News tagged with blue mountains
GPS to track blue sheep and snow leopard
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists hope to improve the survival odds of the endangered snow leopard in Nepal by venturing into the remote Himalayas to study its main prey, the Bharal or blue sheep.
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Study challenges popular image of dingo
(PhysOrg.com) -- A recent study of dingoes in the Blue Mountains challenges the postcard image of dingoes as only being white pawed and sandy coloured.
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Feb 23, 2009 |
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Top 10 new species list draws attention to diverse biosphere
The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University and a committee of scientists from around the world announced their picks for the top 10 new species described in 2011. This ...
May 23, 2012 |
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Forest recovering from Mt. St. Helens explosion: research (w/ Video)
(Phys.org) -- Mt. St. Helens exploded 32 years ago on May 18. It began with a small series of earthquakes and culminated with the volcano erupting, a cataclysmic collapse of the flank of the mountain and the largest landslide ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 18, 2012 |
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Protection sought for rare woodpecker
(AP) -- Smokey Bear has done such a good job stomping out forest fires the past half-century that a woodpecker that's survived for millions of years by eating beetle larvae in burned trees is in danger of ...
May 02, 2012 |
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Review: 4 camera app alternatives to Instagram
(AP) -- I'm one of the millions of smartphone owners addicted to Instagram, the free camera app that makes tweaking and sharing photos miraculously easy. While it's wildly popular and the target of Facebook's ...
Apr 25, 2012 |
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Rubber chicken flies into solar radiation storm
Last month, when the sun unleashed the most intense radiation storm since 2003, peppering satellites with charged particles and igniting strong auroras around both poles, a group of high school students in ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 23, 2012 |
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Flying formation - around the moon at 3,600 MPH
(PhysOrg.com) -- The act of two or more aircraft flying together in a disciplined, synchronized manner is one of the cornerstones of military aviation, as well as just about any organized air show. But as ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 28, 2012 |
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Saving habitat key to songbird's survival
(PhysOrg.com) -- The chirpy buzz of the golden-winged warbler’s song might not sound like a dirge, but it very nearly is one.
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Spanish farmers struggle with lack of rain
When Manuel Montesa takes sheep out to forage in mountains in northern Spain, he must bring water for them because streams near his town have run dry.
Mar 11, 2012 |
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Skrei fever hits Norway as Arctic cod spawn
Grabbing a cod head, Alexander Leirvold expertly threads it onto a long spike on a wooden pole before cutting out the pearly-white tongue, considered a culinary delicacy.
Mar 01, 2012 |
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Filmmaker sounds alarm over ocean of plastic
On Midway atoll in the North Pacific, dozens of young albatross lie dead on the sand, their stomachs filled with cigarette lighters, toy soldiers and other small plastic objects their parents have mistaken ...
Feb 02, 2012 |
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