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58 Documents in this Category: Nature: Facts, Status, Knowledge at location: Earth

Blue whale protection may need to increase
New Zealand Herald -  The protection afforded to blue whales in New Zealand waters may need to be increased, now a study has found they may be more regular visitors to the ... read more
[20 May 2013] 

Urbanization and surface warming in eastern China
Terra Daily -  A recent study indicated that the urbanization in eastern China has significant impact on the observed surface warming and the temporal-spatial variat... read more
[15 May 2013] 

Ocean off the U.S. Northeast Was Warmest in 150 Years, Report Says
Yale Environment 360 -  It was also the biggest one-year increase since records were first kept in 1854... read more
[30 Apr 2013] 

Sumatran rhino population plunges, down to 100 animals
Mongabay.com -  Less than 100 Sumatran rhinos survive in the world today, according to a bleak new population estimate by experts. The last survey in 2008 estimated t... read more
[09 Apr 2013] 

Inhospitable Flows the Nile
Inter Press Service -  Nile fishermen say the river holds less fish, and less variety... read more
[01 Apr 2013] 

Freezing weather brings fresh perils for British wildlife
Guardian (London) -  Public urged to help save mammals, birds and insects whose habitats and food supplies have come under pressure... read more
[01 Apr 2013] 

Coral atoll where giant tortoises outnumber man 10,000:1
Terra Daily -  It is perhaps not surprising that there are only a handful of humans on one of the most remote islands on Earth, coral atolls far out in the turquoise... read more
[26 Mar 2013] 

Rhino census in Kaziranga amid rampant poaching
Times of India -  Kaziranga National Park authorities on Sunday launched a rhino census for a headcount. The two-day exercise will be conducted in all the five ranges ... read more
[25 Mar 2013] 

Big leopard numbers in human habitats: Study
Times of India -  Most people think of leopards as predators that live in forests except for a few that occasionally stray into human settlements. Breaking that myth, a... read more
[21 Mar 2013] 

Overfishing of small species causes jellyfish curse
Terra Daily -  Marine biologists say they have proof that excessive trawling of small fish species leads to proliferation of jellyfish, a worsening phenomenon whose ... read more
[20 Mar 2013] 

Facing extinction, conservationists call emergency summit to save Sumatran Rhino
Mongabay.com -  With the number of Sumatran Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) now under 200 and declining rapidly, a group of conservationists have organized an e... read more
[18 Mar 2013] 

A Journey to the Heart of Ecuador’s Yasuni
Yale Environment 360 -  In this Yale Environment 360 video, filmmaker Ryan Killackey travels into the heart of Yasuni with seven scientists and chronicles their work as they ... read more
[15 Mar 2013] 

Gorillas Caught in the Crossfire in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Science Daily -  The world's leading conservation organizations have joined together to fight for the survival of the Endangered Grauer's or eastern lowland gorilla (G... read more
[14 Mar 2013] 

Why did the hedgehog NOT cross the road? Because it had adapted its behaviour in order to thrive in
The Independent (London) -  The animals that share our cities are finding ways to prosper from urban living that would leave their country cousins baffled... read more
[11 Mar 2013] 

New Report Confirms Almost Half of Africa's Lions Facing Extinction
Science Daily -  A new report concludes that nearly half of Africa's wild lion populations may decline to near extinction over the next 20-40 years without urgent cons... read more
[06 Mar 2013] 

Ship Noise Makes Crabs Get Crabby
Science Daily -  A new study published in Biology Letters found that ship noise affects crab metabolism, with largest crabs faring worst, and found little evidence tha... read more
[27 Feb 2013] 

In Tibet, Change Comes to the Once-Pristine Roof of the World
Yale Environment 360 -  Renowned biologist George Schaller has been traveling to the Tibetan Plateau for nearly three decades, studying its unique wildlife. But with climate ... read more
[27 Feb 2013] 

Asiatic cheetahs: on the road to extinction?
Mongabay.com -  New road projects imperils Critically Endangered cheetah subspecies... read more
[27 Feb 2013] 

Plight of the godwits
New Zealand Herald -  Godwits fly here every year from Alaska, but new developments in China threaten their route. How many will be back? A new book reveals the threat to t... read more
[25 Feb 2013] 

 
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