'Wolfman' returns

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Baby Jupiter's huge weight gain

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Venomous mammal caught on camera

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Everest trip helps critically ill

Blood oxygen levels recorded on a trip by medics to Everest could help the treatment of critically ill patients.

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Mummy of female pharaoh uncovered

Egyptologists find remains of a mummy thought to belong to a queen who ruled 4,300 years ago, Egypt's antiquities chief announced.

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Mosquitoes make sweet love music

Sexy songs sung by mosquitoes in courtship could be key to curbing the spread of dengue fever, say scientists.

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Beagle hunter

On a mission to find the most famous ship of science

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Black holes 'preceded galaxies'

Astronomers believe they have solved a cosmic chicken-and-egg question: what came first - black holes or galaxies?

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Canadians claim South Pole record

A trio of Canadians claim a new record for the fastest trek across Antarctica to the South Pole.

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Panda bites his third tourist in two years at Beijing zoo

A panda at Beijing zoo bites a man for the third time in two years.

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Zimbabwe troops 'eat elephants'

A Zimbabwean wildlife campaigner tells the BBC that soldiers are being given elephant meat to eat, as the economic crisis deepens.

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Heat may spark world food crisis

Half the world's population could face food crisis by 2100 as soaring temperatures cripple staple crops, scientists warn.

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Animal matters

Scotland's debate over tests on primates

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Eat it or lose it - why centuries of crop diversity are at risk

Centuries of crop diversity are at risk of being lost forever as farmers turn to just a few modern, high yielding varieties.

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Holes give edge to new armour

Scientists from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) have devised ultra-hard vehicle armour to protect military personnel.

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US vows 'huge' marine protection

The US is to establish "the largest area of protected sea in the world", banning fishing and mining, around its Pacific islands.

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Earth Watch

Why it is hard to predict sudden environmental crises

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China alert over bird flu death

Chinese authorities shut down and clean poultry markets in Hebei province, after the first human death in nearly a year.

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Our writers talk back

Some of the previous contributors to the Green Room respond to readers' questions and comments.

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A deep-sea fish caught in the Pacific has mirrors for eyes

A deep-sea fish caught in the Pacific has eyes which use mirrors as well as lenses, scientists discover.

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First flight of algae-fuelled jet

Continental Airlines is the latest to test fly a jet biofuel, this time with a product derived partially from algae.

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Ecosystems:

Biodiversity and Mutualism in Ecosystems

Technical paper on the importance of biodiversity and mutualism (co-operation between different species) to ecosystem function and structural organization.

http://angelfire.com/sk/monkeypuzzle/mbiooverviewmain.html

Biomes - Living Worlds

Fact sheets, photos, and video clips on the climate, location, animal and plant adaptations, land formations, and human influences of seven major terrestrial biomes: tundra, taiga, temperate forest, grassland, chaparral, desert, and rainforest.

http://library.thinkquest.org/C0113340

The Buell-Small Succession Study

A long term old-field permanent-plot ecological succession study on the New Jersey Piedmont.

http://www.ecostudies.org/bss/

Graand

Free Classified Ads Portal

www.graand.com

Comprehensive Protected Areas System Composition and Monitoring

IUCN task force report on methods for optimizing national protected areas systems that maximise species conservation through targeted selection based on broadly accepted ecological principles. [PDF]

http://www.birdlist.org/downloads/micosys/protected_areas_system_composition&monitoring.pdf

Ecological Society of America Panel on Vegetation Classification

Constituted by the Ecological Society of America to support and facilitate the creation of standardized, scientifically credible North American vegetation type classification.

http://www.esa.org/vegweb/

Ecosystem Information

Information related to ecosystems in the Pacific and Yukon regions of Canada, including state of the environment reporting, environmental indicators, and programs and reports on ecosystem science, monitoring and research.

http://www.ecoinfo.ec.gc.ca/

Ecosystems Classification and Mapping

The World Institute for Conservation and Environment, WICE, provides information, tools and resources.

http://www.ecosystems.ws

Images of the Dry Tropics

Photographs of plants, animals, and landscapes from dry tropical habitats in the Americas, Africa, Madagascar, and Asia. Dry tropical habitat types include tropical dry forest, tropical deciduous forest, thorn forest, spiny desert, savannah, cerrado, and caatinga.

http://www.explorelifeonearth.org/drytropics.html

Len Webb Ecological Images Collection

Photographs by ecologist Len Webb depict a wide variety of native vegetation, fauna, landscapes, and soils, mainly in tropical and subtropical Northeastern Australia. Represents a wide range of ecosystem types.

http://www.griffith.edu.au/ins/collections/webb/

MBGnet

Descriptions and images of the biomes of the world, freshwater ecosystems, and marine ecosystems. From the Missouri Botanical Garden.

http://mbgnet.mobot.org/

Millenium Ecosystem Assessment

Report of a scientific appraisal of the condition and trends in the world’s ecosystems and the services they provide, as well as the scientific basis for action to conserve and use them sustainably.

http://www.maweb.org/

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

Reports from international effort to inventory global ecosystems, their contribution to human development, and the effect of the ongoing degradation of ecosystem services on human well-being.

http://www.millenniumassessment.org/

The Principles of the Transboundary System of Nature Environment Protection: The Upper Bug

Project to protect the ecosystems of the Western Bug basin, on the boundary between Poland and Ukraine, by collaboration between the two countries.

http://platon.tretyak.googlepages.com/theprinciplesofthetransboundarysystemofn

The State of the Nation's Ecosystems

Online book about the current status and trends of the environment of the United States, aimed at public policy makers and concerned citizens.

http://www.heinzctr.org/ecosystems/

Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World

Maps, descriptions, and index to 687 ecoregions across the globe. Javascript required.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/terrestrial.html

WorldBiomes

Covering five of the major world biomes.

http://www.worldbiomes.com/

The World's Biomes

Introduction to aquatic, desert, forest, grassland, and tundra biomes. School class project.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/

WWF - Ecoregions

Detailed descriptions and images of the world's ecoregions. Javascript required.

http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildplaces/about.cfm

Animal matters

Scotland's debate over tests on primates

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Zimbabwe troops 'eat elephants'

A Zimbabwean wildlife campaigner tells the BBC that soldiers are being given elephant meat to eat, as the economic crisis deepens.

news.bbc.co.uk

'Wolfman' returns

Explorer Jim McNeill tracks down Arctic wolves

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Earth Watch

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news.bbc.co.uk

Body repair 'could be ramped up'

A combination of drugs could trick the body into sending its repair mechanisms into overdrive, say scientists.

news.bbc.co.uk

Venomous mammal caught on camera

Rare footage of one of the world's most strange and elusive mammals is captured by scientists.

news.bbc.co.uk

Panda bites his third tourist in two years at Beijing zoo

A panda at Beijing zoo bites a man for the third time in two years.

news.bbc.co.uk

Our writers talk back

Some of the previous contributors to the Green Room respond to readers' questions and comments.

news.bbc.co.uk

Mummy of female pharaoh uncovered

Egyptologists find remains of a mummy thought to belong to a queen who ruled 4,300 years ago, Egypt's antiquities chief announced.

news.bbc.co.uk

US vows 'huge' marine protection

The US is to establish "the largest area of protected sea in the world", banning fishing and mining, around its Pacific islands.

news.bbc.co.uk

Tech fair offers greener vision

Analysts at the Consumer Electronics Show say green credentials of tech products will become critical to success.

news.bbc.co.uk

Heat may spark world food crisis

Half the world's population could face food crisis by 2100 as soaring temperatures cripple staple crops, scientists warn.

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Feilden's blog

Ground-breaking new technique in stem cell science

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Canadians claim South Pole record

A trio of Canadians claim a new record for the fastest trek across Antarctica to the South Pole.

news.bbc.co.uk

Black holes 'preceded galaxies'

Astronomers believe they have solved a cosmic chicken-and-egg question: what came first - black holes or galaxies?

news.bbc.co.uk

Holes give edge to new armour

Scientists from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) have devised ultra-hard vehicle armour to protect military personnel.

news.bbc.co.uk

Mosquitoes make sweet love music

Sexy songs sung by mosquitoes in courtship could be key to curbing the spread of dengue fever, say scientists.

news.bbc.co.uk

Eat it or lose it - why centuries of crop diversity are at risk

Centuries of crop diversity are at risk of being lost forever as farmers turn to just a few modern, high yielding varieties.

news.bbc.co.uk

Baby Jupiter's huge weight gain

The planet Jupiter must have gained mass fast during its infancy, according to astronomers.

news.bbc.co.uk

Everest trip helps critically ill

Blood oxygen levels recorded on a trip by medics to Everest could help the treatment of critically ill patients.

news.bbc.co.uk

First flight of algae-fuelled jet

Continental Airlines is the latest to test fly a jet biofuel, this time with a product derived partially from algae.

news.bbc.co.uk

A deep-sea fish caught in the Pacific has mirrors for eyes

A deep-sea fish caught in the Pacific has eyes which use mirrors as well as lenses, scientists discover.

news.bbc.co.uk

Poetry or science?

Is romantic love just a chemical cocktail?

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Beagle hunter

On a mission to find the most famous ship of science

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China alert over bird flu death

Chinese authorities shut down and clean poultry markets in Hebei province, after the first human death in nearly a year.

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