«Their data show alarming declines in population and geographic ranges of endemic Hawaiian honeycreepers on the island of Kauai,» she says. (sciencenews.org)
This story touches on four hot issues: a drought stretching into its fifth year that is having devastating consequences, especially in central Iran; a controversial plan to transform Iran's only island in the Caspian Sea into a tourism hub; alarming declines of Iran's forests due to wildfires, conversion to cropland, logging, and urbanization; and efforts to save the Asiatic cheetah from extinction. (science.sciencemag.org)
John Carver's exit was inevitable, but his replacement Steve McClaren looks like damaged goods after Derby's alarming decline last season. (thetwounfortunates.com)