(Source: New York State Assembly) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 12, 2014 Assembly Budget Increases the Environmental Protection Fund Speaker Silver and ENCON Chair Sweeney Say Assembly Budget Provides Environmental Benefits Across the State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Environmental Conservation Committee Chair Robert K. Sweeney today announced the Assembly SFY 2014-15 Budget would provide $167 […]
A new fossil species, Cotylocara macei, shows evidence of echolocation and the complex anatomy underlying this unique behavior that has evolved in toothed whales, dolphins and porpoises. “Its dense bones and air sinuses would have helped this whale focus its vocalizations into a probing beam of sound, which likely helped it find food at night […]
Concern for the homogenization of America’s urban landscape prompted a recent research study into the care and maintenance of residential landscapes. The study demonstrated fewer similarities than expected but the concern, according to researchers is that “Lawns not only cover a larger extent [of land] than any other irrigated ‘crop’ in the U.S., but are […]
Conservationists have succeeded in catching a wild Sumatran rhino in the Malaysia state of Sabah in Borneo, according to local media reports. Officials are currently transferring the rhino, an unnamed female, to a rhino sanctuary in Tabin National Park where experts will attempt to mate it with the resident male, Tam. The Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus […]
An ancient whale fossil unearthed in Charleston, S.C., suggests that cetaceans evolved the ability to echolocate their prey very early on in evolution.
(Source: City of Lethbridge) March 12 UPDATE at 10:15 a.m. The conditions of the river are changing rapidly and we are now in a water emergency and urging residents to reduce water usage to essential use only. The quick melt is causing high turbidity in the river making the water extremely difficult to treat at […]
(Source: IFAW – International Fund for Animal Welfare) Conservationists including the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org), OceanCare (www.oceancare.org) and NRDC (www.nrdc.org) welcome today’s vote in the European Parliament to make underwater noise pollution related to oil exploration subject to Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA). “The revised Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive is far […]
(Source: Pew Environment Group – EU Marine Programme of the Pew Environment Group) City Stonybrook State / Country NY Project to use genetic testing to track global shark fin trade Demian Chapman, Ph.D., a scientist with Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, has been awarded a 2014 Pew fellowship in marine conservation […]
(Source: Missouri Department of Conservation) Published on: Mar. 12, 2014 Posted by JEFFERSON CITY-Governor Jeremiah W. “Jay” Nixon has nominated J. Kent Emison, D-Higginsville, to serve on the Missouri Conservation Commission….
(Source: Pew Environment Group – EU Marine Programme of the Pew Environment Group) City Santiago State / Country Chile Press Kit: All photos credit: Social ecological research lab, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Project to coordinate fishermen to establish no-take zones in Chilean waters Stefan Gelcich, Ph.D., an assistant professor at the Pontifica Universidad Catolica […]
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