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What limits the size of birds?
Jun 16, 2009 |
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Why aren't birds larger? Fifteen-kilogram swans hold the current upper size record for flying birds, although the extinct Argentavis of the Miocene Epoch in Argentina is estimated to have weighed 70 kilograms, the size of ...
Japan quail farm bird flu 'not H5N1': govt
Mar 01, 2009 |
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The Japanese agriculture ministry said Sunday an outbreak of bird flu at a quail farm was not H5N1, the form of the disease that can be deadly to humans.
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Britain sees explosion in swan population
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Jan 01, 2007 |
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Conservationists in Britain are reporting an exponential increase in the population of swans, which are currently under protection by the Royal Charter.
Swans help explain evolutionary question
Jan 25, 2006 |
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University of Oxford scientists say they have answered a longstanding evolutionary question involving mute swans.
Swan study shows reproductive success in early life leads to faster ageing
Apr 21, 2006 |
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Why do we stop reproducing after a certain age, and how is this age determined? A study by Oxford University researchers has shed light on this question by studying data from Dorset swans.
South American swans decimated
Nov 22, 2005 |
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The World Wildlife Federation says a recently opened pulp mill in Chile has devastated one of South America's most biologically outstanding wetlands.
Japan reports bird flu outbreak on quail farm
Feb 27, 2009 |
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An outbreak of bird flu has been reported on a quail farm in central Japan but no animals have died and no humans have been infected, the agriculture ministry said Friday.
$500,000 Dyke Marsh study begins
Mar 23, 2008 |
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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.
Study: Migrating birds didn't spread flu
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May 11, 2006 |
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European scientists say despite predictions migrating birds would spread avian flu across Europe this spring, studies indicate that did not occur.
Researchers capture optical 'rogue waves'
Dec 12, 2007 |
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Maritime folklore tells tales of giant "rogue waves" that can appear and disappear without warning in the open ocean. Also known as "freak waves," these ominous monsters have been described by mariners for ages and have even ...
What is wrong with intelligent design?
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Feb 22, 2007 |
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In a thought-provoking paper from the March issue of The Quarterly Review of Biology, Elliott Sober (University of Wisconsin) clearly discusses the problems with two standard criticisms of intelligent design: that it is ...
Lead shot and sinkers: Weighty implications for fish and wildlife health
Jul 11, 2008 |
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Millions of pounds of lead used in hunting, fishing and shooting sports wind up in the environment each year and can threaten or kill wildlife, according to a new scientific report.
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