http://www.lepidopterology.com/ Latest news on butterflies and moths provided by Lepidopterology en-gb Copyright 2010, Lepidopterology info@lepidopterology.com (Stanislav Abadjiev) Sun, 23 May 2010 13:52:00 GMT Sun, 23 May 2010 13:52:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss/ http://www.lepidopterology.com/images/leps_logo_news.jpg http://www.lepidopterology.com/ Almost 30 national and nature parks in five countries across the Carpathian Mountains will celebrate for the first time on Sunday the immense biological diversity of Europe's last great wilderness area... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=10052301-five-countries-mark-first-time-carpathian-parks-day http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=10052301-five-countries-mark-first-time-carpathian-parks-day Sun, 23 May 2010 13:52:00 GMT 'The decision by an important player like Japan to do more and get serious about low carbon future can help break the deadlock between developed and developing countries'... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=09090901-new-emissions-goal-could-make-japan-climate-leader http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=09090901-new-emissions-goal-could-make-japan-climate-leader Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:46:00 GMT Scientists at the University of Liverpool have traced the evolution of a species of tropical butterfly, infected with a bacterium that kills males, by comparing current butterfly populations with more than 200 museum specimens... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=09090801-scientists-trace-evolution-butterflies-infected-with-deadly-bacteria http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=09090801-scientists-trace-evolution-butterflies-infected-with-deadly-bacteria Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:12:00 GMT WWF is calling on G20 finance ministers to commit to providing $160 billion per year of public funding, to help the world's developing nations to adapt to climate change and set them onto a low carbon pathway for the future... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=09090301-g20-ministers-must-fund-climate-change-solutions http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=09090301-g20-ministers-must-fund-climate-change-solutions Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:40:00 GMT Travellers to the neotropics - the tropical lands of the Americas - might be forgiven for thinking that all of the colourful insects flittering over sunny puddles or among dense forest understory are butterflies. In fact, many are not. Some are moths that have reinvented themselves as butterflies, converging on the daytime niche typically dominated by their less hairy relatives. Now, a new revision of the taxonomic relationships among one such group of insects, the subfamily Dioptinae, sheds light on the diversity of tropical moth species and presents a unique story of parallel evolution... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=09090101-moths-cloaked-colour http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=09090101-moths-cloaked-colour Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:38:00 GMT Some people who are serious about wanting to reduce their 'carbon footprint' on the Earth have one choice available to them that may yield a large long-term benefit - have one less child... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=09080101-family-planning-major-environmental-impact http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=09080101-family-planning-major-environmental-impact Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:04:00 GMT The first ever overall nation-wide estimate of the tiger population brought a positive ray of hope among conservationists. The figures announced by the Nepal Government's Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC) shows the presence of 121 (100-194) breeding tigers in the wild within the four protected areas of Nepal. The 2008 tiger population estimate was jointly implemented by the DNPWC, Department of Forests (DOF), WWF, National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) with support from Save The Tiger Fund (STF), WWF-US, WWF-UK, WWF International and US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=09072701-121-breeding-tigers-estimated-be-found-nepal http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=09072701-121-breeding-tigers-estimated-be-found-nepal Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:14:00 GMT Australia's top environmental official on Wednesday pledged AU$500,000 (EUR284,927) to help save the world's small whales as part of a major contribution to the International Whaling Commission... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=09062401-australia-pledges-big-funds-small-whale-conservation http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=09062401-australia-pledges-big-funds-small-whale-conservation Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:16:00 GMT On the 25th anniversary of the project that brought the large blue butterfly back from extinction in the United Kingdom, ecologists are for the first time publishing the decades of research that helped them rescue this spectacular butterfly... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=09061601-researchers-publish-the-discoveries-that-saved-maculinea-arion-the-uk http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=09061601-researchers-publish-the-discoveries-that-saved-maculinea-arion-the-uk Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:02:00 GMT University of Arizona biologist Bruce Walsh has identified a new species of moth in southern Arizona. Normally, this is not a big deal. The region is one of the most biologically rich areas in the country and collectors have been finding hundreds of new species for decades. This one, however, is different... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=09061001-biologist-discovers-pink-winged-moth-chiracahua-mountains http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=09061001-biologist-discovers-pink-winged-moth-chiracahua-mountains Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:36:00 GMT Part of the Rwenzori Mountains - home to some of the last glaciers in Africa and likely Ptolemy's 'Lunis Montae' - received international recognition on Wednesday as a protected wetland site under the international Ramsar convention, a major conservation decision that will help protect the region's vast ecological riches... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=09051401-mountains-the-moon-get-nod-international-wetlands-protection http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=09051401-mountains-the-moon-get-nod-international-wetlands-protection Thu, 14 May 2009 08:14:00 GMT In the latest episode of Extinction Sucks, stars Ashleigh Young and Aleisha Caruso decide to organise a tennis tournament to raise funds for the protection of sea turtles in northern Queensland. They hope to raise enough money to buy a quad bike for the conservation teams who clear nets and rubbish from the remote beaches of Cape York, a major turtle nesting ground... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=09050101-extinction-sucks-gives-sea-turtles-break http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=09050101-extinction-sucks-gives-sea-turtles-break Fri, 01 May 2009 12:01:00 GMT Butterflies seem able to both attract mates and ward off predators using different sides of their wings, according to new research by Yale University biologists. Trying to find the balance between these two crucial behaviours is one of nature's oldest dilemmas, according to Jeffrey Oliver, a postdoctoral associate in Yale's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and lead author on the study, which appears online in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=09040201-sexy-or-repulsive-butterfly-wings-can-be-both-mates-predators http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=09040201-sexy-or-repulsive-butterfly-wings-can-be-both-mates-predators Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:55:00 GMT Scientists studying Eastern North American monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) have uncovered a suite of genes that may be involved in driving the butterflies to migrate towards Mexico for the winter. Their research, published in the open access journal BMC Biology, describes 40 genes that are linked to the butterflies' compulsion to orientate themselves by an internal 'sun compass' and begin the 4000 km journey southwards... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=09033101-genetic-basis-migration http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=09033101-genetic-basis-migration Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:00:00 GMT Moths need just the essence of a flower's scent to identify it, according to new research from The University of Arizona in Tucson. Although a flower's odour can be composed of hundreds of chemicals, a moth uses just a handful to recognise the flower. It's like identifying a piece of music from hearing only the notes played by a few key instruments, said lead researcher Jeffrey A. Riffell... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=09030501-how-moths-key-into-the-scent-flower http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=09030501-how-moths-key-into-the-scent-flower Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:55:00 GMT A female moth selects a mate based on the scent of his pheromones. An analysis of the pheromones used by the European Corn Borer (ECB, Ostrinia nubilalis), featured in the open access journal BMC Biology, shows that females can discern a male's ancestry, age and possibly reproductive fitness from the chemical cocktail he exudes... http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=09030301-it-his-smell http://www.lepidopterology.com/news/article.php?q=09030301-it-his-smell Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:00:00 GMT