Articles By Sarah Dowdey : Discovery News

Hurricanes and Droughts Beat Back Migratory Bird Populations

Posted Fri Apr 2, 2010 02:42 PM ET | 0

Ever hear the line that frog health is a great indicator for ecosystem health? That if frogs are dying, something is seriously wrong with the entire network? Well the same can be said for birds, which act as indicators for ... Read more

Hurricanes and Droughts Beat Back Migratory Bird Populations

Canadians Use Yellow Bots to Explore the Arctic

Posted Wed Mar 24, 2010 08:21 PM ET | 0

Canada has a high tech toy to help them win the New Arctic Land Grab: a big, yellow submarine. Read more

Canadians Use Yellow Bots to Explore the Arctic

Ivory Wars: Is it Time for Another Round?

Posted Fri Mar 19, 2010 02:45 PM ET | 0

The international ban on trading ivory could soon be lifted, if a new proposal goes through. Read more

Ivory Wars: Is it Time for Another Round?

"Ice Arches" Act as Gatekeepers to Melting Arctic Ice

Posted Fri Mar 12, 2010 03:53 PM ET | 0

It's easy to imagine the Arctic ice cap as it looks on a globe -- pinned firmly to one spot. However, that's not the case. Sea ice is free to roam when it breaks up, bobbing out of the Arctic ... Read more

Angkor: How can a UNESCO site keep tourist temple raiders in check?

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 04:49 PM ET | 0

It only takes a quick Google image search to understand why Angkor, the Khmer empire's ancient seat, makes plenty of "must-see" travel lists. Its ruined temple complexes pop out through the forests, and its sprawling reservoirs offer a testament to... Read more

Angkor: How can a UNESCO site keep tourist temple raiders in check?

Vultures Dine at Turkish Carrion Restaurant

Posted Tue Feb 23, 2010 01:36 PM ET | 0

Ask someone what his or her favorite animal is and most probably won't answer "vulture." That doesn't mean the threatened scavenging birds don't have their defenders, though. According to NatGeo News Watch and Çağan Şekercioğlu, senior research... Read more

Vultures Dine at Turkish Carrion Restaurant

Vancouver's Platinum Venue

Posted Fri Feb 19, 2010 02:32 PM ET | 0

The Vancouver games are in full swing by now, so it's time to check out one of the venues that led the city to boast its Olympics would be the "greenest games ever." The Vancouver Convention Centre, formally the Vancouver ... Read more

Fashionable Greenwashing?

Posted Fri Feb 12, 2010 01:37 PM ET | 0

Earlier this year, the Swedish clothing chain H&M ran into some trouble over its practice of slash-and-dump. When clothes didn't sell, store employees destroyed them, ripping the fabric to dissuade any fashion-forward freegans from scoring free... Read more

Migrating Cranes Get a Little Ultralite Assistance

Posted Wed Feb 3, 2010 02:13 PM ET | 0

Each year in late January, an ultralight aircraft descends on Florida with a flock of young whooping cranes in tow. The birds, which are from central Wisconsin, follow the aircraft across the country to one of two wildlife preserves in ... Read more

Migrating Cranes Get a Little Ultralite Assistance

Afghanistan's Fragile Wildlife

Posted Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:25 AM ET | 0

After decades of war and internal conflict, it would be easy to assume that Afghanistan's wildlife has been as decimated as its infrastructure. Since the 1979 Soviet invasion, the country's had no systematic or serious management of land. An... Read more

"Least-known Bird" Has Been Found

Posted Wed Jan 20, 2010 09:59 AM ET | 0

Researchers at the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have found the breeding area of the elusive large-billed reed warbler. That's a big deal, because according to BirdLife International, the species is the world's "least-known bird." The... Read more

Egalitarian Science: The Open Dinosaur Project

Posted Fri Jan 15, 2010 03:48 PM ET | 0

If you're interested in trying your hand at scientific publication, you might want to check out the Open Dinosaur Project. The venture harnesses the research powers of a crowd in order to compile a database of dinosaur limb bone measurements. ... Read more

Egalitarian Science: The Open Dinosaur Project

Shuttered Polaroid Factory Turns to Solar Panels

Posted Thu Jan 7, 2010 12:33 PM ET | 0

In New Bedford, Mass., a shuttered plant that once rolled out Polaroid film is up and running again. Except this time, the plant isn't producing film -- it's making extremely thin flexible solar panels. Back in 2008, the factory got ... Read more

Shuttered Polaroid Factory Turns to Solar Panels

Wind Farms Don't Affect Home Prices

Posted Fri Dec 18, 2009 04:39 PM ET | 0

You would think that a wind farm, with its soaring turbines and low humming noise, might have a bad effect on property values. An especially bad effect when you consider all the news last year regarding infrasound and wind-turbine syndrome. ... Read more