Two of Australia's koala communities are massively inbred. The lack of genetic variance between individuals means that they have much less chance of surviving disease or a change in their environment. picked by pocksucket 9 months ago

A koala emerged with barely a scratch after riding for miles with its head stuck in the grille of a car.... picked by topofall 2 years ago

Australian bird species are getting smaller due to global warming, suggest researchers.

"Our results demonstrate a generalised response by eight avian species to some major environmental change over the last 100 years or so, probably global warming." picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

A period of intense global warming 55 million years ago was caused by massive volcanic eruptions that split apart Greenland and north-west Europe, scientists believe. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

The world's only koala twins, born seven months ago and raised in a south China zoo, have passed a critical development stage and now have a good chance of surviving, a zoo official said on Monday. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

The most powerful storm in the past 20 years, bringing it down to New York and New Jersey, filled reservoirs, water supply both the state. At the same time, he has brought many problems for thousands of motorists and homeowners who threatens to destroy coastline Long-Island and New Jersey and has increased the long debate over climate change. picked by Jon77 3 years ago

Two plants that were thought to have been extinct since the late 1800s have been rediscovered in far northern Australia, according to an official report released on Saturday.

(Picture not related) picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Scientists are using mobile phones to eavesdrop on koalas in an attempt to translate what they are saying to each other. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

More than 800 animal and plant species have gone extinct in the past five centuries with nearly 17,000 now threatened with extinction, the International Union for Conservation of Nature reported on Thursday.
Climate change is not now the main threat to biodiversity but that could change, the report said. picked by bingo 9 months ago

Seattle is considering banning the ancient tradition of bonfires, of lying on the beach at night, lounging around a fire because they contribute to global warming or cooling or climate change or something. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

The most authoritative scientific report on climate change says with 90% certainty that the burning of fossil fuels and other human activities are driving climate change.

As if it wasn't obvious before... picked by hazelly 3 years ago

a non existent article in a non-existent learned journal was dangled as bait. The article reported to scientifically proved that "concerns about manmade global warming are unfounded." Rush and several Blogs ate it up, despite obviously gibberish math and such reference works as "Miocene, Pliocene and Plasticine fossil records for eukaryotic mass on the West African continent... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

In a matter of years or decades, researchers believe, animals and plants already are adapting to life in a warmer world. Some species will be unable to change quickly enough and will go extinct, but others will evolve, as natural selection enables them to carry on in an altered environment. picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

This can't be a real essay - it's supposedly written by an eighth grade student from Pittsb...OHMYGOD! It IS real. picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago

The researchers say they have determined that the eagle — which lived in the mountains of New Zealand and weighed about 40 pounds — was a predator and not a mere scavenger as many thought. picked by kakana 6 months ago

HE gets his name from Ol' Blue Eyes himself - and no wonder given Frankie is the world's only blue-eyed koala. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Another specie that's in danger, I'm really mad, what the hell is it that hard for them to understand we have to protect out heritage? Damn idiots! Leave them live, is it that hard. picked by niceplime 3 years ago

Hiroshi Itagaki has been running this soup kitchen for 35 years and he just shakes his head when asked about the cost of keeping six koalas.

"We could afford to feed people for a decade on what these koalas cost every year," he said. picked by kakana 12 months ago