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Nice going, mom! Right whales break birth record (AP)

Nice going, mom! Right whales break birth record

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(AP) -- Right whales have plenty to celebrate this Mother's Day - the sea moms gave birth to a record 39 calves this spring.


Rhinos at Ujung Kulon National Park in West Java province

New footage shows rare rhinos in Indonesia

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New infra-red footage released Thursday captures hitherto unseen images of elusive Javan rhinos, the most endangered mammal in the world with less than 60 individuals believed to remain alive.





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Angina in the legs? Time to alert patients and physicians

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Edmonton researchers recommend that people over age 40 be screened for peripheral artery disease (PAD), which puts people at high risk for serious medical complications including heart disease, stroke, and possible lower ...


A giant sable antelope

Once feared extinct, Angolan sable wins new hope for survival

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

They are Angola's national symbol and the nickname for the country's football team -- yet fewer than 100 are believed still alive.


ISU researchers working to develop, market embryonic test for bovine genetics

Researchers working to develop, market embryonic test for bovine genetics

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Looking at the genetic makeup of cattle to determine their value is nothing new. An examination of a small sample of hair or blood can reveal if a calf has any genetic diseases that will lower ...


Carcasses of dead walruses spotted on Alaska coast

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Up to 200 dead walruses have been spotted on the shore of Chukchi Sea on Alaska's northwest coast.


Dramatic biological responses to global warming in the Arctic

Dramatic biological responses to global warming in the Arctic

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (16) | comments 7

"The Arctic as we know it may soon be a thing of the past," says Eric Post, associate professor of biology at Penn State University. Post leads a large, international team that carried out ecosystem-wide ...


Study: Young Arctic muskoxen better at keeping warm than scientists thought

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study finds that young muskoxen conserve heat almost as well as adults, a finding that runs contrary to a longstanding assumption among scientists that young animals should be more vulnerable in extreme cold. The study, ...


Breeding their horns off -- a winner

Breeding their horns off -- a winner

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A team of scientists led by CSIRO's Dr Kishore Prayaga has been awarded a prestigious Australian Museum Eureka Prize for its work to develop a simple genetic test which has the potential to end the need to ...


Greater Yellowstone elk suffer worse nutrition and lower birth rates due to wolves

Greater Yellowstone elk suffer worse nutrition and lower birth rates due to wolves

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Wolves have caused elk in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem to change their behavior and foraging habits so much so that herds are having fewer calves, mainly due to changes in their nutrition, ...


Elephant-size loopholes sustain Thai ivory trade

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Legal loopholes and insufficient law enforcement mean that Thailand continues to harbour the largest illegal ivory market in Asia, says a new report from the wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC.


First ever worldwide census analysis of caribou/reindeer numbers reveals dramatic decline

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Caribou and reindeer numbers worldwide have plunged almost 60% in the last three decades. The dramatic revelation came out of the first ever comprehensive census analysis of this iconic species carried out by biologists at ...



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