Nature

Humpback whales in super-aggregation in Antarctica

Images Copyright and Credit: Ari Friedlaender. In a wildlife spectacle, a massive aggregation of over 300 humpback whales followed the biggest swarm of Antarctic krill seen in twenty years into...

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Wild parakeets face a UK cull

The UK government is to remove a species of parakeet from the British countryside because it poses a threat to crops, electricity grids and native birds. The monk parakeet, originally...

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Report Calls For Improved Earthquake Resilience in USA

The continental USA sits on the North American Plate which shares near coastal boundaries with the Caribbean and Pacific Plates and two smaller tectonic plates. Earthquakes are a geological fact...

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Toxic chemicals found in peregrine falcon eggs

Researchers studying peregrine falcon eggs in Spain and Canada have found that chemicals commonly added to fabrics and plastics as flame retardants have been transferred to the eggs of these...

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'Remixes' top humpback whale song charts

The songs of humpback whales spread across the oceans like contagious pop songs, according to an online study published today in Current Biology. And not only do humpback whales from...

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Tigers to return to Central Asia

The Caspian tiger, Panthera tigris virgata, once prowled throughout Central Asia, from Turkey to the Takla Makan desert in China, via Iran and Kazakhstan. Sadly, due to hunting and habitat...

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Gulf Wildlife and Wetlands Vulnerable, says NWF

According to the NWF report, the most highly impacted species include Atlantic bluefin tuna and sea turtles, but bottlenose dolphins, shrimp, and brown pelicans in the Gulf are not out...

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