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 Thirty stranded whales refloated
Wellington - Volunteers succeeded on Tuesday in refloating 39 survivors of a pod of 99 pilot whales that stranded on a remote beach at the top of New Zealand's South Island, news reports said. | The a... (photo: US Coastguard / PA2 Donnie Brzuska.) Independent online
Animal Photos Wellington Whales Wikipedia: Pilot whale |
 Malaysia saves endangered pygmy elephant on Borneo
Malaysian wildlife authorities said they had rescued a pygmy elephant calf on Borneo island and expressed hope a planned sanctuary would provide protection for the endangered animals. | The male calf,... (photo: Creative Commons / Nigel Swales) Jakarta Globe
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 Sumatran elephants could be extinct in 30 years
| JAKARTA, Indonesia - Environmentalists say the Sumatran elephant could be extinct in the wild within the next three decades unless steps are taken to slow the breakneck... (photo: GFDL / Sakurai Midori) The State
Environment Nature Photos Sumatran Wikipedia: Sumatran Elephant |
 Can Stem Cells Help Save Snow Leopards from Extinction?
| Jurassic meow? Scientists at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, have come up with a novel idea for possibly saving endangered big cats: reproduce them in the la... (photo: Creative Commons / Ltshears) Scientific American
Environment Nature Photos Wikipedia: Snow leopard Wildlife |
 Sumatran elephants could be extinct in 30 years
| Environmentalists say the Sumatran elephant could be extinct in the wild within the next three decades unless steps are taken to slow the breakneck pace of deforestatio... (photo: Creative Commons / Midori) STL Today
Animal Environment Indonesia Photos Wikipedia: Sumatran Elephant |
 Blackpool Zoo uses glitter to identify gorilla poo
Primate keepers at a Lancashire zoo have come up with a sparkling idea to help them measure reproductive hormone levels in one of their female gorillas. | Njema, who is 1... (photo: Creative Commons / Kabir) BBC News
Environment Nature Photos Wikipedia: Gorilla Wildlife |
 Oil price up as Iran threatens to block shipments
| NEW YORK—Oil prices climbed Monday as tensions increased over the security of oil shipments from the Persian Gulf. And natural gas prices rose more than 5 percent... (photo: WN / Priya Dashini) Denver Post
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 How China is driving the grim rise in illegal ivory
| Demand from Asia is driving the killing of Africa's elephants for their tusks, with seizures hitting a record high in 2011 following a ban in 1989 2011 saw the highest ... (photo: Creative Commons / Excel23) The Guardian
Animals Asia China Ivory Photos Wikipedia: Ivory |
 Garden Q&A: Termites can follow oleander roots
| The builder planted oleander a couple of feet from my house. They are now 15 feet tall, too tall for the location. Now my pest control company says I have to remo... (photo: Creative Commons) The Florida Times Union
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 Over 1.20 lakh migratory birds descend on Pong Dam
Shimla: More than 1.20 lakh migratory birds from Siberia and Central Asian countries have descended on Maharana Pratap Sagar, popularly known as Pong Dam Lake, in Kangra ... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) Zeenews
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