Friday, April 30, 2010 1:50:00 PM
In 2002 the Convention on Biological Diversity made a promise to slow the rate of biodiversity loss around the globe by 2010.
But the United Nations body has now admitted in the leading journal Sc ...
Monday, April 26, 2010 8:54:00 AM
Wildlife trade is the sale and exchange of wild animals and plants, and products made from them. Often live wild animals are sold as food and pets, while ornamental plants and timber and an array of w ...
Thursday, April 22, 2010 10:21:00 AM
The total number of endangered species in 2008 was 32,974. The total number of endangered species in 2009 was 33,039. This means that in 2009 the number of species regarded as endangered rose by 65.
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Monday, March 29, 2010 4:58:00 PM
Plants in Britain are flowering earlier today than at any period since records began, according to data collected by ordinary gardeners over 250 years.
In an example of "citizen science", researche ...