Wednesday, 8 February, 2012

Ancient bacteria used photosynthesis but did not make oxygen. It might have been primitive, but it worked!

Endangered species profiles: Mexican wolf, Houston Toad, Sumatran Rhino, Mountain Gorilla, Mountain mist frog, red-crowned cranes, Delhi Sands flower-loving fly, beluga sturgeon, Higgins’ eye pearly mussel, West Indian manatee, piping plover, Higgins’ eye pearly mussel

Old museum collection sheds light on vanishing land snails of Polynesia.

New tracking systems watch long-distance migrants move across the ocean. Follow whales, turtles and albatrosses across the watery planet.

Alpine Iceman’s home range is detailed through isotopic analysis. How did he make a living 5k years ago?

Scientists have found ice on Mars. The frozen water, whose quantity may equal Lake Michigan, is within a meter of the surface.

Conservationists will likely weigh in on offshore drilling of the Alaskan Eden. Come visit the ends of the Earth!

If predators devour prey, how do predators survive once the prey are dead? Ecology benefits when the locations of prey and predators are taken into account, a study shows.

Wolf returns to Yellowstone National Park through species reintroduction effort. Why bother bringing back native species?

Study finds that many fish are getting more common; blames state fish-stocking efforts for the homogenization.