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Bird speciations made clear
Posted Wed, 01 Jan 2014 15:59:00 GMT by Dave ArmstrongWe can catalogue all the live and some extinct species on earth. The sooner we know all those insects and marine creatures, the quicker we can deal with conservation management in the most efficient ways possible.
Bird speciations made clear
Spider silk bridges rivers
Posted Sat, 28 Dec 2013 13:55:00 GMT by Paul RobinsonWhere else and what else and who else could you get across a surging river? Well maybe some humans, but not many!
Spider silk bridges rivers
Uruguayan fish show how they evolve
Posted Tue, 24 Dec 2013 08:33:31 GMT by Dave ArmstrongFish diversify into thousands of species, especially cichlids in African lakes. Mammals and birds can show equal diversity sometimes, so it would be intriguing to find more vertebrate classes subjected to investigations such as these, proving some genetic matches for lost and current animals we want to know more about.
Uruguayan fish show how they evolve
Coastal Use and Enjoyment
Posted Thu, 19 Dec 2013 10:55:00 GMT by JW DoweyDo you go to your nearest coastal area in order to feel better? Maybe a rare visit, if its far away. Well in some regions the sea is almost on all sides, so how do people treat this asset and how do they feel about using their marine environment?
Coastal Use and Enjoyment
Manakins are athletic tropical courters
Posted Wed, 18 Dec 2013 12:00:00 GMT by Dave ArmstrongBirds are known for putting a lot of effort into their mating displays. In the tropics however, energy is at a premium, and sexual selection has been known to be more or less illogical in the abnormal effects it has on male display!
Manakins are athletic tropical courters
Remember November? it was HOT
Posted Wed, 18 Dec 2013 08:00:00 GMT by Colin RickettsDid you ever wonder if a politician understands global warming, or if they simply bow to pressure groups?
Remember November? it was HOT
Recycling, waste and profit
Posted Mon, 16 Dec 2013 16:30:00 GMT by Paul RobinsonWhy not recycle in the same way as many motor manufacturers already do? We apparently have yet another dumping problem, highly illegal and causing health and safety problems in many countries. All because we are so greedy for the latest phone or tablet!
Recycling, waste and profit
Turtle conservators needed (we mean you)
Posted Sun, 15 Dec 2013 16:40:00 GMT by JW DoweyProtected as they are by soft, hard or leathery shells, you would expect one of our most ancient vertebrates to be safer. But no. The turtles (and the tortoises) are among the most likely to disappear for ever, after 65 million years, at least, on earth. They need help, but quickly, just like many more iconic and obvious species.
Turtle conservators needed (we mean you)
Bee visitors and their policing
Posted Thu, 12 Dec 2013 11:45:00 GMT by Dave ArmstrongWhen bees visit, they could be cuckoo bees, or neighbours trying to lay their worker eggs, disrupting the small colony. Airport checks are much more chemical and careful than ours!
Bee visitors and their policing
Chameleon aggressive display change
Posted Wed, 11 Dec 2013 09:10:00 GMT by Colin RickettsThe way in which cephalopods and chameleons communicate is colour-based. More study is needed on how much information is passed on. The physiology, the status and the drive can be explained now by rate change and colour brightness in different parts of the anatomy
Chameleon aggressive display change
Energy on the cheap
Posted Tue, 10 Dec 2013 16:35:00 GMT by Dave ArmstrongWhat to do? Our governments insist we should use new forms of fossil fuels to maintain the energy capacity we have always had. But how many in those governments have any knowledge of the chemistry, the environmental science or even the health effects. Basically, none!
Energy on the cheap
Records of recent conservation in America
Posted Mon, 09 Dec 2013 13:49:00 GMT by Paul RobinsonThe empty wildernesses are filling up with corn monoculture once again. The US record for conservation has been good recently, with iconic species saved, but with low human populations, the wolf, the bear and the tiny members of food webs should be able to rest easy in large stretches of their habitat with great National Parks set aside exclusively for them.
Records of recent conservation in America
Many earthquakes are made by humans!
Posted Sun, 08 Dec 2013 14:59:31 GMT by JW DoweyThe foresight of some geologists has adjusted our treatment of politicians on several energy extractions and reservoir projects. They seem to be correct in blaming earthquakes on human interference, but can Chinese, Spanish or New Zealand politics afford to take note of dire warnings?
Many earthquakes are made by humans!
Tuna need conservation-what do Fisheries Commissions do?
Posted Sat, 07 Dec 2013 11:59:00 GMT by Colin RickettsWith populations in the Atlantic very low, the bulk of the Japanese expensive taste for tuna is catered for in the distant Pacific islands. The need is to regulate these small ports and stop the rot before 2 more species become simply another gap in the ecosystem.
Tuna need conservation-what do Fisheries Commissions do?
There's an elephant in the room/bush
Posted Fri, 06 Dec 2013 08:11:30 GMT by Dave ArmstrongWe really can't avoid following the wise words of Dr.Mike Chase unless we really are willing to live without many of the most important life forms ever evolved.
There's an elephant in the room/bush
To bee or not to bee (again)
Posted Sun, 01 Dec 2013 15:30:00 GMT by Paul RobinsonWhen will the bees and other helpful insects be protected in the same way as (some) mammals and birds? It's obvious that the fruit industries will collapse without them, so for the most selfish of reasons, we know we have to try and preserve these species. Unfortunately, there are always those who suffer from short sight, or simply greed for bigger and bigger short-term profits.
To bee or not to bee (again)
Future energy from photosynthetic protein
Posted Fri, 29 Nov 2013 13:30:01 GMT by JW DoweyWhen the world looks back on the Age of Dirty Energy, fossil fuels will be a laugh. How will we manage our individual and corporate needs for electricity when finally a choice of renewables becomes available? What choices will there be?
Future energy from photosynthetic protein
Patter of peripatus feet
Posted Wed, 27 Nov 2013 11:30:00 GMT by Dave ArmstrongNot well known or noticed, some of the oldest landlubbers on the planet are fascinating as well as useful. They show us when and how the continents spread out in this paper. Have a look at the Onychophora, the velvet 'worms' or Peripatidae!
Patter of peripatus feet
IUCN Endangered List Latest
Posted Tue, 26 Nov 2013 11:20:00 GMT by Paul RobinsonThe wonder of a beautiful sea monster is never lost, but while some species like the great leatherback turtle have varying fortunes, many birds and others are in the process of disappearing for ever.
IUCN Endangered List Latest
Superman releases turtle after plastic ingestion.
Posted Tue, 26 Nov 2013 09:02:39 GMT by Colin RickettsYet again, the Hainan group of seaturtles911 get a recovered turtle into the sea, after she was found emaciated and hungry in the Pacific. Finally we get up-to-date with these busy conservationists.
Superman releases turtle after plastic ingestion.
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