Thursday, January 31, 2008

Elusive Arctic wolves Caught In Camera

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The BBC natural history team following Artic wolves ( Canis lupus arctos) has hit pay dirt after months of arduous work. The team has manag...
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Poor prospects for Captive-bred carnivores released in the wild

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A study on reintroduction of captive-bred carnivores, which reviewed 45 cases involving 17 carnivore species, has come up with the finding...
Friday, January 18, 2008

New Gigantic Palm Tree Discovered in Madagascar

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A new genus of gigantic palm tree has been discovered in the Analalava district of Madagacar. The trunk of the tree towers over 18m high. Th...
Thursday, January 17, 2008

New Hope For Northern Bald Ibises

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Northern Bald Ibis is considered to be Middle East’s rarest bird. The bird was thought to be extinct in the Middle East in the 1990s. Fortun...
Sunday, January 13, 2008

Trees That Hire Bodyguards

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The latest issue of journal Science has fascinating facts about intricate web of life in Africa. Scientists report how elephants, giraffes ...
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Saturday, January 12, 2008

Chimps’ Ways Of Warding Off Malaria

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The journal Naturwissenschaften has come out with some amazing facts about behaviour of chimps. The researchers at Kibale National Park i...
Wednesday, January 09, 2008

New Hope For Biofuels

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A team of US researchers has discovered that ethanol derived from switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ) delivers vast savings of carbon dioxide e...
Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Sumatra - Highways Threatening Tribes and Wildlife

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Construction of a highway in Bukit Tigapuluh forest landscape, for logging trucks servicing one of the world’s largest paper companies (Asia...
Monday, January 07, 2008

IUCN launches initiatives for sustainable water use in Asia Pacific

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The International Union for Conservation of Nature ( IUCN) in association with the Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO) has launched i...
Saturday, January 05, 2008

The Ants and The Butterflies – Fascinating Facts

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The latest issue of science has some interesting facts about relationship between butterflies and ants in Denmark. In parts of Denmark, the...
Monday, December 31, 2007

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Happy New Year
Sunday, December 30, 2007

New Frontiers For Tigers In Thailand

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Thailand right now has a population of 720 tigers. Wildlife experts say this could go up to 2000 with sagacious planning. The basis for this...
Saturday, December 29, 2007

Driving Out Large Mammals – The Human Angle

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The fact that human beings, in their inexorable desire for development, drive out large mammals from their habitat is an accepted fact. Now ...
Thursday, December 27, 2007

The Return of the Beaver

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Returning of locally extinct wildlife back to original habitat is music to the ears of conservationists. Here is some music from Scotland. B...
Sunday, December 23, 2007

Merry Christmas

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Wish You A Merry Christmas
Saturday, December 22, 2007

New National Park for Russian Tigers

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Here is some happy news from Russia. The Russian Government is constitituting a new national park for the endangered Amur Tigers. Christened...
Friday, December 14, 2007

Apes and Facial Mimicry

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Another ability once thought to be exclusively human,mimicking expressions of others, has been breached. Research by behavioural scientist M...
Thursday, December 13, 2007

Kicking the CO2 Habit

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The United Nations is chipping in with its mite for worldwide effort to become climate neutral. Members of the UN attending the crucial clim...
Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Long-Eared Jerboa caught on Film

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The mysterious long-eared jerboa ( Euchoreutes naso ) which hops like a kangaroo,has been caught on camera for the first time.The anima...
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Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Building of Mental Maps by Elephants

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Royal Society journal, Biology Letters has some interesting facts about elephants in the latest issue. Accounts of how Elephants build m...