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Dung beetle named after Darwin
Sep 22, 2009 |
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A dung beetle from Costa Rica has been named after Charles Darwin and the Darwin Initiative. It was discovered during a Natural History Museum led expedition.
Most endangered feline brought back from the brink
Jun 21, 2009 |
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Road signs throughout the vast Donana National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southwestern Spain, warn drivers to watch out for lynxes.
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Volcanic eruption takes toll on Galapagos wildlife
Apr 16, 2009 |
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A volcanic eruption over the weekend has taken a toll on the wildlife of the ecologically-fragile Galapagos Islands, causing the deaths of numerous fish and various sea lions, said officials on Thursday.
Unique study isolates DNA from Linnaeus' botanical collections
Aug 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Uppsala University has succeeded in extracting long DNA fragments from dried, pressed plant material collected in the 1700s by Linnaeus' apprentice Adam Afzelius. It is hoped ...
Giant Skull of 12m Pliosaur 'Sea Monster' Unearthed in England
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Oct 27, 2009 |
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The fossilised skull of a pliosaur, the largest marine reptile that ever lived, has been discovered along the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.
Burials held at Stonehenge for hundreds of years: research
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May 29, 2008 |
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England's famous Stonehenge monument was used as a burial site from its inception around 3000 BC until well after the massive stones were erected there around 2500 BC, scientists said Thursday.
New guidelines for broadcasters on user-generated content
Nov 26, 2009 |
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For the first time guidelines are to be published on how broadcasters around the world can encourage audiences to produce better quality user-generated content and to improve media and information literacy.
Keeping Traditions in a Modern-Day Bedouin Village
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Mar 03, 2008 |
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University of Arkansas researchers have used modern digital-mapping technology to uncover an ancient tradition still practiced by a Bedouin tribe that once roamed Jordan but now has settled into a modern village. ...
Climate change threatens Lake Baikal's unique biota
May 01, 2009 |
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Siberia's Lake Baikal, the world's largest and most biologically diverse lake, faces the prospect of severe ecological disruption as a result of climate change, according to an analysis by a joint US-Russian team in the May ...
China's Great Wall far longer than thought: survey
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Apr 20, 2009 |
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The most comprehensive and technologically advanced survey of China's Great Wall has discovered the ancient monument is much longer than previously estimated, state media reported Monday.
Mould problem "stable" at Lascaux cave
Feb 26, 2009 |
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The problem of black fungus threatening world-famous prehistoric paintings at the Lascaux Cave in southwestern France is "stable," a scientist said on Thursday.
Earliest evidence of our cave-dwelling human ancestors
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Dec 19, 2008 |
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A research team led by Professor Michael Chazan, director of the University of Toronto's Archaeology Centre, has discovered the earliest evidence of our cave-dwelling human ancestors at the Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa.
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