Top 10 New species Named by Conservation Group - Sci-Tech Today
26 May 2012, 1:37 am
A sneezing monkey and a fungus named for a popular TV cartoon character are on a list of the top 10 new species described in 2011, U.S. researchers say. A beautiful but venomous jellyfish, a night-blooming orchid and an ancient walking cactus creature are ...

Pennsylvania Mystery species - The Answer - Patriot-News Blogs
25 May 2012, 10:59 pm
Pennsylvania Mystery species, a weekly, serial contest about the wild things and wild places of Pennsylvania, concludes today with the answer. Daily Monday through Friday, new clues are offered to help readers frame their guesses about the ...

Sarus cranes seen in Pakistan after a decade - DAWN Group
25 May 2012, 9:41 pm
A lone pair sighted in Nagarparkar this year is a hope that the rare bird species may become part of Pakistan’s landscape again. But this can happen only if people develop a love for this beautiful and delicate creature and start protecting it.

Once-Rare Butterfly species Now Thrives, Thanks to Climate Change - Scientific American
24 May 2012, 3:58 pm
The once rare brown argus butterfly is on the move, expanding its range and numbers in the U.K.—and it’s all thanks to climate change. Thus far, the world’s climate has warmed roughly 0.8 degree Celsius over the course of the last century ...

Factors behind past lemur species extinctions put surviving species in 'ecological retreat' - EurekAlert
23 May 2012, 12:17 pm
New research out today on the long-term impact of species extinctions suggests that the disappearance of one species does not necessarily allow remaining competitor species to thrive by filling now-empty niches. Instead, in University of Cincinnati-led ...

Creating a Legacy on Endangered species Day - Huffington Post
18 May 2012, 11:55 am
Today marks one of the least known, but most significant, holidays of the entire year -- Endangered species Day. Launched by the United States Senate, the annual event takes place the third Friday in May and is celebrated by thousands of people throughout ...

Bioinformatics: We Can Learn a Lot from Other species - Science Daily
17 May 2012, 7:56 pm
ScienceDaily (May 17, 2012) — Researchers at the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute have confirmed the long-held belief that studying the genes we share with other animals is useful. The study, published ...

Invasive species Awareness Day’ - TheInterMountain.com
16 May 2012, 9:41 am
Elkins Mayor Duke Talbott declared May 15, 2012, the second annual "Invasive species Awareness Day" to raise community members' awareness of the importance of stopping the spread of invasive species. Mayor Talbott's proclamation stated, "Each person in ...

Endangered species Chocolate Announces Winner of Feel Good Moment Sweepstakes - Yahoo Finance
15 May 2012, 7:55 am
INDIANAPOLIS, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/-- Endangered species Chocolate (ESC) is pleased to announce Kate Higgins as the winner of their Feel Good Moment Sweepstakes. The Facebook sweepstakes took place over a three week period and had ...

One Quarter Of Grouper species Being Fished To Extinction - Terra Daily
15 May 2012, 4:06 am
Groupers are among the highest priced market reef species (estimated to be a multi-billion dollar per year industry), are highly regarded for the quality of their flesh, and are often among the first reef fishes to be overexploited. Groupers, a family of ...