botanist and Director of the Southern Institute of Ecology. "This provides further evidence of the conservation importance of this transitional habitat, and the need to protect it along the ...

YOUR risk of dementia could depend on where you live and it's quality of tap water, a new study claims ... based on 2005 data. This map shows current hard and soft water locations (source ...

With that goal in mind ... study co-author Thomas Ball is leveraging the data to peg the differences in extinction risk of various diets, such as vegan, vegetarian and standard diets. The maps ...

Habitat loss, food scarcity ... the critically endangered Long-billed Vulture (Gyps indicus) population, a new study has revealed. The study also pointed to the detrimental effects of human ...

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