Conservation

Why did the dragonfly cross the road?

''Crossing the road is an endeavour to which almost everyone who walks to anywhere at all will have to undertake at some point or another'', states the online BBC idiot's...

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Elephant Killing Causes Internet Controversy

CEO Bob Parsons, of internet service provider GoDaddy is a master of controversy, often flaunting GoDaddy Girls to advertise his site, and promoting his services by what he would probably...

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New research could save seabirds from fishing longlines

The Duke University led researchers have developed a way that locations where boats and birds are most likely to cross over each other can be more precisely identified. Traditional fisheries...

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Carbon grasped by Mangrove roots vastly underestimated

Twisted and contorted fingers of mangroves roots are holding onto a rich, black 'climate-stabilizing' treasure, according to just-published research in the latest Nature Geoscience. The thick muds that characterize these...

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Traditional cork best for biodiversity conservation

In recent years, synthetic plastic bottle stoppers have been steadily replacing the traditional cork stoppers used to bottle wines, amid fears that cork extraction leads to declining biodiversity. A new...

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