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Namibian animal rights activist bids to stop seal slaughter Windhoek (AFP) July 1, 2009 
In a bid to save tens of thousands of baby seals being killed for their fur, Namibia animal rights activist are rushing to raise millions of dollars to buy out a fur company that buys the pelts. The annual commercial seal harvesting season officially opened on Wednesday with a quota of 85,000 pups due to be clubbed to death on the Namibian coast. "I got the offer from the Australian ... read moreNew Fossil Tells How Piranhas Got Their Teeth 
Durham NC (SPX) Jun 30, 2009How did piranhas - the legendary freshwater fish with the razor bite - get their telltale teeth? Researchers from Argentina, the United States and Venezuela have uncovered the jawbone of a striking transitional fossil that sheds light on this question. Named Megapiranha paranensis, this previously unknown fossil fish bridges the evolutionary gap between flesh-eating piranhas and their ... more
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Dinosaurs May Have Been Smaller Than We Thought
Fairfax VA (SPX) Jun 30, 2009For millions of years, dinosaurs have been considered the largest creatures ever to walk on land. While they still maintain this status, a new study suggests that some dinosaurs may actually have weighed as little as half as much as previously thought. In the study, published this week in the Journal of Zoology, Geoffrey Birchard, associate professor of environmental science and policy at ... more Largest Carnivorous Dinosaur Tooth In Spain Described 
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jun 26, 2009Researchers from the Teruel-Dinopolis Joint Palaeontology Foundation have compared an Allosauroidea tooth found in deposits in Riodeva, Teruel, with other similar samples. The palaeontologists have concluded that this is the largest tooth of a carnivorous dinosaur to have been found to date in Spain. The features and size of the 9.83cm tooth provide key information needed to identify its ... more Third of open ocean sharks face extinction: study 
Paris (AFP) June 25, 2009A third of the world's open water sharks -- including the great white and hammerhead -- face extinction, according to a major conservation survey released Thursday. Species hunted on the high seas are particularly at risk, with more than half in danger of dying out, reported the Shark Specialist Group at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The main culprit is ... more Did Global Warming Cause A Sudden Collapse In Ancient Biodiversity 
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 23, 2009Scientists have unearthed striking evidence for a sudden ancient collapse in plant biodiversity. A trove of 200 million-year-old fossil leaves collected in East Greenland tells the story, carrying its message across time to us today. Results of the research appear in this week's issue of the journal Science. The researchers were surprised to find that a likely candidate responsible ... more |
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Doubting The Dinosaur-Bird Connection
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 18, 2009Researchers at Oregon State University have made a fundamental new discovery about how birds breathe and have a lung capacity that allows for flight - and the finding means it's unlikely that birds descended from any known theropod dinosaurs. The conclusions add to other evolving evidence that may finally force many paleontologists to reconsider their long-held belief that modern birds are ... more China drafts law to protect animals: state media 
Beijing (AFP) June 16, 2009China is drafting its first law to protect animals from abuse, which could see serious violators end up in jail, state media reported Tuesday. The draft, which will be published in August to solicit opinions from the public, covers violations such as abusing and abandoning pets, the English-language Global Times said. Severe violators could be sent to prison, while lighter punishments ... more Caribbean Coral Reefs Flattened 
Norwich, UK (SPX) Jun 17, 2009Coral reefs throughout the Caribbean have been comprehensively 'flattened' over the last 40 years, according to a disturbing new study by the University of East Anglia (UEA). The collapse of reef structure has serious implications for biodiversity and coastal defences - a double whammy for fragile coastal communities in the region. It was already known that coral cover in the Caribbe ... more Newly Discovered Snow Roots Are Evolutionary Phenomenon 
Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Jun 17, 2009It may not be the Yeti, but in a remote region of the Russian mountains a previously unknown and entirely unique form of plant root has been discovered. Lead Scientist Professor Hans Cornelissen and his Russian-Dutch team describe this finding in Ecology Letters. The root belongs to the small alpine plant Corydalis conorhiza and unlike normal roots, which grow into soil, they extend upward ... more |
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