(AP) -- On a strip of California's Mojave Desert, two dozen rare tortoises could stand in the way of a sprawling solar-energy complex in a case that highlights mounting tensions between wilderness conservation and the nation's ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 2, 2010
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It is perhaps not surprising that there are only a handful of humans on one of the most remote islands on Earth, coral atolls far out in the turquoise seas of the Indian Ocean.
Ecology
Mar 25, 2013
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A team of biologists from the Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) reported today that Madagascar's radiated tortoise - considered one of the most beautiful tortoise species - is rapidly ...
Ecology
Apr 5, 2010
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Malaysian authorities said Monday they had seized hundreds of critically endangered live tortoises bound for pet shops.
Ecology
Jun 14, 2010
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Patterned with star-like figures on their shells, Indian star tortoises can be found in private homes across Asia, where they are commonly kept as pets. One can also see them in religious temples, praised as the living incarnation ...
Ecology
Nov 9, 2015
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(Phys.org)—The Galapagos giant tortoise, one of the most fascinating species of the Galapagos archipelago, treks slowly and untiringly across the volcanic slopes. Scientists of the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in ...
Ecology
Nov 27, 2012
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Cambodian authorities rescued more than half a tonne of live tortoises and pythons stolen by smugglers, a forestry official said Tuesday, the latest haul in a country with a thriving illegal wildlife trade.
Ecology
Mar 29, 2016
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For the first time in a century, babies of the endangered Pinzon giant tortoise have been born in the wild in the Galapagos islands, scientists said.
Ecology
Mar 13, 2015
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The sun was rising over the Mojave Desert as crews prepared to demonstrate a devastating new weapon in the war among man, bird and reptile.
Plants & Animals
Jun 17, 2019
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Most research on the role of introduced species of plants and animals stresses their negative ecological impacts. But are all introduced species bad actors?
Ecology
Apr 6, 2015
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