ANIMAL PEOPLE FORUM | Scientific Press Releases | Activity https://animalpeopleforum.org/members/apsciencenews/activity/ Activity feed for Scientific Press Releases. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 05:04:30 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 9ae88b35227c2b1cf4833ee9e1c8b95c Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, People in Developing Countries Eat Less Bushmeat as They Migrate from Rural to Urban Areas https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=32364 Mon, 23 Nov 2020 18:51:36 -0800 People around the world, especially in developing countries in Africa, Asia, and South America, consume wild game, or bushmeat, whether out of necessity, as a matter of taste preference, or, in the case of […]

]]> 0 0f08868c4e028cbd5e35c0b0c3bd4faf Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Bees are Helping Thailand’s Elephants and Farmers Peacefully Coexist https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=31394 Fri, 04 Sep 2020 18:48:21 -0700 Beehive fences can reduce crop damage by Asian elephants and generate supplemental income for farmers in Thailand. As such, they have the potential to prevent violent conflicts between people and the world’s […]

]]> 0 bd7226f8cfe355c786705d735d5c8b8c Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Want to Save Shelter Animals? Fight for Social Justice https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=31332 Wed, 02 Sep 2020 17:08:34 -0700 Overpolicing and constant surveillance of low-income urban communities leads to the incarceration of animals as well as people, with many pets being killed in public animal shelters, argues University of […]

]]> 0 e40ba975f2e05b05d3040148adc34db3 Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Reducing Wildlife Trafficking and Forest Loss Could Prevent Future Pandemics https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=30816 Mon, 27 Jul 2020 20:01:34 -0700 Governments might be able to prevent future pandemics by investing as little as $22 billion a year in programs to curb wildlife trafficking and stem the destruction of tropical forests, a new analysis by an […]

]]> 0 d1eb85d48e2f0ad1b3dfb1c4a622f2ec Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Conservation Activities Have Been Disrupted Globally by COVID-19 Lockdowns https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=30782 Tue, 21 Jul 2020 19:08:30 -0700 The COVID-19 pandemic and its associated lockdowns have severely disrupted critical species conservation activities and fieldwork worldwide, according to a survey of more than 300 conservationists in 85 […]

]]> 0 a799dc1bb9c5dbdaa7f0091bbdbe919a Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Intensive Animal Farming is “Single Most Risky Human Behavior” for Pandemics, Says Report https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=30760 Fri, 17 Jul 2020 20:03:40 -0700 There is a fundamental and often-overlooked connection between pandemics such as the current COVID-19 crisis and our animal-based food system, says a major new report published yesterday.

The Food & Pandemics […]

]]> 0 50dc3644ca0f3f9d29ceed1100a18366 Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, New Research: More Than Half of Americans Are Willing to Eat More Plant-Based Foods, But Most Lack Information https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=29027 Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:46:41 -0800 American consumers are hungry for more climate-friendly plant-based diets, but they need more information, according to results from a national survey released today by Earth Day Network (EDN) and the Yale […]

]]> 0 cc674ab001bf3674ff76461bee37d8da Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, New Research: Climate Change Could Reduce Lifespan Among Hundreds of Species https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=28865 Fri, 14 Feb 2020 16:58:47 -0800 Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast and Tel Aviv University in Israel have carried out one of the most comprehensive studies to date to better understand what affects life expectancy among all living v […]

]]> 0 675bb0d08413e2ccc3073685ed56826e Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Researchers Show Noise Pollution is Threatening the Survival of a Number of Species https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=27627 Wed, 20 Nov 2019 17:17:43 -0800 Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast have found noise pollution is threatening the survival of more than 100 different species.

The researchers found that noise affects the behavior of a wide range of s […]

]]> 0 53a98191fadb830911b3454de984f212 Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Are We in an Age of 'Mass Extinction'? https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=27550 Thu, 14 Nov 2019 16:41:38 -0800 Written by Frédérik Saltré, Research Fellow in Ecology, Flinders University and Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Matthew Flinders Fellow in Global Ecology and Models Theme Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Austr […]

]]> 0 3d88829b0ebf94404f7aad53546c6642 Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Blinding Nemo: Shining a Light on Clownfish Survival https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=25903 Thu, 18 Jul 2019 19:23:04 -0700 Researchers from Flinders University in South Australia have found that increasing the amount of artificial light at night (ALAN) masked natural cues, which prompt clownfish eggs to hatch.

The problem is being […]

]]> 0 e409fc07d83b668cff017bd0436e741e Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Researchers Use Computer Simulations to Study Reintroduction of Bull Trout https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=24315 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 17:18:21 -0700 A multi-institutional team of researchers, led by Meryl Mims, has assessed how environmental, demographic, and genetic factors play a role in the reintroduction of bull trout in Washington State.

Their project […]

]]> 0 05cfbc875f45f6a41c81d8c3f0742182 Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Researchers Study People Who Feed Birds in Their Backyards and Implications for Bird Conservation https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=24214 Wed, 27 Mar 2019 22:04:40 -0700 People in many parts of the world feed birds in their backyards, often due to a desire to help wildlife or to connect with nature. In the United States alone, over 57 million households feed backyard birds, […]

]]> 0 645e1adeb6e1dc0f6a3b175e7c678a43 Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Mowing for Monarchs https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=23947 Wed, 13 Mar 2019 18:58:33 -0700 You might think that mowing fields wouldn’t benefit monarch butterfly populations. New research from Michigan State University, however, shows that disturbances like mowing ­– at key times – might help boost […]

]]> 0 7a4d5351f8192a3a94c1779e37e8da80 Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, To Solve Pollinator Health Crisis, State Governments are Key, Study Finds https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=23354 Fri, 08 Feb 2019 16:56:47 -0800 Insect pollinators are vital to the existence of almost 90 percent of the world’s flowering plants, including a large portion of food products. Blueberries and cherries, for instance, depend on honey bee p […]

]]> 0 338c1c85eba8fb10078ff1c1432a8983 Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Mapping trees can help count endangered lemurs http://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=19871 Tue, 04 Sep 2018 15:10:35 -0700 DURHAM, N.C.– The vast majority of lemur species are on the edge of extinction, experts warn. But not every lemur species faces a grim future. There may be as many as 1.3 million white-fronted brown lemurs still […]

]]> 0 e22fd7899d0eca89b81fd031821a3efd Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Duke University study says protect key habitats, not just wilderness, to preserve species http://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=19700 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 17:15:01 -0700 DURHAM, N.C. — Some scientists have suggested we need to protect half of Earth’s surface to preserve most of its species. A new Duke University-led study, however, cautions that it is the quality, not merely t […]

]]> 0 bd18022d4bf1021c7913b78b31c09e36 Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Alligators on the beach? Killer whales in rivers? Get used to it. http://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=17791 Tue, 08 May 2018 03:51:26 -0700 DURHAM, N.C. – Alligators on the beach. Killer whales in rivers. Mountain lions miles from the nearest mountain.

In recent years, sightings of large predators in places where conventional wisdom says they “ […]

]]> 0 7f9f0a1bb554e4a9361aa32d9b7b2859 Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Duke University study finds elephant declines imperil 96 percent of Central Africa's forests http://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=17177 Sat, 17 Mar 2018 16:41:49 -0700 DURHAM, N.C. – Poaching and habitat loss have reduced forest elephant populations in Central Africa by 63 percent since 2001. This widespread killing poses dire consequences not only for the species itself but a […]

]]> 0 bad72eefc264d5acb702216594cde922 Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Taste, not appearance, drives corals to eat plastics http://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=15246 Thu, 26 Oct 2017 00:59:50 -0700 DURHAM, N.C. – Scientists have long known that marine animals mistakenly eat plastic debris because the tiny bits of floating plastic might look like prey.

But a new Duke University study of plastic ingestion b […]

]]> 0 b80df2535fd6703470d33f688dba43b9 Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Trend for extreme breeding is now affecting horses http://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=15183 Fri, 13 Oct 2017 19:58:59 -0700 UK vets have reacted strongly to images of a horse that has been bred to achieve an extreme concave or ‘dished’ profile, warning of numerous health risks.

View the images here: htt […]

]]> 0 276d8a69d267af20dfbf101dbe2f9ee1 Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Orange is the New Green: How Orange Peels Revived a Costa Rican Forest http://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=14510 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 23:19:11 -0700 PRINCETON, N.J.—In the mid-1990s, 1,000 truckloads of orange peels and orange pulp were purposefully unloaded onto a barren pasture in a Costa Rican national park. Today, that area is covered in lush, vine-laden f […]

]]> 0 f672378f7866fe7a1f3299058dbf8443 Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Marine Extinctions an Unavoidable Cost of Deep Sea Mining http://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=13705 Sat, 08 Jul 2017 03:46:25 -0700 DURHAM, N.C. – Biodiversity losses from deep-sea mining are unavoidable and possibly irrevocable, an international team of 15 marine scientists, resource economists and legal scholars argue in a letter published J […]

]]> 0 b7fa9ebbfbbbf82a5acda5675f601520 Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Loss of Tropical Forest to Commercial Agriculture Accelerating Worldwide http://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=12423 Tue, 09 May 2017 21:18:31 -0700 DURHAM, N.C. – Larger patches of tropical forest are being lost worldwide as governments and corporations clear more land to make way for industrial-scale agriculture, a Duke University study shows.

The newly p […]

]]> 0 0592c82b7094a85009d74fb3bfeea47c Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Poaching Drives 80% Decline in Elephants in Key Preserve http://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=9466 Tue, 21 Feb 2017 01:54:38 -0800 DURHAM, N.C. – Forest elephant populations in one of Central Africa’s largest and most important preserves have declined between 78 percent and 81 percent because of poaching, a new Duke University-led study fin […]

]]> 0 ba7502bc306eb0eb2403674b44c1edbd Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Leading human-crocodile conflict specialist calls for a new approach to managing human-predator relations http://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=9305 Wed, 15 Feb 2017 07:46:08 -0800 Dr. Simon Pooley, a specialist in human-wildlife conflict at Birkbeck, University of London, is calling for a fundamental rethink of how we study and manage human-predator relations, particularly where conflicts […]

]]> 0 cbbc536de261da7cf7c94d5454724e50 Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Insufficient evidence to support use of homeopathy in farm animals http://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=8494 Mon, 02 Jan 2017 22:00:58 -0800 (Featured image: pigs confined in an intensive farm in the West Bank. Courtesy Kim Bartlett – Animal People, Inc.)

There is insufficient evidence to support the use of homeopathy in farm animals as a way to […]

]]> 0 d3f90c12179d526a95dab9e25cc1e10f Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Remote Sensing Data Reveals Hundreds More Species At Risk of Extinction http://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=7750 Fri, 18 Nov 2016 11:26:43 -0800 (Featured image: Yellow-throated toucan in Costa Rica. The yellow-throated toucan, Ramphastos ambiguus, is currently classified as Least Concern by IUCN, yet according to the new study should be listed as […]

]]> 0 fb004d51fc96fc9d25a0e3bc02e774c1 Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Bushmeat Hunting Drives Biodiversity Declines in Central Africa http://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=7553 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 14:25:18 -0800 (Featured image: carnivoran, probably a mongoose, killed for bushmeat in Gabon. Credit jbdodane, CC BY-NC 2.0)

DURHAM, N.C. – Hunting has dramatically reduced wildlife biodiversity in forests near rural […]

]]> 0 e726f1d902f6e1d849941d7a617c5b4b Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Male Chimpanzees Fight For Status, Females Wait Their Turn http://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=7227 Sat, 15 Oct 2016 14:08:32 -0700 (Featured image: female chimps Sophie and Megan at the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Lake Victoria, Uganda. Credit International Fund for Animal Welfare, CC BY-NC 2.0)

DURHAM, N.C. – For wild […]

]]> 0 73894d9e463314db2c296b2fbd5136e6 Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Walking the Dog Helps Keep Owners Healthy and Neighborhoods Feeling Safe http://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=7217 Sat, 15 Oct 2016 13:22:10 -0700 (Featured image courtesy PRNewsFoto/Mars Petcare. All rights reserved.)

BRUSSELS, October 13, 2016 – An international study published in BMC Public Health has found dog walkers are physically active on more […]

]]> 0 05ed72825a972daf0487e914bee2b3f6 Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Global Fishing Watch: New Online Tool Tracks Commercial Fishing Worldwide http://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=6707 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 12:05:40 -0700 (Featured image: bait fish in net in the Maldives. Credit Hani Amir, used under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Oceana, SkyTruth and Google Launch Global Fishing Watch, First Free, Online Tool to Reveal Commercial Fishing […]

]]> 0 66a3324f8d7a0ca4383243c6d2082222 Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Many More Species at Risk from Southeast Asia Tree Plantations, Study Finds http://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=6078 Sun, 14 Aug 2016 00:03:17 -0700 (Featured image: White-rumped vulture, Gyps bengalensis, a once-common species across southern Asia, now critically endangered due to habitat destruction as well as poisoning. Credit Allan Hopkins, used under CC […]

]]> 0 db94b3d50406bc5afe97672c97a400d6 Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Isolated coral reefs far from human activity are not healthier http://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=6007 Thu, 11 Aug 2016 23:10:48 -0700 (Featured image: bleached coral reef off Tioman Island, Malaysia. Credit Paul, used under CC BY-SA 2.0)

New UNC-Chapel Hill research shows that coral reef decline illustrates the far reach of climate change — a […]

]]> 0 b4217fb793d856418a9d3f852d99bcf7 Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Forests, Species on Four Continents Threatened by Palm Oil Expansion http://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=5908 Thu, 04 Aug 2016 11:02:58 -0700 (Featured image: forest in Nigeria cut down for palm oil production. Credit jbdodane, used under CC BY-NC 2.0 / cropped)

Via Duke University Office of News and Communications

DURHAM, N.C. – As palm oil […]

]]> 0 c8db2fd4e7e348433daf2a67161b9e3b Scientific Press Releases wrote a new post, Temperature Helps Drive the Emergence of Different Personalities in Spiders http://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=5717 Sat, 23 Jul 2016 11:06:30 -0700 (Photo credit: Joe Lapp, used under CC BY-NC 2.0)

(Chapel Hill, N.C.—July 21, 2016) – Like people, animals have personalities. And their personalities differ, sometimes hugely, on traits like shyness and agg […]

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