Environmentalism and Wildlife Conservation Discussion

Warning coloration paved the way for louder, more complex calls in certain species of poisonous frogs

The Mystery Shark of the Arctic

Robotic Plants Could Be Coming to Your Garden

A colony of once thought extinct Bermudian land snails has been found in an damp and overgrown alley.

Deepest Sign of Life Ever Detected

Giant tortoises gain a foothold on a Galapagos island

Pair bonding reinforced in the brain: Zebra finches use their specialized song system for simple communication

Fish 'personality' linked to vulnerability to angling

Fairy wren embryos found able to discern between adult calls

Evolution of competitiveness: Scientists explain diversity in competitiveness

Reptiles That Delay Sex And Kids Live Longer

^That pattern is well-known among other animals too. For example, selecting Drosophila for later reproducing animals generats longer-lived strains. It's a concept in evolutionary theories of aging too.

I wonder how long it took them to actually do that. What did they do in between having that trait and not.

Not much, from what I know. A few generations at most.

Emerging disease could wipe out American, European salamanders

Freaked Out Fish Grind Their Teeth and Produce Odd Noise

Hydropower May Be Huge Source of Methane Emissions

Termites or Gophers: Who made the mima mounds?

Rare bush frog breeds inside bamboo

Green spaces don't ensure biodiversity in urban areas

Tick Bite Makes You Allergic To Meat

Plump turtles swim better: First models of swimming animals

'Himalayan Viagra' fuels caterpillar fungus gold rush

Fanged Deer Spotted In Afghanistan

Male elephants are not the loners we once thought

IPCC Advises “Almost Entirely” Eliminating Unrestricted Use of Fossil Fuels By 2100

Birds found using human musical scales for the first time

Why some trees evolved to live underground

Mosquitofish genitalia change rapidly due to human impacts

Study gets to the roots of plants' natural sunscreen

Adding fat found to offer sea mammal foraging benefits

Coexist or perish, new wildfire analysis says: Changing wildfire paradigm from fighting to coexistence

Bison Return to Nachusa: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Reintroduction

The tiger beetle: Too fast to see

New Zealand's moa were exterminated by an extremely low-density human population

Will polar bears become extinct?

... The Arctic sea ice is decreasing at a rate of ~13% per decade?! WHY AREN'T THEY DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THI— Oh, right. Because "national interests" trump everything, from basic human decency to environmental conservation. -_-