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Palau creates world's first shark sanctuary

(AP) -- The tiny Pacific nation of Palau is creating the world's first shark sanctuary, a biological hotspot to protect great hammerheads, leopard sharks, oceanic whitetip sharks and more than 130 other species ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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NASA eyes power in Tropical Storm Washi, warnings in the Philippines

NASA's TRMM satellite measured heavy rainfall and powerful towering thunderstorms as Tropical Depression 27W intensified into Tropical Storm Washi today. Now, warnings are up in areas of the Philippines as ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New insight into climate change in the Pacific

A new report presents the most comprehensive scientific analysis to date of climate change in the Pacific region.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The shark, a predator turned prey

Sharks may strike terror among swimmers at the beach but the predators are increasingly ending up as prey, served up in fish-and-chips shops, sparking concern among environmentalists.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Known and unknown: Great travellers of the Pacific

When a well-known travel magazine set out to identify the top ten travellers of all time, the names it came up with held few surprises. Top of its list, which encompassed Charles Darwin and Christopher Columbus, ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Video shows tool use by a fish

The first video of tool use by a fish has been published in the journal Coral Reefs by Giacomo Bernardi, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Sharks saved from soupy fate set free at sea

Saved from the soup bowl at a Thai restaurant, the baby shark wriggled out of the bag and into the open sea -- a rare survivor of a trade that kills millions of the predators each year.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Fossil eel' squirms into the record books

A new species of eel found in the gloom of an undersea cave is a "living fossil" astonishingly similar to the first eels that swam some 200 million years ago, biologists reported on Wednesday.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (19) | comments 58

Bahamas bans shark fishing

The Bahamas on Tuesday announced a ban on shark fishing, becoming the latest country to protect the ancient sea predator which is considered at risk due to demand for its fins in Chinese cuisine.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Shark guardians see momentum to save top predator

Shark defenders hope to capitalize on a series of victories in their fight against the lucrative fin trade, releasing a report Monday calling for sanctuaries to save the world's oldest predator.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 6

NASA sees Tropical Storm Songda singing of rain and gusty winds for the Philippines

"Rainy days and Mondays" is the song that the residents of the northern Philippines do not want to hear if it involves the approaching Tropical Storm Songda. The Carpenters song was a hit, but a hit from Songda ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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