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Tropical Cyclone Laurence menaces Northern Australia

Laurence is still a tropical cyclone even though the storm has made landfall in northern West Australia and is moving over land. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite noticed some powerful ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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MU researcher works to save one of the world's most endangered birds

The Tuamotu Kingfisher is a multicolored, tropical bird with bright blue feathers, a dusty orange head, and a bright green back. The entire population of these birds – less than 125 – lives on one ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Free as a bird? Researchers find that man-made development affects bird flight patterns and populations

It may seem like birds have the freedom to fly wherever they like, but researchers at the University of Missouri have shown that what's on the ground has a great effect on where a bird flies. This information ...

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 31, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bird molecules challenge to Moa's Ark theory

(PhysOrg.com) -- The so-called "Moa's Ark" theory - that New Zealand's animal and plant life has evolved largely untouched over 80 million years since the Gondwana supercontinent broke up - is being challenged ...

Biology / Evolution

created May 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sharks pose Sydney food-chain puzzle

Three shark attacks in Sydney in three weeks drove newspapers and talk show hosts into a feeding frenzy and sent a collective shudder through the other species at the top of the food chain -- humans.

Biology / Other

created Mar 29, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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