Nature

Track the prey, miss the whale

Image Caption: A North Atlantic right whale swimming just below the surface, out of sight from vessels that are not right on top of them. Credit: Susan Parks, Penn State...

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Fight to battle amphibian fungus

An infection which has seen off around 200 species of amphibians in three decades could be about to fall to scientific research. Chytridiomycosis, a fungal infection, has been the subject...

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Olive orchards a threat to Mediterranean soil

The olive tree is a species native to the coastal areas of the Eastern Mediterranean, but which is now widely cultivated in many regions of the world with a Mediterranean...

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The road to 'pollination heaven' is narrow - not broad

For humble hoverflies, flitting over the Chilean woodlands, their path is strewn with a smorgasbord of landscapes - rich farmland, pine plantations, areas of felled trees, and fragments of original...

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Snow Leopard spotted in Afghanistan

Snow leopards are doing well in a wild corner of war-torn Afghanistan according to the Wildlife Conservation Society published in the Journal of Environmental Studies. It's great news for the...

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New research suggests dinosaurs were warm blooded and active

New Research at Australia's Adelaide University suggests that contrary to some beliefs, dinosaurs were active and even fast-moving creatures, not cold-blooded and sluggish. Professor Roger Seymour from the University's School...

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Underwater volcanoes found under the Southern Ocean

Previously unknown volcanoes have been discovered under the Southern Ocean around the remote South Sandwich Islands. Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) used sea-floor mapping technology to find 12...

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