Appetite for shark fin soup serious risk to threatened sharks
Fishing pressure on threatened shark populations has increased dramatically in recent years and it is urgent that consumers reject shark fin products altogether, new...
Heat-related deaths likely to increase significantly as global temperatures rise, warn researchers
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Kidney stones have distinct geological histories
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Climate change may drive 10 percent of amphibian species in the Atlantic Rainforest to...
Climate conditions forecast for 2050 and 2070 will be potentially lethal to species less adapted to climate variation, according to Brazilian researchers.
Global coastal wetlands need to move inland in fight against climate change
Up to 30 per cent of coastal wetlands could be lost globally by the year 2100 with a dramatic effect on global warming and...
Rural and urban communities need different policies to boost economic mobility
The farther away from a city a person is raised, the more likely they are to climb the economic ladder, according to economists, who...
The world needs death and decomposition
Thanks to a new study, scientists now have a better way to investigate decomposing plants' and animals' contributions to the ecosystem.
Turtle species in serious decline: Broad ecological impacts
About 61 percent of the world's 356 turtle species are threatened or already extinct, and the decline could have ecological consequences, according to a...
Fire weather prediction improving
Scientists have created a new fire-weather prediction tool that works with the same weather models that are used every day in fire weather forecasts,...
In drought and heavy rains, ecosystems function like information communication networks
How is a telecommunications network like an ecosystem? Tree canopies and the running streams below, or coral reefs and the ocean waters that flow...
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Gorillas, rhinos, lions and more will soon become extinct without immediate action
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He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs."
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The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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