Posted May 09, 2008 at 12:46AM by David T.
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South Africa
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Everybody can think of certain rare occasions when they were at the right place at the right time. That certainly applies to a group of tourists, their boat skipper and their tour operator. All of them managed to film some killer whales holding a dolphin hunt in Algoa Bay, off the coast of South Africa recently. More on this serendipitous find after the jump. |
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Posted May 01, 2008 at 10:43AM by Charles D.
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Animals and Wildlife
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Royal Society,
University of Bristol
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The predator and prey scenario has always been a natural recurring thing in nature. Scientists from the University of Bristol conducted a study which looked into the prey instincts of European starlings and how they respond to stimulus from predators. Find out more about this in our full article after the jump. |
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Posted Apr 30, 2008 at 05:48AM by Jay P.
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New Zealand
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Posted Apr 24, 2008 at 08:55PM by Ryan C.
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Plants and Agriculture,
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Biology
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Europe,
CCD
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Bees make honey, everyone knows that. But more often than not, everyone overlooks their other, more important function in the food chain: natural and effective pollinators of plants. If bees were not around to pollinate, the world would definitely be a hungrier place - and such is the reason why we should be scared that plants are bees are now currently being killed off. The details in the full article. |
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Posted Apr 18, 2008 at 12:28AM by David T.
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Animals and Wildlife
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DNA,
WWF
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"Gone, but not forgotten" is a phrase we often attribute to those who have passed on. The phrase once applied to Javan elephants, as they were thought extinct. We said "once" because new evidence suggests that these animals may not really have died out after all. Find out why this is the case after the jump. |
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Posted Apr 15, 2008 at 05:08AM by David T.
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Animals and Wildlife,
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Oceans
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James Cook,
Zoe Richards
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If humans can bounce back from rough times, then coral reefs can, too. For example, the corals along the Bikini Atoll have been flourishing again after the atomic blast bombardment of the area many years ago. More on Mother Nature's regenerative powers after the jump. |
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Posted Apr 09, 2008 at 01:14PM by Glen D.
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Animals and Wildlife,
Alternative Medicine,
Biomedical Technology
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London,
antibiotics,
AIDS,
HIV
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If you thought drinking reptile blood to gain an athletic edge was icky, you may be surprised how much medical value there actually is in the practice. Alligator blood has some pretty awesome infection-fighting abilities, and drugs made from it can even help treat AIDS and organ transplant patients. More details after the jump. |
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Posted Apr 05, 2008 at 09:52AM by Isaac C.
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University of Essex
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Some of you might have heard the story of the horse that could count. His name was Clever Hans and he could perform basic arithmetic. However, he was proven to be a fraud. In an ironic twist, a new study has found that horses actually can count - although addition may be something else entirely. How did scientists figure out that horses can count? Read the full article to find out. |
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Posted Mar 23, 2008 at 12:56PM by Isaac C.
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echolocation
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Plants can't talk, but new technology in sonar echoes are helping scientists identify plants by sound alone. Eventually, this kind of research may lead up to identifying virtually anything just by sound. And who is thank for this new tech? Bats. Full story after the "read more" link below. |
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Posted Mar 21, 2008 at 12:02PM by Isaac C.
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Animals and Wildlife,
Biology
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New Zealand,
DNA
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Just because we humans are at the top of the food chain doesn't mean we're the fastest evolving living being out there. We're just the success story of evolution. The fastest evolving creature out there - at a molecular level - aren't humans. It's not even a mammal. It's a reptile called the tuatara, which lives in New Zealand. More in the full article. |
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