Museums must play a bigger role in conservation
Museums, zoos, botanic gardens must play a bigger role in conservation, says Science essay

DNA barcoding for identification and conservation of fauna
Even the most avid of bird watchers can’t always spot every tiny little difference.

Fish Extinctions Alter Critical Nutrients in Water
Ecosystems are such intricate webs of connections that few studies have been able to explore exactly what happens when a species dies out.

India-origin parakeets threaten native British birds
Parts of Britain are facing an immigration problem from an India link with a difference - parakeets originally from India have multiplied in such large numbers that they are threatening native birds such as robins and woodpeckers.

Seagrass Ecosystems At A 'Global Crisis'
An international team of scientists is calling for a targeted global conservation effort to preserve seagrasses and their ecological services for the world's coastal ecosystems...

Scientists Take Major Step To Improve River Restoration Efforts
A group of the nation's leading river scientists has taken an important step to propel the country's $1 billion-per-year river-restoration movement from an art to a science.