A recent study highlights the fact that the economic benefits of commodity export for primate habitat countries has been limited relative to the extreme environmental costs of pollution, habitat degradation, …read more Source:: Science
Tag: habitat
Giving tortoises a ‘head start’
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•Research indicates that head-starting — raising a species in captivity and releasing it into a protected habitat after it has grown large enough to be less vulnerable to predators — …read more Source:: Science
Marine mammals lack functional gene to defend against popular pesticide
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•As marine mammals evolved to make water their primary habitat, they lost the ability to make a protein that defends humans and other land-dwelling mammals from the neurotoxic effects of …read more Source:: Science
World’s first known manta ray nursery
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•Located in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Texas at NOAA’s Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, the juvenile manta ray habitat is the first of its kind …read more Source:: Science
Elephant declines imperil Africa’s forests
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•Poaching and habitat loss have reduced forest elephant populations in Central Africa by 63 percent since 2001. This poses consequences not only for elephants but also for the region’s forests, …read more Source:: Science
Deep-sea fish choose habitat according to genotype, new research says
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•Scientists have found evidence of natural selection in a deep-sea fish species adapting to the depth of ocean that it inhabits. …read more Source:: Science
Habitat loss seen as rising threat to world’s migratory birds
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Habitat destruction along routes taken by the world’s migratory birds poses an increasing peril to these long-distance fliers, with a vast majority crossing terrain that nations are …read more Source:: UKScienceNews