Mauritius governmentt sets up enquiry into cause of dying fish stocks

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African Press Agency 24 Jan 09; APA - Port Louis (Mauritius) The Mauritius government is setting up an inquiry to understand why many tons ...

Best of our wild blogs: 24 Jan 09

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Spider survey photo shoot! on Brandon Photography blog Reflections - 2008, the Year of the Frog on the ashira blog Seen on STOMP feeding bir...

One last chance to save mankind: James Lovelock

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Gaia Vince, New Scientist 23 Jan 09; With his 90th birthday in July, a trip into space scheduled for later in the year and a new book out n...

Give green spaces some variety: MM Lee

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Ong Dai Lin, Today Online 24 Jan 09; LIVING in an urban jungle of HDB flats, residents would find green open spaces a natural tonic. So, it...

Singapore's own world heritage site?

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Tiong Bahru among the nominees by new Facebook group for S'pore's first Unesco World Heritage Site THE buzz to find a new national i...

Haze alert in Riau

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Straits Times 24 Jan 09; PEKANBARU (RIAU): Indonesia's Riau province has declared a state of alert over thickening smog haze created by...

Flu pandemic 'unlikely to occur'

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Straits Times 24 Jan 09; An international immunology symposium this week saw 400 scientists gathering to discuss how the body's defence...

Don't cage birds, watch them in the wild

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Straits Times Forum 24 Jan 09; I REFER to the letter by Mr Lim Zi Xun, ' Ease up on import of ornamental birds ' (Jan 15). One unde...

Where warming hits hard

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Nature Reports Climate Change Nature 15 Jan 09; Threatened with encroaching seas, dwindling water supplies and fiercer storms, Bangladesh i...

At least 40 whales die in mass stranding off Tasmania

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The Telegraph 23 Jan 09 At least 40 whales have died in a mass stranding off the island of Tasmania. Just seven of the pod of about 50 sper...

Pearl lure threat to river mussels

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Lorna Gordon, BBC News 22 Jan 09; In a burn in the Highlands where the water is coloured brown by peat, scientists are keeping watch over a...

Japan launches satellite to monitor greenhouse gases

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Reuters 23 Jan 09; TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan launched a satellite on Friday to monitor greenhouse gases around the world in the hope that the...