Thursday, 9 February, 2012

Wildfires can be helpful. Controlled burns are key to restoring habitat for the Northern Idaho ground squirrel.

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

World population has reached 6 billion. What does this mean for the environment, resources, humanity? Six billion people on Earth — is that a good thing?

Adult brains can make new neurons. What does this say about our ability to learn?

Teaching animals to survive in the wild: Keiko the whole, the whooping crane, and the golden lion tamarin.

Food-borne diseases sicken 76 million Americans each year. Would it be safer to pass our food through the irradiator?

For the first time since 1989, ivory will be on the market — legally. This will protect elephants?