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Bermuda says rare national bird born on reserve

(AP) -- A fuzzy fledgling of Bermuda's national bird, spotted on a secluded offshore sanctuary this week, may help bring the rare creature back from the brink of extinction.

Biology / Plants & Animals

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




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Watching the birth of an iceberg

(PhysOrg.com) -- After discovering an emerging crack that cuts across the floating ice shelf of Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica, NASA's Operation IceBridge has flown a follow-up mission and made the first-ever ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Most complex ground-based observatory - ALMA - opens its eyes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Humanity's most complex ground-based astronomy observatory, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), has officially opened for astronomers. The first released image, from a ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Underwater volcanoes discovered off coast of California

Scientists have discovered a cluster of underwater asphalt volcanoes rising from the sea floor just off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 29, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (16) | comments 4

Global warming impacting Greenlanders' daily lives

From his trawler that motors along the Nuuk fjord, fisherman Johannes Heilmann has watched helplessly in recent years as climate change takes its toll on Greenland.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (76) | comments 21

Remote sheep population resists genetic drift

A wild sheep population on a remote Indian Ocean island is creating a buzz among genetics researchers.

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created Mar 09, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (16) | comments 0


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