UK Species "Must Move to Survive" (Dec 30, 2007)
Some UK wildlife species will have to find new habitats as climate change causes temperatures to rise, the Wildlife Trusts have warned. Animals, birds and plants will have to move north and westwards to find suitable habitats, the trusts say.
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Source: BBC |
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Antarctica's Adelie Penguins Extinct in a Decade? (Dec 29, 2007)
Adélie penguins in Antarctica are in the midst of a major upheaval as climate change causes their icy habitat to warm up, experts say. Some populations of the birds are thriving, but most are declining rapidly. The penguins rely on winter sea ice as a platform for feeding on ocean krill. But they also need the ice to shrink in the summer so they can access their breeding colonies on land.
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Source: National Geographic |
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Squirrels use "Snake Perfume" to Fool Predators (Dec 23, 2007)
To mask their odor from rattlesnakes, California ground squirrels and rock squirrels chew on sloughed-off snake skin and smear it on their fur, according to a new study. The act most likely persuades the predators that another snake, not a squirrel, is in the area. "To our knowledge this is the first case where [this idea] has been tested systematically and shown to have an anti-predator function—protecting the squirrel from rattlesnake predation," said study lead author Barbara Clucas.
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Source: National Geographic |
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Whale "Missing Link" Discovered (Dec 20, 2007)
The whale is descended from a deer-like animal that lived 48 million years ago, according to fossil evidence. Remains found in the Kashmir region of India suggest the fox-sized mammal is the long-sought land-based ancestor of whales, dolphins and porpoises.
Read More>
Source: BBC |
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Giant Rat and New Possum found in Indonesia (Dec 18, 2007)
Two new undocumented mammals - a pygmy possum and a giant rat - have been found in the jungles of a remote mountain range in Indonesia's Papua province, according to a conservation group. During an expedition to Papua's Foja Mountains in June, Conservation International (CI) and Indonesian scientists documented the two mammals - a Cercartetus pygmy possum, one of the world's smallest marsupials, and a Mallomys giant rat, the conservation group said in a statement.
Read More>
Source: New Scientist |
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Mass Deaths of Rare Croc in India (Dec 15, 2007)
At least 21 endangered crocodile-like gharials have been found dead over the past three days in a river in northern India, wildlife officials say. The reptiles died in the Chambal River, and one official said that cirrhosis of the liver was the cause of the deaths.
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Source: BBC |
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Largest Spitting Cobra Found - New Species (Dec 12, 2007)
A new species of spitting cobra—now the largest in the world—has been named by researchers in Kenya and the United Kingdom. The newly anointed Ashe's spitting cobra, or large brown spitting cobra (Naja ashei), can reach lengths of more than 9 feet (274 centimeters) and is believed to deliver more venom with a single bite than any other cobra on the planet.
Read More>
Source: National Geographic |
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Mysterious Mammal Caught on Film (Dec 10, 2007)
An "extraordinary" desert creature has been caught on camera for what scientists believe is the first time. The long-eared jerboa, a tiny nocturnal mammal that is dwarfed by its enormous ears, can be found in deserts in Mongolia and China.
Read More & Watch Video> 
Source: BBC |
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Who Dares Wins. (Dec 7, 2007)
What is it that makes birds-of-prey such good hunters; especially those species that catch live victims sometimes greater than their own weight? Tenacity is one quality that marks them out.
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Source: BBC |
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A Quarter of U.S Birds at Risk
(Dec 1, 2007)
More than a quarter of U.S. birds are at risk of extinction, says a study released today by the nonprofit groups National Audubon Society and the American Bird Conservancy.
Read More>
Source: National Geographic |
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Rats Wipe Out Sea Birds on Alaska Island (Nov 30, 2007)
The muscular Norway rat climbed ashore on a rugged, uninhabited island in Alaska's Aleutian chain in 1780, after a rodent-infested Japanese ship ran aground there.
Read More>
Source: National Geographic |
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Keeping Sharks out of the Soup
(Nov,30,2007) Millions of sharks are dying every year - some merely to feed a fashion for soup - but a new campaign hopes to demonstrate that there's more to a shark than its fins.
Read More>
Source: BBC |
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The Truth Behind the Exotic Pet Trade (Nov,30,2007)
Keeping exotic pets is more popular than ever. However, captive reptiles, victims of a huge, often illegal, cruel, international pet-trade, are impossible to care for properly.
Read More>
Source: BBC |
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UK Species "Must Move to Survive" (Dec 30, 2007)
Some UK wildlife species will have to find new habitats as climate change causes temperatures to rise, the Wildlife Trusts have warned. Animals, birds and plants will have to move north and westwards to find suitable habitats, the trusts say.
Read More>
Source: BBC |
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Antarctica's Adelie Penguins Extinct in a Decade? (Dec 29, 2007)
Adélie penguins in Antarctica are in the midst of a major upheaval as climate change causes their icy habitat to warm up, experts say. Some populations of the birds are thriving, but most are declining rapidly. The penguins rely on winter sea ice as a platform for feeding on ocean krill. But they also need the ice to shrink in the summer so they can access their breeding colonies on land.
Read More>
Source: National Geographic |
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Squirrels use "Snake Perfume" to Fool Predators (Dec 23, 2007)
To mask their odor from rattlesnakes, California ground squirrels and rock squirrels chew on sloughed-off snake skin and smear it on their fur, according to a new study. The act most likely persuades the predators that another snake, not a squirrel, is in the area. "To our knowledge this is the first case where [this idea] has been tested systematically and shown to have an anti-predator function—protecting the squirrel from rattlesnake predation," said study lead author Barbara Clucas.
Read More>
Source: National Geographic |
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Whale "Missing Link" Discovered (Dec 20, 2007)
The whale is descended from a deer-like animal that lived 48 million years ago, according to fossil evidence. Remains found in the Kashmir region of India suggest the fox-sized mammal is the long-sought land-based ancestor of whales, dolphins and porpoises.
Read More>
Source: BBC |
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Giant Rat and New Possum found in Indonesia (Dec 18, 2007)
Two new undocumented mammals - a pygmy possum and a giant rat - have been found in the jungles of a remote mountain range in Indonesia's Papua province, according to a conservation group. During an expedition to Papua's Foja Mountains in June, Conservation International (CI) and Indonesian scientists documented the two mammals - a Cercartetus pygmy possum, one of the world's smallest marsupials, and a Mallomys giant rat, the conservation group said in a statement.
Read More>
Source: New Scientist |
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Mass Deaths of Rare Croc in India (Dec 15, 2007)
At least 21 endangered crocodile-like gharials have been found dead over the past three days in a river in northern India, wildlife officials say. The reptiles died in the Chambal River, and one official said that cirrhosis of the liver was the cause of the deaths.
Read More>
Source: BBC |
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Largest Spitting Cobra Found - New Species (Dec 12, 2007)
A new species of spitting cobra—now the largest in the world—has been named by researchers in Kenya and the United Kingdom. The newly anointed Ashe's spitting cobra, or large brown spitting cobra (Naja ashei), can reach lengths of more than 9 feet (274 centimeters) and is believed to deliver more venom with a single bite than any other cobra on the planet.
Read More>
Source: National Geographic |
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Mysterious Mammal Caught on Film (Dec 10, 2007)
An "extraordinary" desert creature has been caught on camera for what scientists believe is the first time. The long-eared jerboa, a tiny nocturnal mammal that is dwarfed by its enormous ears, can be found in deserts in Mongolia and China.
Read More & Watch Video>
Source: BBC |
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Who Dares Wins. (Dec 7, 2007)
What is it that makes birds-of-prey such good hunters; especially those species that catch live victims sometimes greater than their own weight? Tenacity is one quality that marks them out.
Read More>
Source: BBC |
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A Quarter of U.S Birds at Risk (Dec 1, 2007)
More than a quarter of U.S. birds are at risk of extinction, says a study released today by the nonprofit groups National Audubon Society and the American Bird Conservancy.
Read More>
Source: National Geographic |
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Rats Wipe Out Sea Birds on Alaska Island (Nov 30, 2007)
The muscular Norway rat climbed ashore on a rugged, uninhabited island in Alaska's Aleutian chain in 1780, after a rodent-infested Japanese ship ran aground there.
Read More>
Source: National Geographic |
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Keeping Sharks out of the Soup (Nov,30,2007)
Millions of sharks are dying every year - some merely to feed a fashion for soup - but a new campaign hopes to demonstrate that there's more to a shark than its fins.
Read More>
Source: BBC |
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The Truth Behind the Exotic Pet Trade (Nov,30,2007)
Keeping exotic pets is more popular than ever. However, captive reptiles, victims of a huge, often illegal, cruel, international pet-trade, are impossible to care for properly.
Read More>
Source: BBC |
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