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GPS to track blue sheep and snow leopard

GPS to track blue sheep and snow leopard

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists hope to improve the survival odds of the endangered snow leopard in Nepal by venturing into the remote Himalayas to study its main prey, the Bharal or blue sheep.


FIRST LOOK: New Mac system not a dramatic upgrade (AP)

First Look: New Mac 'Snow Leopard' software not a dramatic change

Technology / Software

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (8) | comments 3

(AP) -- While Microsoft Corp. prepares to release the next incarnation of Windows on Oct. 22, Apple Inc. is cutting ahead, launching a new version of its operating system for Mac computers on Friday.


Apple Senior Vice President of OSX Software Bertrand Serlet talks about the new Snow Leopard operating system

Apple to unleash Snow Leopard on August 28

Technology / Software

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (13) | comments 4

Apple announced on Monday that its next-generation Snow Leopard operating system tailored for the California company's Macintosh computers will be unleashed on the market on Friday.


Afghanistan releases its first-ever list of protected species

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced today that the Afghanistan's National Environment Protection Agency (NEPA), in an effort to safeguard its natural heritage, has released the country's first-ever list of protected ...





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Apple Previews Mac OS X Snow Leopard to Developers

Technology / Software

created Jun 10, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Apple today previewed Mac OS X Snow Leopard, which builds on success of OS X Leopard and is the next major version of the world’s most advanced operating system.


Update on census of world's most endangered cat -- Female Amur leopard found dead

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created Apr 23, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Following the April 18 announcement that only 25 to 34 of the Amur or Far Eastern leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) remain in the wild, World Wildlife Fund says the number must now be revised because a female Amur leopard ...


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Apple might give glimpse at Jobs and new iPhone

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 07, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Apple on Monday is expected to unveil a next-generation iPhone and possibly provide a glimpse at long-absent chief executive Steve Jobs as it kicks off a software developers conference here.


The clouded leopard is listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature

Bangladesh leopard renews hopes for species survival

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bangladeshi conservationists said Thursday the discovery of a rare leopard captured by villagers in the southeast of the country renewed hopes for the survival of the critically endangered species.


Amur leopard still on the brink of extinction, scientists say

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created Apr 18, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A new census of the world’s most endangered cat, the Amur or Far Eastern leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), shows that as few as 25 to 34 are left in the wild, renewing fears for the future of the species.


Newly discovered snow roots are 'evolutionary phenomenon'

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 12, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 2

It may not be the Yeti, but in a remote region of the Russian mountains a previously unknown and entirely unique form of plant root has been discovered. Lead Scientist Professor Hans Cornelissen and his Russian-Dutch team ...


Microsoft says Office for Mac will have Outlook

Technology / Software

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it will include Outlook, a popular e-mail and calendar program that's ubiquitous on its Windows computers, in the next version of its Office suite for Apple Inc.'s Mac computers.


Clouded leopard cubs born at National Zoo

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

An endangered clouded leopard at the Smithsonian's National Zoo's Conservation & Research Center (CRC) in Front Royal, Va., gave birth to a genetically valuable litter of two cubs on Tuesday, March 24. The clouded leopard, ...


Pedestrians make their way across the snow in Tian'anmen Square

Beijing's first snow of season 'artificially induced'

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 01, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Chinese meteorologists covered Beijing in snow Sunday after seeding clouds to bring winter weather to the capital in an effort to combat a lingering drought, state media reported.


Satellite snow maps help reindeer herders adapt to a changing Arctic

Satellite snow maps help reindeer herders adapt to a changing Arctic

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Arctic reindeer herders are facing the challenges of adapting to climate change as a warmer Arctic climate makes it harder for herds to find food and navigate. To help them adapt, the ESA-backed Polar View ...



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