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Michael_Greenwell
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Poachers Decimate Endangered Bat Population
SAIPAN TRIBUNE - PACIFIC MAGAZINEPoaching this year has decimated the endangered fruit bat population on Rota Island, the...
 
Michael_Greenwell
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Sharks and rays threatened with extinction
INTERNATIONAL ANIMAL RESCUEOver a quarter of sharks and rays located in the north-east Atlantic are threatened with...
 
PeggyK
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Women's Work: Scientific Illustration
The Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering & Technology has a fantastic online exhibit on Women's Work: Portraits of...
14 hours ago Women in Science | Topics: biology, art, botany, zoology
 
Aine
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Monster Chinook salmon found in California
A fifty-one inch long Chinook salmon, found dead during a salmon survey in Battle Creek by the Department of Fish and Game...
 
Michael_Greenwell
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Atlantic sharks facing extinction
WESTERN MORNING NEWSSOME of the region’s most well-known visitors are facing extinction because of the effects of...
 
Michael_Greenwell
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Alabama sturgeon on the brink of extinction
TUSCALOOSA NEWS TUSCALOOSA | More than 675 fish species are found in the Southeastern U.S., but a quarter of the area’s...
 
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Thar Be Dragons
There's an interesting essay on the Smithsonian's Dinosaur Tracking blog about CGI-based animal documentaries that cross the...
 
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"Mexico City's 'water monster' nears extinction" By DAVID KOOP
MEXICO CITY -- Beneath the tourist gondolas in the remains of a great Aztec lake lives a creature that resembles a monster _ and a Muppet _ with its slimy tail, plumage-like gills and mouth that curls into an odd smile.
 
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Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse: Wildlife Zoologist
Today's post is about a woman scientist doing some cool research.Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse, a Research Fellow at the Institute...
 
Michael_Greenwell
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Greenpeace showcases the solution to Indonesia´s rapid forest destruction and rising carbon emission
LOS ANGELES CHRONICLEJakarta, Indonesia – Greenpeace this morning launched its Forests for Climate initiative, the...
 
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Ban shark fishing to save species: WWF
ABC.NET.AUConservation group WWF says the Queensland Government must phase out targeted shark fishing on the Great Barrier...
 
Michael_Greenwell
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Mexico City’s ‘water monster’ nears extinction
INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE/ASSOCIATED PRESSMEXICO CITY: Beneath the tourist gondolas in the remains of a great Aztec lake...
 
Michael_Greenwell
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Brazil charges 81 with illegal Amazon deforestation
MONGABAY.COMBrazil will file charges against 81 people accused of being the biggest destroyers of the Amazon rainforest,...
 
Michael_Greenwell
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Blue coral of Okinawa joins threatened list
THE YOIMURI SHIMBUNThe International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has expanded its Red List of Threatened...
 
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GOVERNMENT IN SOMETHING SENSIBLE SHOCKER!
On dissident voice I found some news about a government doing something sensible.I was stunned to say the least. What was...
 
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Fish could face extinction if barrage is allowed, campaigners say
THE WESTON MERCURYFISH stocks in rivers leading to the Severn Estuary could face extinction if a barrage is built, according...
 
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Perth’s native birds face extinction as bush is ripped out for housing
BEATRICE THOMAS - THE WEST.COM.AUMore than 80 per cent of Perth’s most prominent native birds face extinction if land...
 
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South Korea pushing birds to extinction
INTERNATIONAL ANIMAL RESCUEA huge land reclamation project in South Korea is pushing endangered species towards extinction,...
 
Michael_Greenwell
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3000 amphibian species face extinction
NEWS.COM.AUUP to 3000 species of amphibians face extinction, giving the world its greatest conservation challenge, a leading...
 
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Endangered birds shot in SA
ABC AUSTRALIAEnvironment Minister Jay Weatherill says there have been “sickening” attacks on endangered birds on...
 
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Endangered puaiohi moved to Alakai preserve
KAUAHIWORLD.COMA dozen endangered puaiohi birds were transferred from the Big Island to the Alakai Wilderness Preserve on...
 
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Perth Customs catch two men smuggling endangered fungi
WATODAYCustoms investigators have charged two German nationals accused of trying to smuggle a large quantity of endangered...
 
Michael_Greenwell
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Birds unable to keep pace with climate change could go extinct
THAINDIAN NEWSLondon, Oct 6 (ANI): A new study that directly links population declines in birds to climate change, has...
 
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No species lasts for ever, but the current rate of extinction is terrible
THE GUARDIAN - KIRSTY PARK‘Will the world and humankind be very much the poorer if we lose a thousand or so...
 
Michael_Greenwell
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Wolverine battles for endangered protection
INTERNATIONAL ANIMAL RESCUE Wildlife groups have sued the US government in an effort to protect the wolverine under the...
 
Michael_Greenwell
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Africa: Continent’s Rare Species of Flora and Fauna Face Extinction as Poaching Intensifies
Allafrica.com - EDMUND KAGIRE Most rare and precious African fauna and flora species are on the verge of extinction, today...
 
Michael_Greenwell
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49 Indian Mammal Species Face gravest extinction threat
PRESS TRUST OF INDIANew Delhi, Oct 9 (PTI) Over 49 mammal species in India including tiger, gibbons, bats and deer are facing...
 
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Visualizing the Embryo
The elephantine embryo loomed before him above the holostage, its triangular head folder over with two round bulging eyes....
 
Michael_Greenwell
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Canadian killer whales face extinction
INTERNATIONAL ANIMAL RESCUEKiller whales in British Columbia’s waters could be extinct in as little as a century,...
 
Michael_Greenwell
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Quarter of mammal species under threat
IOL.CO.ZAEarth’s family of more than 5 000 mammal species - all “cousins” to human beings - are now...
 
Michael_Greenwell
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Seabirds Endangered by Oil Spill off the Pentland Firth
NEFTEGAZ.RUA major oil spill off the Pentland Firth could affect thousands of seabirds, rescue organisations said...
 
Michael_Greenwell
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Tigers face extinction threat in Panna Park
CENTRAL CHRONICLEPanna, MP, Oct 7: Not a single tigress or cub has been spotted in Panna National Tiger Park in Chhatarpur...
 
Michael_Greenwell
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Sockeye salmon on endangered list
CFKTVThe Skeena River Sockeye Salmon population in on a list of globally threatened species. The International Conservation...
 
Michael_Greenwell
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Reptiles threatened by temperature change
ABC AUSTRALIAA Central Australian researcher says up to three quarters of the world’s reptiles could become extinct if...
 
PeggyK
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The Creatures We Don't See
This week Vandana Singh has been guest posting some fantastic essays about India and fiction over at Jeff Vandermeer's...
 
Michael_Greenwell
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NO INNOCENT BYSTANDERS
OK. THIS IS PROBABLY THE START OF THE REVIEWThe songs in the making of this review were…Concerto for Clarinet and...
 
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Amazon deforestation rates have doubled, officials say
AP/ TORONTO STAR RIO DE JANEIRO–After three years of declining deforestation, the Amazon is being cut down more than twice...
 
Davinian
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Big Cat blamed for Sheep Deaths?
Are Big Cats loose in the UK?Cambridgeshire Constabulary’s wildlife officer has launched a special investigation...
 
Ivan
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Bees Can Count
Honeybees are clever little creatures. They can form abstract concepts, such as symmetry versus asymmetry, and they use...
52 days ago Science News | Topics: science, bees, zoology
 
Tentacle King
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Half of all amphibian species extinct by 2050
Images from BBC WebsiteScientists from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) predict by 2050 half of all amphibian species...
 
Lior Schejter
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Tree of Life Web Project
The Tree of Life Web Project (ToL) is a collaborative effort of biologists from around the world. On more than 9000 World Wide Web pages, the project provides information about the diversity of organisms on Earth, their evolutionary history (phylogeny),...
 
Michael_Greenwell
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800 endangered storks perish
INTERNATIONAL ANIMAL RESCUEMon 22 September 2008 14:03 UK — Asia,BirdsHundreds of Buddhist Indian villagers performed a...
 
Michael_Greenwell
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Volunteers work to protect endangered blue duck
TIMARU HERALDCOMMITTED volunteers have been carrying out predator control on Lochaber Station to protect the highly threatened...
 
Michael_Greenwell
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Namibia: Wild Dogs in Serious Trouble
ALLAFRICA.COMAbsalom ShigwedhaURGENT and concerted action is needed to save Namibia’s African wild dog population from...
 
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Hobbies from Art to Zooplankton
Unsure what to choose from the motley mix? There are even websites geared to help you pick a hobby, and any hobby retailer...
 
Michael_Greenwell
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Rare rhinos endangered by loss of habitat
REUTERSBy Gopal SharmaKATHMANDU (Reuters) - South Asia’s endangered Great One-horned Rhinoceros is being driven out of...
 
Michael_Greenwell
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One-third of coral reefs worldwide face extinction
Source: European Commission, Environment DG Published Sep. 12, 2008 Coral reefs harbour the highest concentration of marine...