Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Cracking the mystery of bird egg colour

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The vibrant colors of many birds’ eggs, particularly those that are blue to blue-green have eluded evolutionary functional explanation. It...
Saturday, May 28, 2016

Sharks of the same species can have different personalities- An interesting study

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A new study by E. E. Byrnes and C. Brown has come out with the finding that Sharks have individual personalities. The authors write  “...
Friday, May 27, 2016

Are you a young blue solution provider? Here is a golden opportunity to promote the projects of young people

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The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) Marine Young Professionals Task Force...
Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Best practice for minimizing drone disturbance to wildlife in biological field research

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 Researchers Jarrod C. Hodgson and Lian Pin Koh writing in the Cell Press journal Current Biology  on May 23 say that steps should be tak...
Monday, May 23, 2016

A suggestion to use perceptions as evidence in conservation practice

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Using perceptions as evidence to improve conservation and environmental management Nathan James Bennett Conservation Biology, Volume 3...
Friday, May 20, 2016

IUCN World Conservation Congress 2016 – A Gentle Reminder

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Early-bird registration ends May 31st  11 days left to take advantage of early bird offers. Register by May 31st to take advantag...
Tuesday, May 17, 2016

6th WORLD CONGRESS ON MOUNTAIN UNGULATES - Third announcement

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6 th  WORLD CONGRESS ON MOUNTAIN UNGULATES and  5 th  INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MOUFLON Organized by the Ministry of Interior with the...
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Sunday, May 15, 2016

Community wisdom and conservation

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The contribution of community wisdom to conservation ecology Martin Predavec, Daniel Lunney,Ben Hope, Eleanor Stalenberg, Ian Shannon,...
Friday, May 13, 2016

Portable nanopore DNA sequencers to combat wildlife crime

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DNA sequencing device, the MinION  an innovation of  University of Leicester,  developed by Oxford Nanopore Technologies  to read the ...
Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Rescue role for wolverines

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Alaskan conservationists are training wolverines to sniff out humans trapped in debris and avalanches. Wolverines have incredible power of ...
Monday, May 09, 2016

Worldwide Leopards have lost nearly 75 percent of their historic range

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According to a paper published in the scientific journal PeerJ . Leopard ( Panthera pardus ), has lost as much as 75 percent of its histor...
Saturday, May 07, 2016

Bee inspired breakthrough in the development of autonomous robots

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Scientists at the University of Sheffield have created a computer model mimicking how bees avoid hitting walls. This they expect will pave...
Friday, May 06, 2016

Stunning Alien-like jellyfish discovered

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A stunning alien-like jellyfish has been discovered on the Enigma Seamount near the Mariana Trench, located in the Pacific Ocean between ...
Thursday, May 05, 2016

Researchers' understanding of the Long-eared bats' flying technique could lead to better drones

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According to a study by researchers at Lund University in Sweden understanding of the Long-eared bats  ' flying technique could be sig...
Wednesday, May 04, 2016

6th WORLD CONGRESS ON MOUNTAIN UNGULATES – SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT

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Message from Dr Eleftherios Hadjisterkotis, Chairman of the Organizing Committee Participation fee is free for the scientists who are go...
Tuesday, May 03, 2016

Sea Urchin inspired space exploration device

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A team of engineers and marine biologists from the University of California have devised a tool, taking inspiration from sea urchins’ ( St...
Sunday, May 01, 2016

The wonderful world of fireflies

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I just finished reading Silent Sparks , a beautiful book about fireflies, borrowed from a visiting American friend. In  Silent Sparks ...
Friday, April 29, 2016

Convincing evidence to show that drones can add substantial value to long-term ecological monitoring by providing low cost, high resolution data

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Seeing the forest from drones: Testing the potential of lightweight drones as a tool for long-term forest monitoring Jian Zhang,Jianbo H...
Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Ravens and crows may be just as clever as chimps, new study suggests

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A new study by researchers at Lund University in Sweden suggests that corvid birds can be as clever as chimpanzees, despite having much sm...
Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Large animals play a key role in mitigating climate change in tropical forests

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Experts from 15 institutions, including the Faculty of Biological Sciences at the University of Leeds and the National Centre for Biologic...