cross posted from UPI A British company says genetically modified moths it has developed could be used to reduce the population of the vegetable-eating insects. Oxitec says its modified male diamondback moths, carrying a lethal gene, could be released ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — This may come as no surprise to residents of New York City and other big urban centers: Living there can be bad for your mental health. Now researchers have found a possible reason why. Imaging scans show that in city dwellers or peop...
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Previously unseen research papers, which were anonymously sent to the Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) campaign at the start of 2011, have shed new light on shocking experiments carried out by controversial testing laboratory Huntingdon Life Scien...
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Fran Thompson is a prisoner in Missouri who has been sentenced to life. Before going to prison, Fran was a dedicated animal rights and environmental activist. After a man who was stalking her threatened to kill her and then broke into her house, Fran s...
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After a year of huge disappointments, including the sentencing of several activists to multiple years in prison, anti-HLS campaigners are celebrating a potentially huge victory: In a statement released by anti-HLS campaigners, activists have disclosed ...
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Indigenous Peoples from across Latin America have issued a unified declaration demanding an end to large-scale surface mining by transnational companies on indigenous peoples’ lands. “We state emphatically: no to mining, yes to life,”...
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Der Schweizer Journalist und Autor Hans Peter Roth ist am Mittwoch, 24. November 2010 zu Gast im Sea Life Konstanz. Bei der Kooperationsveranstaltung mit dem Bodensee-Naturmuseum liest er aus seinem aktuellen Buch „Die Bucht – Flippers grausames Er...
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Der Schweizer Journalist und Autor Hans Peter Roth ist am Mittwoch, 24. November 2010zu Gast im Sea Life Konstanz. Bei der Kooperationsveranstaltung mit dem Bodensee-Naturmuseum liest er aus seinem aktuellen Buch „Die Bucht – Flippers grausames Erbe“ und berichtet über seine Erlebnisse während den Dreharbeiten zum gleichnamigen, preisgekrönten Film. Im Februar 2010 kam das...
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Rob Lott wraps up the Bardsey blog for 2010 with an island perspective.As the sun sets on another successful field season in North Wales, it is time for us to pack up, say goodbye and, like the birds of Bardsey, migrate south.Sunset over the Celt...
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Unglaublich ist die Artenvielfalt der Lebewesen, die in den Weltmeeren leben. Zu diesem Schluss kommt der Leiter des Census of Marine Life, der ersten Lebewesenzählung der Weltmeere, nach zehnjähriger Forschungstätigkeit von mehr als 2.700 Wissensch...
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A chemical residue reservoir broke in Hungary, killing four people, including two children under the age of 5. Dozens have been hospitalized for chemical burns. The sludge could reach the River Danube within four days, seriously imperiling natural life...
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Today's entry is from WDCS' science volunteer Pablo who joins us in Wales for the first time this week. As my first taste of cetacean field work, this year’s Bardsey Island surveys have already far surpassed the high hopes I had when I arrived...
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