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Mastodon Tusk May Be Largest Ever Uncovered In NYS
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Oct 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research under way at the New York State Museum indicates that a huge mastodon tusk, recently excavated by Museum scientists in Orange County, may be the largest tusk ever found in New York State.
Study Finds Beaked Whales' Tusks Evolved Through Sexual Selection Process
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Dec 12, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For years, scientists have wondered why only males of the rarely seen family of beaked whales have “tusks,” since they are squid-eaters and in many of the species, these elaborately modified ...
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S.Leone elephants 'wiped out' by poachers: official
Nov 26, 2009 |
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Poachers "wiped out" the entire elephant herd in Sierra Leone's only wildlife park, wildlife managers said Thursday after police said they had arrested a gang of 10 poachers.
BoarCroc, RatCroc, DogCroc, DuckCroc and PancakeCroc
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Nov 19, 2009 |
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A suite of five ancient crocs, including one with teeth like boar tusks and another with a snout like a duck's bill, have been discovered in the Sahara by National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Paul Sereno. ...
Smuggling wildlife: From eggs in a bra to geckos in underwear
Aug 05, 2009 |
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John Sellar is no comic book super hero, but judging by the criminals he deals with as the only policeman at the UN agency against illegal wildlife trade, he could well be one.
2 rare elephants found dead in Indonesian jungle
May 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Two rare Sumatran elephants believed to have been poisoned with cyanide-laced pineapples were found dead in the jungles of northwestern Indonesia with their tusks removed, a conservationist said.
Sexual Encounters of the Third Kind: Darwin's Beetles Still Producing Surprises
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Feb 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- On the eve of Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday, researchers at the University of New Mexico and University of Montana report a new twist in sexual selection theory - the realm of evolutionary ...
Orphaned elephants forced to forge new bonds decades after ivory ban
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Jan 20, 2009 |
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An African elephant never forgets - especially when it comes to the loss of its kin, according to researchers at the University of Washington. Their findings, published online in the journal, Molecular Ecology, reveal that ...
Missing: 2,000 elephants
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Dec 11, 2008 |
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Elephants in Zakouma National Park, the last stronghold for the savanna elephants of Central Africa's Sahel region, now hover at about 1,000 animals, down from an estimated 3,000 in 2006. Ivory poachers using automatic weapons ...
Researchers Discover Size Does Matter For NZ Insects
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Oct 28, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- After a night on the prowl, locating a willing mate holds the promise of a private cuddle, a whole day of canoodling, and 14-15 opportunities to “make hay.” For the giant weta of New Zealand, ...
Scientists find elephant memories may hold key to survival
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Aug 11, 2008 |
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A recent study by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) suggests that old female elephants—and perhaps their memories of distant, life-sustaining sources of food and ...
Engineering a new way to see dinosaurs
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Aug 30, 2007 |
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With the eye of an electrical engineer, Nels Peterson is hoping to bring a new, high-tech tool to the field excavation of dinosaurs, a labor of picks, shovels and brushes that has changed little over the past ...
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