Archive for the 'Animals' Category

This summer saw the second-lowest sea ice levels in the Arctic in the fifty years since they started tracking it.  This ice serves the greater global purpose of moderating weather and temperatures throughout the world.  Less ice equals a bigger environmental impact.  Yeah, so?  That’s global warming/climate change: nothing new.
Here’s what’s new: This lack of […]

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Posted By: rebecca | Sep 23rd

 There’s a fungus among us chili fans—and some of the spicy peppers evolve their kick to repel it, a new study says.
Chili peppers develop piquant chemicals to thwart the harmful microbes long enough to give birds and other animals a chance to disperse the pepper seeds, helping the chilies to procreate, scientists found.
Chilis high in […]

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Posted By: ashley | Aug 12th

 Humpback whales in the Pacific Ocean have recovered swimmingly since the start of worldwide conservation programs in the 1960s and ’70s.That’s the finding from a large-scale, collaborative research effort by more than 400 whale experts throughout the Pacific region.
The new research reveals that the overall population of humpbacks has rebounded to nearly 20,000 animals in […]

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Posted By: ashley | Jun 12th

Matthew, a 26-year-old chimp, is headed to court in Europe as part of a human effort to classify him as a person.
Beyond the legal challenges, anthropologists say chimpanzees are not humans, though without a clear definition of what it means to be human, backing that claim up is a challenge perhaps fit for some great […]

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Posted By: rebecca | Jun 4th

More than 18 scientists told The AP that they were surprised by the level of ice melt this year.
“I don’t pay much attention to one year … but this year the change is so big, particularly in the Arctic sea ice, that you’ve got to stop and say, ‘What is going on here?’ You […]

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Posted By: froosh | Dec 14th

When one thinks of exotic animals and wildlife, naturally we think of the Galapagos Islands… but that’s not the only place where you find exotic creatures, and MSN has a wonderful rundown with images and descriptions.
Enjoy it here.

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Posted By: froosh | Nov 6th

Nearly 200 animals and plants have been added to a global database of threatened species, the World Conservation Union announced Wednesday, adding that the number is certainly on the low end.
From the lowland gorillas of Africa to corals of the Galapagos Islands, more than 16,300 species are threatened with extinction, the group said in releasing […]

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Posted By: froosh | Sep 12th

Dinosaurs shared the Earth for millions of years with the species that were their ancestors, a new study concludes.
Dinosaurs arose in the Late Triassic, between 235 million and 200 million years ago, and came to dominate the planet in the Jurassic, 200 million to 120 million years ago.
Scientists had thought the dinosaurs rapidly replaced their […]

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Posted By: froosh | Jul 20th

Activists say it’s because they were put on the endangered species list in the first place.  Either way, they’re off the list.

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Posted By: froosh | Jul 3rd