First Evidence That Wildlife Corridors Boost Biodiversity, Study Says
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A five-year study of South Carolina pine forests offers proof of the widely practiced but controversial theory that corridors linking nature reserves help species diversity.
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Reseachers have linked the survival of the Acacia tree to Africa's big browsing mammals
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Their decaying carcasses gave a super-size boost in nutrients to forest soil and stimulated seed and nitrogen production in a plant important to the forest ecosystem, researchers reported in Friday&#39;s issue of the journal Science.
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Many more species are probably yet to be found in pristine jungle in Indonesia's Papua province, where two mammals believed to be new to science were discovered in June, an Indonesian zoologist and a conservationist said.
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Ecology SNP backs controversial reintroduction of keystone species at three small lochs
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Science & environment: Â· Biodiversity Action Plan list doubles in size Â· House sparrow, cuckoo and hedgehog added
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By BOB HAYWOOD  A QUIET revolution among the birds and the bees is changing the face of wildlife in the Midlands.   This year's blazing hot summer - against a background of global warming - has brought exotic new species to the region which have not been seen for centuries, or ever.
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Global warming could cut a swathe through the planet's species over the coming centuries, warns a study released Wednesday that shows a link between rising temperatures and mass extinctions reaching back half a billion years.
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Madagascar moves to protect its remarkable biodiversity, more than trebling the area of forest and wetland in special reserves.
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Spreading plantations are blamed for a threat to wildlife.
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A growing number of wild and exotic animals are being spotted  roaming free in the UK, a survey shows.
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North American wildlife species  ranging from butterflies to red fox are scrambling to adapt to  Earth's rising temperatures and may not survive, according to a  study released on Monday.
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Scientists have discovered 11 new species of plants and animals in Vietnam, including a snake, two butterflies and five orchid varieties, the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) said Wednesday.
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About 10,000 roam the wilds of Africa. Conservation programs are coordinating efforts to boost that number.
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Sept. 23, 2004 - Cougars, wolves, lions and other predators inflict relatively few losses on livestock and farmers gain only a temporary boost if these marauders are culled, the British weekly New Scientist announced Wednesday.
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Population sprawl is not only affecting wildlife habitat, but also drastically reducing opportunities to fish and hunt.
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Walking leashed dogs along woodland paths leads to a significant reduction in the number and diversity of birds in the area, a new study suggests.