en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/science/populations/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/science/bird_family_trees_predict_declin/ A new genetic family tree of the UK's birds may help predict which will see their populations decline in future. The family tree - or phylogenetic map - shows how closely species are related. The scientist who compiled it, Gavin Thomas, found that p news science 2008-06-11 08:23:49 http://www.newsique.com/science/bird_family_trees_predict_declin/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7446647.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/bird_family_trees_predict_declin/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/wildlife_populations_plummeting/ Between a quarter and a third of the world's wildlife has been lost since 1970, according to data compiled by the Zoological Society of London. Populations of land-based species fell by 25%, marine by 28% and freshwater by 29%, it says. Humans are w news science 2008-05-16 08:19:33 http://www.newsique.com/science/wildlife_populations_plummeting/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/7403989.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/wildlife_populations_plummeting/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/captive_tigers_may_save_species/ Many tigers held in captivity have "pure-bred ancestry" and could play a key role in the survival of diminishing wild populations, a study suggests. A team using a new method for assessing the genetic ancestry of tigers found that a number of "generic" news science 2008-04-21 08:23:02 http://www.newsique.com/science/captive_tigers_may_save_species/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7353407.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/captive_tigers_may_save_species/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/horn_trade_pressures_some_rhinos/ A rise in poaching has put some rhino populations at risk of extinction. The wildlife trade organisation Traffic has documented a five-fold increase in the volume of rhino horn entering the illegal market between 2000 and 2005. The populations most news science 2007-06-06 15:29:23 http://www.newsique.com/science/horn_trade_pressures_some_rhinos/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/6726569.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/horn_trade_pressures_some_rhinos/#comments