Nature

Icelandic volcano threatens travel plans - Update

A cloud of ash from an erupting Icelandic volcano is threatening to disrupt the travel plans of thousands of holiday-makers for the second year in succession. Last April, Eyjafjallajokull erupted,...

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Celebrating Turtles: World Turtle Day 2011

etadshow468 --> Q. What do turtles use to communicate? A. A shell phone OK, so the point of World Turtle Day 2011 isn't to tell bad jokes. But that's one...

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Hopes up for species survival

Two recent researches find that species extinction, while still very real, may not be as bad as it's been thought, calculated, and reported to be. A report in the May...

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'Slow quakes' finish off with a quick backwards flip

Earthquakes aren't always as fast and furious as the natural disasters that devastated Japan and New Zealand this year. They can be long slow rumbles that last for 4 weeks....

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Work with 'The Big Muddys' rhythms says LSU scientist

As the muddy bulge of the Mississippi's floodwaters slips remorselessly towards the Gulf - and the cities of New Orleans and Baton Rouge - a team from Louisiana State University...

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Bison Hazing by Helicopter Sparks Lawsuit

A plan to haze bison by helicopter to drive them back into Yellowstone Park has sparked a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies filed...

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Remarkable rodent rediscovered after 113 years

Where would you expect to see a species last seen in 1898? Deepest jungle? At the bottom of the ocean? How about on your doorstep? That's exactly what happened to...

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Climate Change Affects Animal Distribution

A report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences claims that 200 million years ago, mammals and reptiles lived in separate habitats on the supercontinent known as Pangaea,...

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