http://www.science-news.eu/ en-us Science News provides daily coveragy of the latest achievements and developments of european scientists Northwestern Europe harbors one of the best known biotas, thanks to the long faunistic and floristic traditions practiced there. However, some animal groups are far better known than others. ... http://www.science-news.eu/ecology-news/cluster123481/ Fri, 18 May 2012 10:46:16 EST 123481 The progressive disappearance of seed-dispersing animals like elephants and rhinoceroses puts the structural integrity and biodiversity of the tropical forest of South-East Asia at risk. With ... http://www.science-news.eu/ecology-news/cluster122472/ Fri, 11 May 2012 10:46:00 EST 122472 Halle/Saale. In order to prevail against native plants, non-native plant species develop special strategies. These differ in part considerably from the propagation strategies of endemic plant ... http://www.science-news.eu/ecology-news/cluster121449/ Fri, 04 May 2012 10:45:57 EST 121449 In a single new scientific publication, 24 new species of lizards known as skinks, all from islands in the Caribbean, have been discovered and scientifically named. According to Blair Hedges, ... http://www.science-news.eu/ecology-news/cluster120642/ Mon, 30 Apr 2012 02:16:01 EST 120642 At the supermarket checkout, hardly anybody enters prices manually anymore. Using scanners that can read the barcodes is much faster. Biologists now want to use a similar procedure for identifying ... http://www.science-news.eu/ecology-news/cluster120044/ Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:45:58 EST 120044 A 14-year-old Texas girl was finally cured of an oft-fatal emerging disease when doctors amputated her lower leg, where the infection arose, after various antimicrobials proved ineffective. ... http://www.science-news.eu/ecology-news/cluster118667/ Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:46:50 EST 118667 Although the preference of dung beetles for specific types and conditions of dung has been given substantial attention, little has been done to investigate their preference for dung from exotic ... http://www.science-news.eu/ecology-news/cluster118146/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:46:00 EST 118146 Of all the tigers left in the world--and there aren’t many--70 percent ... http://www.science-news.eu/ecology-news/cluster50758/ Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:46:36 EST 50758 A newly discovered snake has been named after a 7-year-old girl, but don't ask where it lives – the viper is in hiding for its own good http://www.science-news.eu/ecology-news/cluster105002/ Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:17:11 EST 105002 We know things are bad for biodiversity. But just how bad across the ... http://www.science-news.eu/ecology-news/cluster55536/ Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:46:23 EST 55536