A Chinese aquarium keeping a forlorn-looking polar bear named Pizza said Tuesday it has "no need" for foreign interference, after activists offered to move the animal to a British zoo.
Plants & Animals
Sep 20, 2016
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The idea of taking apart a rat's heart and transforming it into a tissue-engineered stingray first came to Kevin Kit Parker during a trip to the New England Aquarium with his daughter.
Robotics
Aug 8, 2016
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Researchers at the University of Florida say fish like the animated character Dory may become easier to find for home aquariums.
Ecology
Jul 20, 2016
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After years of research on dolphin behavior and under pressure from animal rights groups, the National Aquarium in Baltimore has decided to move the marine mammals to a sanctuary, officials said Wednesday.
Plants & Animals
Jun 16, 2016
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A Japanese aquarium said Wednesday it had hatched two Humboldt penguin chicks after using artificial insemination, the first time the technique has been successfully deployed for the vulnerable species.
Plants & Animals
May 25, 2016
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Allowing underwater seismic surveys for oil and gas to be conducted off the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and Southeast coasts could pose a substantial threat to one of the world's most critically endangered whale species, a group of ...
Ecology
Apr 15, 2016
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The killer whales that spend time in the inland waters of Washington state already are tagged and tracked, photographed and measured.
Plants & Animals
Mar 30, 2016
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Never mind the robins. The real harbingers of spring, Canada's "ice seals," are returning to the Massachusetts coastline.
Ecology
Feb 18, 2016
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A pink flatworm-like animal known by a single species found in waters off Sweden has puzzled biologists for nearly six decades. New discoveries half a world away by a team of scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 3, 2016
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A great white shark which was captured and exhibited in a Japanese aquarium, one of only a few such sharks to ever be displayed in this way, has died just after three days, the facility said Saturday.
Plants & Animals
Jan 9, 2016
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