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Mexico's transgenic maize under fire

Wed Nov 25 15:25:00 EST 2009

Experimental planting scheme has insufficient controls to prevent gene flow to native crops, critcs say.

Biodiversity: Biodiversity's bright spot

Wed Nov 18 18:00:00 EST 2009

While species losses mount worldwide, conservationists in Brazil have made great strides towards saving the golden lion tamarin and its forest habitat from destruction. Gene Russo reports.

Biodiversity: Putting a price on nature

Wed Nov 18 18:00:00 EST 2009

Gretchen Daily knows the value of ecosystems — but can ascribing financial worth to them help to maintain biodiversity? Emma Marris meets an ecosystem-services evangelist.

Biodiversity: On the origin of bar codes

Wed Nov 18 18:00:00 EST 2009

Genetic sequences in a cell's mitochondria can be used to accurately determine species. Could this be because they are responsible for creating what they identify? Nick Lane investigates.

Efforts to sustain biodiversity fall short

Wed Nov 18 18:00:00 EST 2009

But the issue is gaining attention as nations prepare for next year's summit.

Darwin's finches tracked to reveal evolution in action

Mon Nov 16 20:01:00 EST 2009

A new species of finch may have arisen in the Galapagos.

How the sponge stays slim

Mon Nov 16 15:56:13 EST 2009

One species' rapid cell shedding explains its huge carbon-catching capacity.

Snapshot: Glider eavesdrops on whales

Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 EST 2009

Probe tunes in to cetacean song.

Whale-song recording goes deep

Mon Nov 09 18:55:11 EST 2009

Underwater glider eavesdrops on cetacean communication.

Conservation biology: Reflecting the past

Wed Nov 04 18:00:00 EST 2009

Unsatisfied with merely halting environmental destruction, some conservationists are trying to reconstruct ecosystems of the past. Emma Marris travels back in time with the rewilders.

US habitat rule threatens species

Tue Nov 03 18:13:11 EST 2009

Conservationists call for change to Bush-era definition of 'endangered'.

Lions' taste for human flesh dissected

Mon Nov 02 16:49:29 EST 2009

Two maneaters devoured dozens in the late nineteenth century but one ate the lion's share.

Amphibians rarely give earliest warning of pollution

Thu Oct 29 18:41:48 EDT 2009

Long-standing 'canary in the coal mine' role questioned.

Fatal frog fungal disease figured out

Thu Oct 22 18:00:00 EDT 2009

Electrolyte imbalance stops amphibians' hearts.

Fossil primate challenges Ida's place

Wed Oct 21 17:02:00 EDT 2009

Controversial German specimen is related to lemurs, not humans, analysis of an Egyptian find suggests.

Climate: Counting carbon in the Amazon

Wed Oct 21 17:00:00 EDT 2009

If the next climate treaty tackles deforestation, tropical nations will need to monitor the biomass of their forests. One ecologist has worked out a way to do that from the sky, finds Jeff Tollefson.

Bleached corals ruin fish camouflage

Wed Oct 21 13:49:20 EDT 2009

No hiding place from ecosystem collapse on the reef.

Lazy male spiders avoid dinner date

Wed Oct 21 00:01:00 EDT 2009

Trespassing redbacks reap the rewards of reproduction without the costs of courting.

Hazy goals hold up conservation

Mon Oct 19 18:28:50 EDT 2009

Lack of targets hampers efforts to save species.

Impact theory under fire once more

Wed Oct 14 16:59:00 EDT 2009

Archaeologists fail to find evidence for comet explosion.