A new iPhone and iPad App has been released that will help save the orang-utan from extinction. The App has 1 multi level game where you have to save the orang-utan from various threats including logging, palm oil workers, miners, poachers and other threats. Plus 2 other games and 10 … Continue reading
By Jonathan AmosScience correspondent, BBC News, Chicago Scientists have made an impassioned plea for humanity to pause and think before making a headlong rush to exploit the deep sea. The researchers said the oceans’ lowest reaches had untold riches that could benefit mankind enormously, but not if the harvesting were … Continue reading
By Melissa Hogenboom Science reporter, BBC News Madagascar’s lemurs – the world’s most threatened primate – could be saved from extinction by eco-tourism, conservationists say. The big-eyed fluffy creatures are unique to the island but their numbers have declined dramatically in recent years. Now researchers have unveiled a survival plan … Continue reading
By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News, Chicago The cat parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which can cause blindness in people, has been identified in Beluga in the western Arctic. The discovery by University of British Columbia scientists has prompted a health advisory to Inuit people in the region who eat the … Continue reading
German scientists at Dachau concentration camp researched the possible use of malaria-infected mosquitoes as weapons during World War Two, a researcher has claimed. Dr Klaus Reinhardt of Tuebingen University examined the archives of the Entomological Institute at Dachau. He found that biologists had looked at which mosquitoes might best be … Continue reading
By Rebecca Morelle Science reporter, BBC World Service Governments from around the world have vowed to take action on the illegal trade in wildlife. At the conference at Lancaster House in London, delegates from 46 different countries and 11 UN organisations have signed The London Declaration. This outlines the … Continue reading
By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News Scientists have demonstrated a new method for counting whales from space. It uses very high-resolution satellite pictures and image-processing software to automatically detect the great mammals at or near the ocean surface. A test count, reported in the journal Plos One, was conducted … Continue reading
By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent, BBC News, Chicago New research suggests that the main system that helps determine the weather over Northern Europe and North America may be changing. The study shows that the so-called jet stream has increasingly taken a longer, meandering path. This has resulted in weather remaining … Continue reading
From the BBC US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged the global community to act against climate change in a keynote speech during a visit to Indonesia. He said that there was scientific proof of climate change threatening not only the environment, but also the world economy. He said … Continue reading
Climate change is likely to be a factor in the extreme weather that has hit much of the UK in recent months, the Met Office’s chief scientist has said. Dame Julia Slingo said the variable UK climate meant there was “no definitive answer” to what caused the storms. “But all … Continue reading
