I was listening this past weekend to an NPR story about the history of chewing gum (see http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106439600&ft=1&f=1032). ...
opinion by Mortal | 16 wks ago | updated 16 wks ago 140 views | 1 recommendation | 0 comments
One casualty of the STS-119 space shuttle mission: a tiny bat. Normally, sirens and general movement around the launch pad serve to scare off any bats or birds who land on the shuttle or its rocket, but one bat was...
created by jordan | 33 wks ago | updated 33 wks ago 157 views | 10 recommendations | 2 comments
We know about Dengue Fever, West Nile Virus and Lyme Disease - but have you heard of Leishmaniasis Disease, Chagas Disease and/or Chikungunya Virus? Probably not, unless you've been to places outside of the U.S....
opinion by Swan | 34 wks ago 481 views | 16 recommendations | 6 comments
This is interesting if not worrying - another "canary in the mine" warning? NPR : "Wildlife biologists are scrambling to understand a mysterious epidemic that has killed tens of thousands of bats in upstate New...
created by car1edb | 36 wks ago | updated 36 wks ago 203 views | 28 recommendations | 3 comments
Vampire bats may suck blood, but they do have another pastime; white-winged vampire bats sing duets with each other - perhaps a duet of Monster Mash for Halloween?The new study presents the first evidence of this...
created by amyjudd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 410 views | 9 recommendations | 5 comments
"(CNN) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin accepted the GOP vice presidential nomination at the party's convention Wednesday with a speech highly critical of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama. ...
Wind turbines, although an excellent source of renewable energy for the environment, have their dark side as well. The turning of their blades causes air pressure to change and this affects the bat's flying and...
created by amyjudd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 1325 views | 23 recommendations | 37 comments
"Have you ever noticed that herds of grazing animals all face the same way? Images from Google Earth have confirmed that cattle tend to align their bodies in a north-south direction. Wild deer also display this behaviour - a phenomenon that has apparently gone unnoticed by...
There are at least 45 rare or protected species of British wildlife that will benefit from their own woodland area at what will be known as the Sunday Times Wood in Hertfordshire. One of the species that will...
created by amyjudd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 903 views | 20 recommendations | 23 comments
From my website:"This week, the Global Environment Facility, has launched a new $27 million dollar project with the goal of saving animals that are needed to pollinate the many crops of the world. The United...
created by PlanMyGreen | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 513 views | 18 recommendations | 7 comments
This one freaked me out when I read it. Venezuelan villagers have been dying from vampire bat bites. The symptoms point to rabies. Health officials are planning to bring mosquito nets to the villages in hopes of...
created by jordan | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 439 views | 7 recommendations | 2 comments
Over twenty people were left injured at the Nordbybraaten center for asylum seekers when a group of men with bats and iron bars attacked the facility. This is the second attack this week."The center's director, Ole Morten Lyng, says 40 to 50 men were involved in the "planned"...
created by FionaSara | 1 year ago 264 views | 5 recommendations | 4 comments
" WOLONG NATURE RESERVE, China -- The man traces the panda's paw with his finger as she laps milky formula from a metal bowl. He strokes her head and tries to wipe her snout when she finishes, but she bats his hand away and curls into a forward roll, hiding her face. Then...
Daylight vanishes as we walk down the steep serpentine trail leading into the huge mouth of Carlsbad Caverns located in the southeast corner of New Mexico. My two daughters and I were glad to be wearing...