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New Zealand Sea Lion

Getting caught in fishing nets is a major cause of death for the increasingly endangered New Zealand sea lion. This was published by researchers from the University of Otago, Massey University and the University of Toronto in the..


Continue reading 29 October 2017   7 jaar oud
cheetah

The Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) will submit their plan to the CMS COP12 wildlife summit in Manila later this month...


Continue reading 27 October 2017   7 jaar oud
forest, bos

Nature could cost-effectively deliver over a third of greenhouse gas emissions reductions required to prevent dangerous levels of global warming. This is equivalent to a complete stop to the burning of oil, worldwide...


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Koolmees met voer

A British enthusiasm for feeding birds may have caused UK great tits to have evolved longer beaks than their European counterparts, according to new research. The findings, published in Science, identify for the first time the..


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Kea

Researchers have discovered that New Caledonian crows and kea parrots can learn about the usefulness of objects by playing with them - similar to human baby behaviour...


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Egyptian goose, invasive

A new study stresses the urgent need to include more species on the EU’s 'List of Invasive Alien Species of Union Concern'. The EU leads the world in legislation to protect the economy and the environment from the threat of..


Continue reading 10 October 2017   7 jaar oud
bumble bee

New research from a team of Florida State University scientists and their collaborators is helping to explain the link between a changing global climate and a dramatic decline in bumble bee populations worldwide. ..


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Atlantic puffin

Millions of birders, hunters, fishers and outdoor enthusiasts agree: our great outdoors deserve protection...


Continue reading 03 October 2017   7 jaar oud
meerkats, stokstaartjes

Dominant female meerkats use aggression to keep subordinates from breeding, but a new study finds this negative behavior also can result in the latter becoming less willing to help within the group...


Continue reading 29 September 2017   7 jaar oud
Eerste rode tomaat op Marsbodemsimulant, vijf maanden na de start van het experiment

If humans are going to stay (semi) permanently on Mars or the moon they will have to grow their own food. The most important ingredients for agriculture are present on both celestial bodies; sand and water (in the form of ice)...


Continue reading 27 September 2017   7 jaar oud

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