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The Evolution of Plant Minds
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). ... Veneto Italy: The Dolomites to the Adriatic
We started our trip in Treviso and stayed at “Col Delle Rane” in Caetano, S. Marco (Treviso) Italy. Cajeran was the old name of the town and it means “Hole of Frogs” There once were two small ponds in...
created by Patricia Turo | 19 wks ago | updated 18 wks ago
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310 views | 25 recommendations | 3 comments
Tadpoles offer skin cancer hope
. Frogs and toads have in folklore been associated with causing skin problems such as warts and moles in humans but now they could be the key to a cure for skin cancer. Skin cancer is associated with the...
created by LotusFlower | 40 wks ago | updated 36 wks ago
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311 views | 26 recommendations | 11 comments
Amphibians disappear from Yellowstone Park
Frogs and salamanders are becoming more and more scarce in Yellowstone Park and researchers are blaming their decline on global warming. A find such as this is always a warning of danger, because frogs and... Frogs and Toads face extinction
With one in three of all the world's amphibians on the endangered species list a new report predicts that over half of European toads, frogs and newts could be extinct in 50 years time. Climate change is...
created by LotusFlower | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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1445 views | 21 recommendations | 15 comments
Burma: Cyclone Victims told "Eat Frogs"!
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThe military Junta relocating cyclone victims out of their refugee camps and sending them back to their devastated villages, further adds insult to injury by telling the...
created by Barry Artiste | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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"Cyclone victims do not need 'chocolate bars'" - Myanmar junta
Myanmar's military rulers have recently let foreign aid workers in to the country, and then this..." MYANMAR’S ruling junta lashed out at foreign aid donors Friday, saying cyclone victims did not need... The Amphibian Decline
For the past seven years I've been working in the biological departments of various universities. Ultimately this is going to culminate in a Masters at the end of this December, but I don't think people realize...Frogs
Frodgs,Spring,Love!Killer frogs in San Francisco
CBS news reports: "According to KPIX-TV contributor and San Francisco Chronicle columnist Phil Mattier, the city is preparing to do something to stop the African clawed frogs. While they are just 5 inches in...Dam Beavers
"With all the talk about the 'envrionment', we sometmes forget about 'ecology'. Beavers could play an important role in saving dwindling frog populations, according to new research by a PhD student at the University of Alberta. "Grove Mill....A Carbon Neutral Winery...From New Zealand
Maybe it is because the weather is unusually mild for December 14 that I felt inspired by the subject...and the frog...Regeneration: Scientist regrow chicken wing
Chop off a salamander's leg and a brand new one will sprout in no time. But most animals have lost the ability to replace missing limbs. Now, a research team at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies has been able to regenerate a wing in a chick embryo - a species not...Taking Notice in Nairobi: Will World Leaders Respond
There has been a lot to talk about at the Climate Conference in Nairobi, and the current deadly flooding across Kenya has been the backdrop for delegates attending the event. With water wars building across the...Frogs Croak
" "It's shocking and dismaying," said Wake."
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