News tagged with natural heritage
Scientists name Dorset crocodile after Kipling
(PhysOrg.com) -- A superbly preserved 130-million-year-old crocodile skull, discovered at Swanage in Dorset in 2009, has been described as belonging to a species new to science in a paper by researchers at ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 22, 2012 |
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Wild orangutans stressed by eco-tourists, but not for long, study out of Borneo finds
Wild orangutans that have come into contact with eco-tourists over a period of years show an immediate stress response but no signs of chronic stress, unlike other species in which permanent alterations in ...
Mar 15, 2012 |
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Rhino poached to extinction in Vietnam: WWF
A critically endangered species of rhino has been poached to extinction in Vietnam, wildlife groups said Tuesday after the country's last Javan rhino was found dead with its horn hacked off.
Oct 25, 2011 |
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Turtle populations affected by climate, habitat loss and overexploitation
Fact: The sex of some species of turtles is determined by the temperature of the nest: warm nests produce females, cooler nests, males. And although turtles have been on the planet for about 220 million years, ...
Feb 02, 2011 |
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Media tend to doomsay when addressing environmental issues
This study, undertaken by researchers from the University of the Basque Country (UBC, Spain), analyses the role played by the media in creating and spreading a stance regarding the protection of the environment, ...
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Afghanistan releases its first-ever list of protected species
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced today that the Afghanistan's National Environment Protection Agency (NEPA), in an effort to safeguard its natural heritage, has released the country's first-ever list of protected ...
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Huge public lands bill gets final congressional approval
The House of Representatives on Wednesday gave long-awaited final approval to a massive public lands package designed to protect wilderness, restore rivers and expand national parks.
Mar 26, 2009 |
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