Urban wildlife
Many ostensibly rural creatures are thriving in our towns and cities, while adapting to surviveLast week,researchers revealed that bumblebees fare better in urban rather than agricultural environments. City colonies produced more males and reached a larger size, had more food stores and survived longer. They concluded that urban environments provide longer-lived, more varied flowers than intensively farmed agricultural areas.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 1, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Ian Tucker Tags: Wildlife Zoology Biology Science Environment Cities Source Type: news
Research shows benefit of giant panda conservation far exceeds cost
(Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters) To determine the value of panda conservation, a research team led by Prof. WEI Fuwen from the Institute of Zoology, together with colleagues from other research organizations, cooperated to assess the value of ecosystem services from giant panda reserves for the first time. They found that the value provided by the giant pandas and forested habitat within nature reserves is about 10-27 times the conservation cost of giant pandas. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - June 28, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Meet with Your Lawmakers to Inform Science Policy this Summer
Registration is now open for the 2018 Biological Sciences Congressional District Visits event.
This national initiative, organized by the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is an opportunity for scientists from across the country to meet with their federal or state elected officials to showcase the people, facilities, and equipment that are required to support and conduct scientific research and education.
Now in its tenth year, the event enables scientists, graduate students, representatives of research facilities, and people affiliated with scientific collections to meet with their federal or state elect...
Source: Public Policy Reports - June 25, 2018 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news
Tongue-tied: T rex couldn't stick out its tongue
Researchers say many dinosaurs ’ tongues were anchored to the floors of their mouths and unable to waggleThe fearsome creatures ofJurassic World might chase you, kill you and rip you limb from limb, but there is one thing aT rex couldn ’t do: stick out its tongue.WhileHollywood depictions of dinosaurs often show the creatures open-mouthed with tongues waving, researchers have discovered that many of them were probably tongue-tied, their tongues firmly anchored to the floors of their mouths and unable to waggle around.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 20, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Tags: Dinosaurs Fossils Science Evolution Zoology Jurassic Park Jurassic World Source Type: news
Cambridge zoology museum to reopen
Sir David Attenborough to tour new premises that showcase the extinct moa bird ’s feathersWhen SirDavid Attenborough opens the University of Cambridge ’s zoology museum this week, the proud curators will show him their fabulous discovery.It ’s fair to say the casual visitor might wonder why they are so excited by the scruffy frame containing a few cobwebby grey-brown wisps, discovered during a £4.1m redevelopment of the museum.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 17, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Maev Kennedy Tags: Zoology Conservation Museums Cambridge Biology Culture Environment Science UK news Animals Source Type: news
