related causes. Further, cheetahs have always existed in low densities, due to competition from larger predators such as the lion and hyena. “Our study shows that more fathers are contributing to the next generation than we thoug...

The kapok connection -- Study explains rainforest similarities

...vides vital information for one of the most highly threatened areas of the planet, tropical rainforests," said Sam Scheiner, program director in NSF's Division of Environmental Biology, which funded the research. "In order to plan for and mitigate global climate change, we need to understand the history of life...

Caribbean frogs started with a single, ancient voyage on a raft from South America

...s have the highest proportion of amphibian species threatened with extinction. Hedges and coauthor William Duellman, a professor emeritus of the University of Kansas, were involved in much of the field work. A third co-author of the study is Penn State graduate student Matthew Heinicke, who performed DNA sequ...

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