Species

What Polar Bears Were Doing Half A Million Years Ago

Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Population, Dna, Grizzly Bears, Video, Species, Biology, Polar Bears, Evolution, Endangered Species, Climate Change, Animals, Bears, Global Warming, Arctic, Science News

By: Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 04/19/2012 02:13 PM EDT on LiveScience Polar bears have been chilling on the ice far lon...

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Prehistoric Camel Was Bizarre Beast, Newly Unearthed Fossils Show

AP | CHRISTINE ARMARIO | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Camel, Vertebrate Paleontology, Prehistoric, Video, Panama Canal, University of Florida, Species, Panama, Rain Forest, Science News

MIAMI -- Researchers scratching in the sediment during the historic expansion of the Panama Canal say they have discovered the fossils of a small came...

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Enter the Deep-sea Prison of the Yeti Crab

Robert Lamb | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Sea Monsters, Octopus, Remotely Operated Vehicle, Species, Ocean Life, Science News

What if prehistoric sea monsters were still very much alive, only trapped behind naturally occurring cold-water barriers?

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Hundreds Of Endangered Plants, Animals Up For New Protections

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Endangered Animals, Golden-Winged Warbler, Kangaroo Rat, Species, American Eel, Obama Administration, Gopher Tortoise, Endangered Species, Animals, Endangered Species Act, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Green News

BILLINGS, Mont. — The Obama administration is taking steps to extend new federal protections to a list of imperiled animals and plants that read...

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How Many Species? (And Who Cares?)

Rob Pringle | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Conservation, Animals, Species, Wildlife, Biodiversity, Extinctions, Species Count, Counting Species, Environmentalism, Number of Species, Green News

Recent estimates that there might be up 10 million species begs another question, this one asked not by your six-year-old daughter, but by her annoying little friend: "Who cares how many?"

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Dear Environmental Community: Please Shut Up

Michael Kanellos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Solar Energy, Species, Extinction, Solar Energy Projects, Native Americans, Renewable Portfolio Standard, Sierra Club, Coal, Lawsuit, California, Natural Gas, Green News

Green technology faces a number of barriers--high capital costs, entrenched incumbents, skepticism, bureaucratic and political roadblocks. But, pleas...

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The Next Newly Discovered Species Could Be Named After You ... If You Can Pay The Price

Treehugger | Stephen Messenger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Newly Discovered Species, Species Name, Animals, New Species, International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, Species, Taxonomy, Species Celebrity Name, Green News

in hopes of raising funds to continue research, scientists in Indonesia have begun granting the rights to name newly discovered species to the highest...

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Of Pandas and Peas: Saving the Diversity Within Species

Cary Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Poverty, Ipcc, Sustainable Food, Crops, Agriculture, Naure, International Year of Biodiversity, Plants, Crop, Crop-Diversity, Species, Biodiversity, Food, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Cary Fowler, Global Crop Diversity Trust, Food Security, World News

When we think about biodiversity, we rarely think about food. But the diversity within crops is notable agronomically and culturally. And like other biodiversity, it's endangered.

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Worth Watching: Yann Arthus-Bertrand's "Home"

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photography, Glenn Close, Statistics, Review, Travelogue, Montage, Agriculture, Tribal, Green, Movie, Eco, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Music, Animals, Consumption, Imagery, Countries, Urban, Images, Pace, Friday, Grit, Balance, Nations, Helicopter, Dubai, Earth, World, Solutions, Optimism, Production, Planet, Film, Offshore, Method, Home, Las Vegas, Hopeful, Humans, Species, South Korea, Camera, Proof, Environment, Documentary, Artist, Fishing, Reforesting, Denmark, Meat, Wind Farms, Cities, Universe, Slow, Paraglider, Entertainment News

Yann Arthus-Bertrand's method is to get somewhere high, usually a helicopter or a paraglider, and point his camera downward. The results are usually magnificent, and last year, they inspired a film.

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7 American Species Threatened by Global Warming

Environmental Defense Fund | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Endangered Animals, Polar Bears, Sugar Maple, Endangered Species, Species, Global Warming, Slideshow, Green News

Global warming is already starting to have a severe effect on our environment. The Environment Defense Fund has picked seven "ambassador species" -- l...

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In Midst Of Warzone, Afghanistan Protecting 33 Species

New York Times | Andrew Revkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghanistan, Afghanistan Species, Species, Afghanistan Endangered Species, Green News

Amid Afghanistan's struggles to stem violence and political instability, the country is slowly moving forward to protect its biological and environm...

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Earth Day Atonement: 10 Environmental Disasters to Remember

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

Ten tragic lessons in our nation's environmental history that should never be forgotten. And one climate destabilization tragedy in the making that needs our urgent help.

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Bush Administration Weakens Endangered-Species Rules

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bush Administration, Endangered Species, Bush Administration Animals, Species, Green News

WASHINGTON — Just six weeks before President-elect Barack Obama takes office, the Bush administration issued revised endangered species regulati...

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