Protected areas in Africa are too small to safeguard rapidly declining vulture populations
Vultures perform important ecosystem functions as they clean the landscape by eating carcasses and thus limit the spread of wildlife ...
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Wind turbines operating without curtailment claim many victims among protected bat species in Germany
Protected and rare bats regularly die at wind turbines (WT). This is why the operation of new wind turbines is ...
Changing climate impacts biodiversity in protected areas globally
FORT COLLINS, Colo., April 25—Protected areas — such as nature reserves, national parks, and wilderness areas — are essential to ...
Protected areas can be the beating heart of nature recovery in the UK, but they must be more than lines on a map
A new report launched today (22 April) by the British Ecological Society (BES) says that the UK government’s commitment to ...
Protected areas don’t always boost biodiversity
Protected areas such as national parks have a "mixed impact" on wildlife, according to the largest ever global study of ...
Private protected areas help conserve overlooked and threatened regions
University of Leeds Credit: George Holmes, University of Leeds University of Leeds Embargo: Thursday 07 April 2022 at 16:00 (London ...
Protected tropical forest sees major bird declines over 40 years
URBANA, Ill. – Deep in a Panamanian rain forest, bird populations have been quietly declining for 44 years. A new ...
The expanded Cordillera de Coiba Marine Protected Area in Panama has a new management plan
In June 2021, Panama expanded the Cordillera de Coiba Marine Protected Area from approximately 6,500 to 26,200 square miles, accomplishing the ...
Historic buildings could be protected from rising energy bills by solar panels
Installing solar panels could help historic buildings beat the rising costs of energy, according to a new study by a ...
Data from thousands of cameras confirms protected areas promote mammal diversity
A new University of British Columbia study offers new evidence that protected areas are effective at conserving wildlife. Credit: Photo by Cole ...
More than half of plastics in Mediterranean marine protected areas originated elsewhere
Researchers have, for the first time, simulated both micro- and macroplastics accumulation in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). They found ...
A conservation incentive yields increase of protected Atlantic Rainforest areas, but with limited results
A study by the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil investigated a fiscal transfer mechanism whereby states transfer part ...
Cancer patients on chemotherapy likely not fully protected by COVID-19 vaccine, study finds
The COVID-19 pandemic has been an especially stressful time for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, which attacks not only the cancer, ...
Marine Protected Area status can boost fish populations by almost 400%
Protecting areas of the ocean and coastlines with “whole-site” Marine Protected Area (MPA) status can result in four-fold increases in ...
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How to MRI your dragon: Illinois researchers develop first bearded dragon brain atlas
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Immune molecules from a llama could provide protection against a vast array of SARS-like viruses including COVID-19, researchers say
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Researchers perform non-line-of-sight ghost imaging with human vision
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Unique blend of comics and humor is key to success of public awareness posters in Singapore, finds Singapore-US researchers
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Human urine-derived stem cells have robust regenerative potential
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Researchers develop word-score model capable of estimating hidden hearing loss