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Working to conserve endangered 'Playboy' bunnies

Working to conserve endangered 'Playboy' bunnies

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Playboy founder Hugh Hefner's legacy will live on with a new University of Central Florida study aimed at saving the endangered bunnies named after him.





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$500,000 Dyke Marsh study begins

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 23, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The National Park Service is starting a $500,000 probe to find ways to improve and maintain the Dyke Marsh in Alexandria, Va., it was reported Saturday.


Picture obtained of rare Indonesian rabbit

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created Apr 05, 2007 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Wildlife Conservation Society researchers in Asia have captured the image of one of the world's rarest rabbits -- the Sumatran striped rabbit.


Edinburgh rabbit owners warned of disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 08, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Pet rabbit owners in Edinburgh, Scotland, have been warned they are at risk of contracting a deadly virus during this warm, wet summer.


Rabbits on the back foot -- but naturally they're fighting back

Rabbits on the back foot -- but naturally they're fighting back

Biology / Ecology

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian rabbits have had everything but the kitchen sink thrown at them over the years. Myxomatosis knocked them about but they bounced back. The same with rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD) ...


Rabbit flu takes British farmer's life

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created Aug 21, 2006 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A 29-year-old farmer is believed to be Britain's first fatal case of rabbit flu.


Multiplying like bunnies? Not this jackrabbit

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Rabbits are certainly known for their propensity to multiply, but one species of jackrabbit is having trouble keeping up. There are an estimated 150 white-sided jackrabbits left in the United States, and federal ...


Wild boars in the wild

Achtung, bunny's back in town

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hares, foxes and wild boar are increasingly migrating into Germany's cities, causing havoc and even sometimes endangering humans, a major wildlife organisation said on Monday.


Rabbit eggs may be used for stem cells

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created Jan 13, 2006 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists in Scotland are planning to create animal-human embryos cloned from human skin cells and unfertilized rabbit eggs.


Study: Old oil spill affects wildlife

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 25, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

U.S. scientists have found the first evidence of biological effects of an oil spill that occurred 38 years ago in a marsh that apparently had recovered.


Magma Discovered in Situ for First Time

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 16, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A crew drilling on the Big Island of Hawaii has discovered magma, the molten rock material — never before found in its natural habitat underground — that is the central ingredient in the evolution of planets ...



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