[22.01.2004] Shark teeth fossils for sale
Fossilised teeth from the largest shark to roam the oceans are on sale in the French Pacific island of New Caledonia. |
[20.01.2004] Whale-Worn Camera Sees Precision in Feeding Frenzy
When the normally placid waters of Alaska's Chatham Straight begin to bubble in a violent boil, marine biologist Fred Sharpe slips up to the cauldron's edge for a front row seat. He knows a coordinated feeding frenzy of epic proportions has just begun. |
[20.01.2004] Wallaby eggs grown in mice
Wallaby eggs have been grown in mice ovaries and later fertilised in what Australian researchers say is a world first for conservation. |
[16.01.2004] Unique Bolivia Park Begun by Indigenous People
The parched, southeastern corner of Bolivia is the unlikely home to a park that houses Latin America's highest diversity of large mammals, and is the stage for an unusual story of protected-area creation and operation. |
[16.01.2004] Temptress wasps lure from afar
Female wasps become more sexually attractive as they walk away from orchid sex traps, according to an international team of researchers. |
[14.01.2004] Pesticide study fuels GM risk debate
Pesticide study fuels GM risk debate. And it says the Australian gene regulator is failing to assess the risk of pesticide use associated with herbicide tolerant (HT) crops. |
[13.01.2004] SARS Scapegoat? China Slaughtering Civet Cats
After a new case of Severe Acute Respiratory Disease, SARS, was confirmed in China earlier this week, officials there ordered the widespread culling of civets, weasel-like mammals that have been linked to the transmission of the virus. |
[12.01.2004] By 2050 Warming to Doom Million Species, Study Says
By 2050, rising temperatures exacerbated by human-induced belches of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases could send more than a million of Earth's land-dwelling plants and animals down the road to extinction, according to a new study. |
[12.01.2004] Dolphin Mystery: What's Killing Firstborn Calves?
Off Florida's Gulf Coast, firstborn bottlenose dolphins are dying in disproportionate numbers, and biologists can't pinpoint exactly why. |
[08.01.2004] On the Trail of Africa's Endangered Wild Dogs
In the predawn at Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park in northeastern South Africa, Micaela Szykman stands on a hill with an antenna held in the air, listening for signals from the radio collars of African wild dogs. |
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