Invisible star ’shooting comets at Earth’
Mar/100
A brown dwarf star could be circling the sun and throwing extinction sized comets in our direction. Up to five times the size of Jupiter the star woul…
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Invisible star ’shooting comets at Earth’
On the Brink of Extinction: Call to Close Cruel and Inhumane Tiger Farms
Jan/100
Officials from 13 nations are meeting to discuss conservation efforts to save the endangered tiger. Officials from countries where tigers still roam – Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam - are taking part in the Asia Ministerial Conference (AMC) on Tiger Conservation. The conference runs from January 27 to January 30, 2010, in Thailand.
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On the Brink of Extinction: Call to Close Cruel and Inhumane Tiger Farms
On the Brink of Extinction: Call to Close Cruel and Inhumane Tiger Farms
Jan/100
Officials from 13 nations are meeting to discuss conservation efforts to save the endangered tiger. Officials from countries where tigers still roam – Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam - are taking part in the Asia Ministerial Conference (AMC) on Tiger Conservation. The conference runs from January 27 to January 30, 2010, in Thailand.
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On the Brink of Extinction: Call to Close Cruel and Inhumane Tiger Farms
Neanderthals died out 37,000 years ago
Jan/100
New research conducted by Professor Joao Zilhao and colleagues places the extinction of the neanderthals at 37,000 years ago. The neanderthals were pr…
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Neanderthals died out 37,000 years ago
Humans were once an endangered species
Jan/100
Scientists have determined that approximately 1.2 million years ago humans were on the verge of extinction. At this point in time there would have bee…
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Humans were once an endangered species
New Zealand UFO papers to be made public
Jan/100
New Zealand are preparing to release hundreds of secret military UFO documents to the public this year. The file cover the period from 1979 to 1984 an…
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Pensioner astonished by "double banana" find
Jan/100
A pensioner who bought a bunch of bananas in Asda was astonished to find that one of them had two bananas inside its skin. The 69-year-old said that h…
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Extinction Looms Large for World’s Smallest Rhino
Nov/090
Time is running out for the world’s smallest rhino. According to a recent press release, scientists and experts from all over the world are rushing to save the Sabah rhino, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni, from extinction. Sadly, it is estimated less than 50 of the diminutive rhinos exist today.
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Are Cougars Really Extinct in Ontario, Canada?
Nov/090
The Eastern Cougar has become somewhat like big foot in some parts of Ontario, particularly Southern Ontario; while they once thrived in that region, the last documented living cougar in Ontario was recorded in 1938. Around this stage the Eastern Cougar was moved to the extinct list in the province of Ontario in Canada; however, a number of reported and confirmed sightings over the past decade have caused experts to reconsider if the cougar (also known as the Mountain Lion, Puma or Panther) is truly extinct in Ontario, or if it’s simply endangered.
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$800,000 in Grants Awarded to Research Deadly White-Nose Syndrome in Bats
Oct/090
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded 6 grants totaling $800,000 to determine the cause and stop the spread of deadly white-nose syndrome that has killed over a million bats in the Northeast.
Six grants have been awarded through the USFWS Preventing Extinction program for research to determine the cause, find a cure, and stop the spread of deadly white-nose syndrome in bats. Since its discovery in 2006, white-nose syndrome (WNS) has killed more than a million bats of six species in nine states – and biologists warn this is most devastating wildlife health crisis to face North America in the last 100 years.
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