New Species Found in the Greater Mekong Region

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Species Stabilized 8 Million Years After Permian Extinction

A succession of boom-and-bust cycles occurred immediately after the event

Genomic 'Dark Matter' Identified

Genomic 'Dark Matter' Identified

Researchers cross-referenced data from 29 species

Each Meerkat Has an Individual Voice

Each Meerkat Has an Individual Voice

Researchers finally unlock communications mystery

Global Warming Will Be Merciless to Slow Critters

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

Adapting to Heat Is Key to Species' Survival

Global warming will increase global temperatures considerably

Aging May Be an Evolutionary Adaptation

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

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

Chimpanzees Cooperate Only When They Have To

New study challenges established data on these primates

Studies Will Look at How Humans Interact with Their Environment

Studies Will Look at How Humans Interact with Their Environment

A federal agency in the US will provide millions of dollars in funds

Instance of Co-Evolution Spotted in Humans and Chimps

Instance of Co-Evolution Spotted in Humans and Chimps

The species display similar methylation and gene sequences

 
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