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Webcam fans mourn Calif. bald eagle chick deaths
Apr 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The only bald eagle nest on Santa Cruz Island is now a lonely place, one that webcam viewers were delighted to monitor just a few weeks ago.
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Nervy research: Researchers take initial look at ion channels in a model system
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Before one of your muscles can twitch, before the thought telling it to flex can race down your nerve, a tiny floodgate of sorts -- called an ion channel -- must open in the surface of each cell in these organs ...
King crab family bigger than ever
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Sally Hall, a PhD student at the University of Southampton's School of Ocean and Earth Science (SOES) at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) has formally described four new species of king ...
Maryland Farmer grows plants for green roofs around nation
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It is a crisp fall day on Emory Knoll Farms as John Shepley stops at a raspberry bush, picks a few berries and pops them into his mouth on his walk to the greenhouses.
North Pole wolf emails locations to researchers
Dec 01, 2009 |
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In July the scientists, one from the United States, the other from Canada, put the satellite collar on Brutus, the leader of his wolf pack, on remote Ellesmere Island, only 600 miles from the North Pole. Their ...
Winds drive icebergs away from New Zealand
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Dec 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Strong westerly winds in the southern Pacific Ocean have driven scores of icebergs originally headed toward New Zealand to the east, away from the country, an oceanographer said Tuesday.
Grant to help zoo visitors learn more about science with their cell phones
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Zoo visitors may soon use their cell phones to "Call the Wild" as part of a project led by University of Florida researchers to help the public learn more about the nature of science.
Study Examines Racial 'Blind Spots' in Chicago Area Communities
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Nov 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Racial residential segregation in the Chicago area may be perpetuated by a lack of knowledge of communities across racial lines, according to a new study led by a University of Illinois at Chicago researcher.
Super Typhoon Nida to pass east of Iwo To and Chichi Jima
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Nov 30, 2009 |
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Nida is still holding on to Super Typhoon status in the Western Pacific Ocean, and over the weekend, is forecast to pass east of both Iwo To and Chichi Jima islands. Although the center of Nida will remain ...
Artificial refuges created to save the reptiles of Doņana
Nov 30, 2009 |
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The Aznalcóllar mining accident more than 11 years ago, which contaminated part of the Doņana National Park, also damaged reptile habitat there. Now a team of Spanish researchers, who have been studying ...
Marine ecosystems get a climate form guide
Nov 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first-ever Australian benchmark of climate change impacts on marine ecosystems and options for adaptation is being released in Brisbane today.
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