BBC NEWS | UK | Wildlife populations ‘plummeting’

Between a quarter and a third of the world’s wildlife has been lost since 1970, according to data compiled by the Zoological Society of London.
Populations of land-based species fell by 25%, marine by 28% and freshwater by 29%, it says.
Humans are wiping out about […]

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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Tropics insects ‘face extinction’

 
Many tropical insects face extinction by the end of this century unless they adapt to the rising global temperatures predicted, US scientists have said.
Researchers led by the University of Washington said insects in the tropics were much more sensitive to temperature changes than those elsewhere.

Unlike warm-blooded […]

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Global Freshwater Team - World Wildlife Fund and The Nature Conservancy Release Map of Freshwater Systems

Freshwater Ecoregions of the World divides the world’s freshwater systems into 426 distinct conservation units, many of which are rich in species but under increasing pressure from human population growth, rising water use, and habitat alteration.

This is the first study […]

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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Flowers ‘wave’ at passing insects

By Matt Walker […]

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Listening In on a Bat Cave : NPR

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Listening In on a Bat Cave
by Jim Metzner

All Things Considered, May 6, 2008 · A mysterious disease called “white-nose syndrome” is striking down hibernating bat populations in New York State. Four […]

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