Why being big like an elephant puts a spring in your step
(PhysOrg.com) -- Large, lumbering animals such as elephants move much more efficiently than small, agile ones such as mice, University of Manchester scientists have shown.
Sep 07, 2009 |
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Annual survey shows high numbers of seed scallops on Georges Bank, low numbers in Mid-Atlantic
A NOAA Fisheries scallop survey off the northeastern U.S. coast between North Carolina and Massachusetts shows high numbers of juvenile "recruit" sea scallops and ocean quahogs on Georges Bank tempered with weak numbers for ...
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Seals quickly respond to gain and loss of habitat under climate change
Southern Elephant seals responded rapidly to climate and habitat change and established a new breeding site thousands of kilometres from existing breeding grounds, according to new research.
Jul 10, 2009 |
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Discovery of the oldest known elephant relative
Emmanuel Gheerbrant, paleontologist at the Paris Museum (France), discovered one of the oldest modern ungulates related to the elephant order. The study is published in the PNAS journal.
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Jul 08, 2009 |
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Kenya's national parks not free from wildlife declines
Long-term declines of elephants, giraffe, impala and other animals in Kenya are occurring at the same rates within the country's national parks as outside of these protected areas, according to a study released ...
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Australia welcomes its first new-born elephant
Australia has welcomed the first elephant ever born in the country with the arrival of a 100-kilogram (220.4-pound) male calf at a Sydney zoo, according to keepers.
Jul 04, 2009 |
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Dinosaurs May Have Been Smaller Than We Thought: New Study
(PhysOrg.com) -- For 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 ...
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Jun 25, 2009 |
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Indonesian elephant fossil opens window to past
(AP) -- Indonesian scientists are reconstructing the largest, most complete skeleton of a prehistoric giant elephant ever found in the tropics, a finding that may offer new clues into the largely mysterious ...
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Jun 23, 2009 |
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Elephant-size loopholes sustain Thai ivory trade
Legal loopholes and insufficient law enforcement mean that Thailand continues to harbour the largest illegal ivory market in Asia, says a new report from the wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC.
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Beehive fence deters elephant raiders
(PhysOrg.com) -- A fence made out of beehives wired together has been shown to significantly reduce crop raids by elephants, Oxford University scientists report.
Jun 05, 2009 |
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Carbon payments payments could protect orangutans, pygmy elephants in Borneo
A new report published today provides compelling evidence that paying to conserve billions of tons of carbon stored in tropical forests could also protect orangutans, pygmy elephants, and other wildlife at risk of extinction. ...
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Did dinosaurs hold their heads up?
Some dinosaurs may have held their heads up, like a giraffe, rather than in a more horizontal position, University of Portsmouth scientists report today.
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May 27, 2009 |
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Scientists develop tool to study a deadly parasite’s histone code
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the Japanese art of paper folding, a series of folds can make the same sheet of paper into a ballerina or baby elephant. But try unfolding the baby elephant and making it into a ballerina. It’s like trying ...
May 14, 2009 |
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2 rare elephants found dead in Indonesian jungle
(AP) -- Two rare Sumatran elephants believed to have been poisoned with cyanide-laced pineapples were found dead in the jungles of northwestern Indonesia with their tusks removed, a conservationist said.
May 08, 2009 |
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Diet secrets of 'the Royals' -- Elephant tail hair isotopes show cattle out-munch pachyderms
Two weeks after the rains begin, an elephant family named "the Royals" usually switches to a grass diet to bulk up for pregnancy and birth. But when they wandered off their African reserve one rainy season, ...
Apr 13, 2009 |
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