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Greenery can remain on the window sill
New Delhi witnessed the heaviest rainfall in November in the last 10 years. Kolkata has faced similar weather and even in the Western parts of the country, the sudden downpours in November have resulted in damage to not only the standing crops but also...
Tags: rainfall, flora, fauna, extinct, greenery, window sill, cash crops, standing crops, green, India, New Delhi, Human, Sill, Volcanology, Nature, Environment, window sills
The Army: making a fast mover out of the Desert Tortoise
California's state reptile, the Desert Tortoise is losing more of its habitat in the Mojave Desert thanks to the United States Army. Their plans to move approximately 1100 tortoises to nearby locations they say is for the purpose of expanding...
Tags: desert tortoise, extinction, army, US army, san bernardino, mojave desert, tortoise, turtle, species, endangered species, endangered, extinct, population, desert, sonoran desert
Climate Action Day highlights the urgent need to protect endangered species
Polar Bear, Sea Turtles, Spotted Owl, Caribou, and Salmon Could Go Extinct if Carbon Dioxide is Not Quickly Reduced to 350 Parts Per MillionSAN FRANCISCO— As part of today’s Global Day of Climate Action, the Center for Biological Diversity...
Tags: global warming, climate change, Obama, NASA, IPCC, endangered species, extinct, Center for Biological Diversity, CO2 polar bears, salmon, caribou, sea turtles, spotted owl
Great Halloween discovery: colony of nearly extinct big-eared bats!
A San Juan bat researcher and his students got the surpise of their lives on a recent field trip to search for and document local bat species in the San Juan Islands. Russel Barsh, wearing night goggles, led his team into one of many old barns in San...
Tags: Townsends Big-Eared Bats, San Juan Islands, extinct, white-nose sydrome, bat research, biology, US Fish and Wildlife
Good news bad news for Arizona's extinct prairie dogs: do the math!
We only need to look at Arizona, a state where black-tailed prairie dogs have not been seen for over 50 years--until a reinstatement program was launched last year—to know that extinction is a very real possibility for prairie dogs. They disappeared...
Tags: Black-tailed prairie dogs, ESA, Arizona Fish and Game, Biologists, Wildlife conservation, Obama, Bush, Gale Norton, Ken Salazar, Nuts the squirrel, extinct
Animal Sacrifice In Brazilian Folk Religion
Candomblé, a religion practiced primarily in South America and inspired by older African beliefs, makes much use of animal sacrifice. Researchers writing in the Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine carried out interviews with priests, priestesses...
Tags: Animal, Sacrifice, Brazil, Folk, Religion, cruel, extinct
Holy Romance! Bats Use Love Songs During Mating
Love songs aren't only for soft rock FM stations – they're also used by romantic bats, and researchers at Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin are believed to be the first to decode the mysterious love sounds made by...
Tags: Romance, Bats, Mating, Funny, Comedy, Research, Enviornment, Extinct, Weather
Infamous Albino whale spotted with possible tumor
After last being sighted in 2007, the infamous solid white albino whale known as Migaloo has been spotted again traveling south east off of Queensland coast heading towards the area of the Great Barrier Reef. The male humpback was spotted traveling alone...
Tags: Infamous, Albino, Whale, Spotted, Tumor, Migaloo, extinct
Fifth Bear hunting hound killed by wolves in Clark County
A fifth bear hunting dog has been killed by wolves this year in Clark County, state wildlife officials said. This latest depredation – involving a 2 1/2-year-old male Plott hound – occurred Saturday in the Town of Levis. An official from...
Tags: Bear, hunting, hound, killed, wolves, Clark County, extinct, death, disaster
Social Networking Study Reveals Threat To Tasmanian Devils
A new study into the social networks of Tasmanian devils may help prevent the further spread of an extinction-threatening disease. The research, published in Ecology Letters, has produced an intricate social network of devil social relationships, revealing...
Tags: Social, Networking, Study, Reveals, Threat, Tasmanian Devils, extinct, allnews, technology
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