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Seahorses are strange looking creatures, with a horse's head on top of a kangaroo's pouched belly, bulging, swiveling chameleon eyes, a prehensile monkey tail, color-changing armor and a royal crown, all shrunk down to the size of a chess piece. To marine biologist Helen Scales, these elusive creatures are a perfect symbol of the ocean's biodiversity. The rest...

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Warfare and poaching have decimated forest elephant populations across their range with even elephants in remote protected areas cut down finds a new study in PLoS ONE. Originally posted here: Forest elephant populations cut in half in protected area

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WI: Earn-A-Buck, Gun Case Rules End Go here to see the original: WI: Earn-A-Buck, Gun Case Rules End

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"Google update." These two words can strike a chord of fear into the heart of any business owner that runs their own website. Not to mention send

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Guest post by Jennifer K. Halford, Esq. I was recently preparing a presentation for my local Small Business Development Center about the steps a small business owner should take to ensure the next generation is ready to continue the family business. I find that most small business owners underestimate the time it takes to continue the family business....

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Over £11M of research projects are announcing results as part of a concerted effort to help UK farming combat endemic animal diseases. More: UK food and farming benefits from research to combat animal diseases

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German sportswear manufacturer working on designs for shoes and clothing that can be buried at the bottom of the garden Originally posted here: Puma aiming to produce compostable trainers and T-shirts

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(Reuters) - Climate change is likely to lead to increased average rainfall in the world's major river basins but weather patterns will be fickle and the timing of wet seasons may change, threatening farming and foodstocks, experts said Monday. Read more: Africa's Nile, Limpopo at risk from climate change

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NEW DELHI, Nov 13 , 2011 (IPS) - Designated Drylands Ambassador, United Nations Convention for Combating Desertification (UNCCD), at its 10th Conference of the Parties (COP10) in South Korea in October, Dennis Garrity is mandated to raise awareness of land degradation. Read the rest here: Q&A: "Grabbing of Drylands is a Serious Concern"

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Fruit, frogs, birds, insects, plants: they are all enjoying a warm autumn as the seasons go topsy-turvy. Ecologists are observing a rash of freak occurrences and oddities throughout England See the original post here: Nature is fooled into flowering in a 'second spring'