Nature

Taking the Plan Bee roads

The Co-operative has launched the Pan Bee project to create a series of 'Bee Roads' across the UK to act as main routes for pollinators including bees. As part of...

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March Of The King Crabs

etadshow468 --> Marine scientists are trying to understand why millions of King Crabs are migrating from the ocean floor onto the continental shelf of Antarctica. The worry is that the...

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Dolphins Dying in Record Numbers in Gulf of Mexico

According to a report released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) Fisheries, Office of Protected Resources, an unusually high number of dolphins have been found dead in the...

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Cave fish have evolved to sleep less

Cave dwelling fish have evolved to need much less sleep than their surface cousins in an adaptation that might help them to avoid missing out on rare food. Cave fish...

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Fussy killers - Weddell seals on the menu for Orca

Packs of killer whales off of the western Antarctic Peninsula, renowned for their cooperative hunting tactics in downing seals, have been found to be very fussy diners. So says work...

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Record-breaking 2010 Amazon drought seen from space

The verdancy of the Amazon's lush tropical forests visibly drained away, during last year's severe drought, according to satellite-image analysis from a NASA-funded study. And the view from space showed...

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New species of green pit viper snake discovered

etadshow468 --> Adult male from Nam Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam (photo: Peter Paul van Dijk). An undiscovered species of snake, which has been called the ruby-eyed green pit viper,...

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Mountain gorillas face human health hazard

Mountain gorillas face an invisible menace in their struggle for survival, it is reported today, as researchers confirm that two recent gorilla deaths were due to a virus passed on...

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