- Research & Tech
- By Oana Grigoras
- December 13th, 2011
New Species Found in the Greater Mekong Region
The Greater Mekong is one of the five most exposed “biodiversity hotspots” worldwide
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 2nd, 2011
How Yellowstone Wolves React to Climate Change
Studying them could provide proxies for other species as well
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 29th, 2011
Marine Biodiversity Loss Will Occur Extremely Fast
New study shows earlier predictions underestimated the phenomenon
- History
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 25th, 2011
Humans Started Fishing 42,000 Years Ago
The finding was made inside a formerly-inhabited Australian cave
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 25th, 2011
Ancient Ocean Chemistry Promoted Extreme Biodiversity
The conclusion belongs to a new scientific investigation
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 4th, 2011
Species Will Have to Move Fast to Adapt to Climate Change
Animals and plants will both need to adapt at similar paces
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 3rd, 2011
Humans Drove Herbivores Extinct at the End of Last Ice Age
Scientists established that humans and nature conspired against these species
- History
- By Tudor Vieru
- October 26th, 2011
Species Stabilized 8 Million Years After Permian Extinction
A succession of boom-and-bust cycles occurred immediately after the event
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- October 14th, 2011
Genomic 'Dark Matter' Identified
Researchers cross-referenced data from 29 species
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- October 13th, 2011
Each Meerkat Has an Individual Voice
Researchers finally unlock communications mystery
- History
- By Tudor Vieru
- October 7th, 2011
Global Warming Will Be Merciless to Slow Critters
They will die off in far greater number than their fast counterparts
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 29th, 2011
Adapting to Heat Is Key to Species' Survival
Global warming will increase global temperatures considerably
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 27th, 2011
Aging May Be an Evolutionary Adaptation
Computer model creates new perspective on old age
- History
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 26th, 2011
Brains Became Capable of Invention 75,000 Years Ago
Complex, inventive, novel brains may have appeared suddenly
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 23rd, 2011
Chimpanzees Cooperate Only When They Have To
New study challenges established data on these primates
- Behavior/Humans
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 21st, 2011
Studies Will Look at How Humans Interact with Their Environment
A federal agency in the US will provide millions of dollars in funds
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 19th, 2011
Instance of Co-Evolution Spotted in Humans and Chimps
The species display similar methylation and gene sequences