Ecology News

Ecologists have at last worked out a way of using recordings of birdsong to accurately measure the size of bird populations.

Darwin suggested that the action of natural selection can produce new species, but 150 years after the publication of his famous book, 'On the Origin of Species', debate still continues on the mechanisms of speciation.

The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument has yielded new fossilized treasures that a scientist says could help rewrite what is known about paleontology in North America.

Here we examine whether this marine resource can influence a terrestrial wolf-deer predator-prey system in coastal British Columbia, Canada.

The Washington Ecology Department is trying to find a way to allow farmers who conserve water to use part of it to irrigate new land.

Forget trying to grow hybrid maize - Africa already has all the crops, storage systems and knowledge that it needs to grow itself out of poverty After working for many years for Professor Wangari Maathai , and then with the African Biodiversity Network , Kenyan ecologist Gathuru Mburu wanted to share his learnings with his own local community who ...

"Science as a Contact Sport: Inside the Battle to Save Earth's Climate" , by Stephen H. Schneider: Stephen H. Schneider, winner of one of those $500,000 genius grants, has written a witty, informative and impassioned account of perils he sees in global warming and what to do about them.

Geoff Gurr is Professor of Applied Ecology at Charles Sturt University in Orange, New South Wales and is working with an international team to develop new methods for insect control that minimise the use of insecticides.

According to MillionTreesNYC , the purpose ofA its 2010 researchA symposium, which will be held March 5-6A in New York City,A is to showcase "research and projects that contribute to knowledge on urban landscapes, green infrastructure, and public health in cities and urban areas." The organization is soliciting papers on research that is either ...

HIGHLAND PLANTATION a ' Longtime environmental activist and wind-power supporter Jonathan Carter of Lexington Township joined forces this month with a grassroots coalition trying to stop sprawling industrial wind farms atop Maine's mountains.

Columbia, Mo., Mayor Darwin Hindman visited Columbia, Md., Nov. 3 and took a bike ride around Columbia with about 30 bike enthusiasts.

Most countries throughout the world participate in the $40-million-per-year culinary trade of frog legs in some way, with 75 percent of frog legs consumed in France, Belgium and the United States.

The Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy and Terranea Resort are sponsoring a free lecture Tuesday titled "Southern California Wildfires: Balancing Fire Hazard and Natural Resources." Jon E. Keeley, a respected expert on fire, local ecology and post-fire regeneration, will present science- and research-based information about wildfires and how ...

Hamburg Germany is a wealthy European port city known for paramount sustainable development.

Investigators on Harbor Island are trying to figure out what caused a large boat to sink at the mouth of the Duwamish River.

Environmental management practices are trending away from simple, local-scale assessments toward complex, multiple-stressor regional assessments.

ASTER was developed by the U.S. EPA Mid-Continent Ecology Division, Duluth, MN to assist regulators in performing ecological risk assessments.

Excerpts from Oliver Rackham, "Ecology and Pseudo-Ecology: The Example of Ancient Greece," in Graham Shipley and John Salmon, edd., Human Landscapes in Classical Antiquity: Environment and Culture , pp.

With temperatures dipping and winter planning how to best sock the state, it's time for--planting? Energy companies wait until late October to plant seeds to help reclaim disturbed areas.

Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report " Mathematical Methods in Biology " to their offering.