Latest Conservation biology Stories

April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A new study from researchers at the University of Auckland, Griffith University and the University of Oxford has debunked claims that most species will go extinct before they can be discovered. "Surprisingly, few species have gone extinct, to our knowledge. Of course, there will have been some species which have disappeared without being recorded, but not many we think," Professor Nigel Stork, Deputy Head of the Griffith School of...

Eligible tribal producers encouraged to apply before Feb. 15, 2013, deadline DAVIS, Calif., Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting applications for the California Tribal Initiative, a partnership effort with Tribal Nations in California to help tribal farmers and ranchers put additional conservation on the ground. This initiative is funded through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and is being...

NEVADA CITY, Calif., Jan. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Ocean Foundation together with Marine Ventures Foundation has a film premiering in the Wild And Scenic Film Festival on the morning of January 12(th) in Nevada City, California. "A Changing Delta" follows the story of Colorado River Delta in Mexico, its once prosperous environmental, cultural and economic contributions from its unfortunate neglect to the present day restoration efforts. (Logo:...

HomeAndRecreation.org continues its mission of bringing socially conscious information to readers by covering climate change warnings from conservationist Scott Tucker. (PRWEB) January 06, 2013 An article recently published on the recreation website HomeAndRecreation.org takes a look at the announcement by conservationist Scott Tucker that the numbers of tropical fish located in the Long Island Sound are increasing. This prompted the website to take a stronger stance in incorporating...

Australian farmers and scientists working together have developed a world-first approach to restoring native landscapes on a large scale and measuring their recovery. In one of the largest conservation projects of its type in the world, environmental researchers have developed a new, lost-cost, system for monitoring the recovery of wildlife and native trees and grasses on 153 farms spread over 172,000 square kilometers of the critically endangered grassy woodlands of NSW and Queensland....

Provides scientists and policymakers with insights for selecting and managing conservation areas How can a square meter of meadow contain tens of species of plants? And what factors determine the number of species that live in an ecosystem? Science journal has defined this as one of the 25 most important unresolved questions in science, both for its importance in understanding nature and due to the value of natural ecosystems for mankind. The value of goods and services provided by natural...

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online In an impassioned plea to raise awareness and funding for species conservation, two Australian scientists argue that society may have to prioritize endangered species and possibly allow some of them to become extinct because of a lack of funding for conservation efforts. University of Melbourne professor Michael McCarthy and Hugh Possingham of University of Queensland and Australia’s Council Centre of Excellence for Environmental...

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Ecologists have collected massive amounts of data over the past 130 years and a research team led by University of Copenhagen scientists has used that wealth of information to redraw a Victorian map used to illustrate the geographic distribution of animals. The original map by the renowned English naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, with assistance from Charles Darwin, has been in use since it was drawn up in 1874, when it established...

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A United Nations-sponsored study has developed a new method to monitor global bee populations. The method, which will see regular bee counts over a five year period, should also serve as an early warning system alerting scientists to dangers threatening the world’s food and economic system. The work has been spearheaded by San Francisco State University Professor of Biology Gretchen LeBuhn. She and her colleagues, who published...

DENVER, Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A ranch east of Denver which scientists say is one of the world's best places to study evidence of the extinction of the dinosaurs is being permanently protected, three conservation organizations announced today. "This will be a great place for children to learn about dinosaurs, what caused their extinction, and for more scientific research," said Justin Spring, The Trust for Public Land project manager who led the protection effort....