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Five countries to mark first-time Carpathian Parks Day
— 23 May 2010 13:52 | EnvironmentAlmost 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…
New emissions goal could make Japan climate leader
— 9 Sep 2009 09:46 | Environment'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'…
Scientists trace evolution of butterflies infected with deadly bacteria
— 8 Sep 2009 10:12 | LepidopterologyScientists 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…
G20 ministers must fund climate change solutions
— 3 Sep 2009 11:40 | EnvironmentWWF 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…
Moths cloaked in colour
— 1 Sep 2009 11:38 | LepidopterologyTravellers 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…
Family planning a major environmental impact
— 1 Aug 2009 16:04 | EnvironmentSome 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…
121 breeding tigers estimated to be found in Nepal
— 27 Jul 2009 18:14 | EnvironmentThe 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…
Australia pledges big funds for small whale conservation
— 24 Jun 2009 15:16 | EnvironmentAustralia'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…
Researchers publish the discoveries that saved Maculinea arion in the UK
— 16 Jun 2009 00:02 | LepidopterologyOn 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…
Biologist discovers pink-winged moth in Chiracahua Mountains
— 10 Jun 2009 08:36 | LepidopterologyUniversity 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…