The catfish 'Toxic' suitable for fishmeal production

'Toxic' fish suitable for fishmeal production Monday, November 16, 2009, 09:50 (GMT   9)In 2008, CSIC scientists said that nearly half of the catfish showed signs of alarming levels of mercury, and 15-20...

Giant Stingray Captured on Film: Smalleye Stingray Sighted

For the first time ever a giant stingray has been sighted off the coast of Moambique and been captured on film; the species was only discovered in 1908 off Tofo in southern Mozambique. The smalleye stingray is the largest of all the species of stingray, as it is over 2...

Japan's Whaling Fleet May Run Out of Money

Japan's whaling fleet may run out of money if the Spending Review Committee pulls financing.  The new government in Japan is looking for ways to cut wasteful spending and the Institute for Cetacean Research...

Elephants to be banished from all zoos:India

Why we need Zoos, for entertainment or protection? I think it was entertainment that led to the growth of Zoos in urban area. One another example of such animal exploitation is Circuses. Thanks God there is aggod...

Paleontologists Believe Biggest Dinosaurs Were Hot-Blooded

Research by Dr. Herman Pontzer and fellow scientists at the University of Washington, St Louie suggests that larger dinosaurs were hot-blooded creatures due to the expenditure of energy that would be required...

Panda Pair Plans Escape Together From Zoo: Video

Two pandas in a zoo obviously didn't want to stay behind 'bars' anymore and planned an elaborate escape. One of the pandas in an unnamed zoo distracts the zookeeper by walking towards him and rolling over and when the camera pans up you can see the other panda making a break...

Koalas Could be Extinct Due to Chlamydia and Climate Change

The Australian Koala Foundation warned that koalas could become "extinct within 30 years" due to chlamydia outbreak, climate change, disease, and overdevelopment. The group urged the government to list koalas as...

AUSTRALIA: Cause of WA oil spill revealed

The source of the truth about what really happened to cause this devastating oil spill is a senior installation contractor, who was working near the drilling operation on August 21, the day the leak occurred."Cause of WA oil spill revealedDAVID PRESTIPINONovember 10, 2009 -...

Alarming Numbers of Species Facing Extinction

The Union for Conservation of Nature, based in Switzerland has listed an alarming number of species now facing extinction.  It examined over 47 000 organisms and found that of those over 17 000 face...

Species

Please sit back in a comfortable and drink coffee with me, be careful not to spill coffee on your lap.  Please let my words sink in, even if you have religious convictions that contradicts, my honestly given...

Usain Bolt Adopts Cheetah Cub: Fastest Man Meets Fastest Animal

World sprint champion Usain Bolt adopted a cheetah cub in Kenya's Nairobi National Park on Monday. The head of Kenya Wildlife Service described it as "the first time in history where the fastest animal and the...

Help Us Save Japan’s Dolphins!

Help us save Japan’s dolphins! Around 20,000 dolphins, porpoises and other whales are cruelly slaughtered in Japanese waters every year. Now, we have a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to stop the appalling suffering inflicted upon these beautiful, intelligent...

Battle for Cow Protection Has Begun

With the continuous ten-minute shankhnad (Blowing of Conch) by world-renowned shankhwadak Shri Shavantha, the 108-day Vishwa Mangal Gou Gram Yatra began from historic Kurukshetra on September 30. About 50,000 people including leading saints from different parts of the country...

Petition 277: Release of compactor garbage truck leachate on city

October 8, 2009 I am sending this information to you so you can understand one of the major causes of illness in North American cities and towns. In1938 we began to use compactor garbage trucks in North America. The problem is: *  These compactor garbage trucks were not...

Living River Village

Earlier this year Birdman Productions released a film about Mayport Village and the threat of a cruise ship terminal being built there -- "One Village Same Ocean" played to packed theaters and brought standing ovations from the crowds.  Just prior to the film...

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