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Hummingbirds use tail to tweet
"Hey babe, watch this."Male hummingbirds doing speedy divebombs to impress the ladies use their tails to produce an accompanying love song, according to researchers.Some had previously thought the high-speed chirping... Wildlife extinction rates 'seriously underestimated'
Scientists have discovered that endangered species may become extinct 100 times faster than previously thought - which is a bleak re-assessment of the threat to global biodiversity."Writing in the journal Nature,... After 200 million years, all-male future spells doom for reptiles
A group of reptiles called tuataras, the only surviving order that were around when dinosaurs roamed the earth could be wiped out because climate change could turn all the eggs into males - causing them to not be... Tigers Vanish in Nepal
"Officials are alarmed by a plunging tiger population in the Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve in Nepal, a refuge that once boasted among the highest densities of this endangered species in the Eastern Himalayas. There... Climate havoc killing off penguins
"PENGUIN populations have plummeted at a key breeding colony in Argentina, mirroring declines in many species of the marine flightless birds due to climate change, pollution and other factors, a study shows. ...Warming world sends plants uphill
"Climate change has resulted in many plant species moving an average of 29 metres uphill every decade. Climate change has caused plants to seek cooler conditions at higher altitudes. Smaller species such as... Eating insects: save the planet and munch a moth
As food prices continue to rise, and the world gets hotter, we as humans need to find more ways to conserve our planet and help our species adapt.Well, eating insects could be the answer. I don't know if I could do... Alberta: Big Hopes for Teensy Pandas
I think this is a first in Canada, if not North America the birth of twin red pandas, certainly a tourist draw for a Alberta Zoo."EDMONTON -- Two tiny red pandas at Edmonton's Valley Zoo are carrying the survival of... Rare golden primates help speed recovery of endangered Brazilian forest ( UPD...
As its name would suggest, this lion tamarin is a reddish orange to golden brown in color. Its hair is longer and darker around the face, forming a mane on top of the head and on the cheeks and throat. Its limbs are... Zoo performs first reverse vasectomy on horse
" WASHINGTON - Scientists at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo have revealed they reversed a vasectomy on an endangered horse to allow it to reproduce naturally — the first-known... Endangered horse gets manhood back
Somehow birth control was given to the species that needs it least." WASHINGTON - Scientists at the National Zoo say they have reversed a vasectomy on an endangered horse — the first known... Cowcam: Separating the Cows from the Bull
The article below discusses a sort of turnstile access for watering holes in the Australian bush. Using facial-recognition software, the system would grant entry to a rancher's cows, but deny access to any other... Sharks decline by 97 percent in Mediterranean
A report released on Wednesday showed that the number of sharks in the Mediterranean has declined by 97 percent over the past 200 years. This affects the entire ecological balance of the underwater world. "The report... We Hardly Knew Ye: Caribbean Monk Seal Extinct
Not seen for more than fifty years, the Caribbean monk seal has been declared extinct, with its Mediterranean cousins not far behind."Humans hunting the docile creatures for research, food and blubber left the... Bacteria make major evolutionary shift in the lab
This brings to mind lectures my mother gave me about not leavingdirty plates or pizza crusts laying about in my room lest they growsomething. We'll it's a fortuitous thing that at least one persondidn't do what they were told."Amajor evolutionary innovation has unfurled right...
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