They are the oceans' ultimate predators, capable even of feasting on great white sharks. Now killer whales, which are normally associated with the colder seas
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]]> One in four of the world's 5,487 known mammal species face extinction, according to a new conservation "report card" unveiled today
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]]> THIS cute chimp isn't just a primate - she is this baby tiger's BEST mate.
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]]> DHAKA (AFP) — The world's largest population of vulnerable Irrawaddy dolphins -- famed as aquarium attractions -- has been found in Bangladesh's waters, according to a five-year wildlife study.


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]]> Australia claims to have the best regulated live animal export trade in the world. But regulation is one thing, and enforcement is entirely another.

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]]> Humans may not like to admit it, but we are exotics in fragile island ecosystems. An "exotic" is a species that has been introduced into an eco-system causing competition with and destruction of native species of both plant and animals.


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]]> Deep-sea fish on film for first time
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]]> NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a rescue call Thursday morning after a woman was apparently struck by a jumping dolphin.
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]]> KILLER whales and ocean-dwelling dolphins are increasingly venturing into Port Phillip Bay, despite fish stocks hitting record lows in some places.


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]]> Astonishing pictures taken on the beach
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]]> The Queensland government will step up efforts to protect the Great Barrier Reef, starting with a summit and regular report cards on its health, Premier Anna Bligh says.

Ms Bligh today released a report into water quality on the reef in 2007, saying th
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]]> Dolphins have few friends in Bangladesh today to survive and their numbers are dwindling fast. The mammals were once a common sight in any rivers --their humpy backs suddenly breaking the water surface and then vanishing in a flash.


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]]> Japanese appetites are set to eat these fish to the brink of extinction. As supplies dwindle, prices of tuna have been going up.
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]]> Paradise Island, Bahamas - Dolphin Cay Atlantis is now home to 3 new dolphins! Megara, a 12 year old female; Hercules, a 10 year old male; and Isis, a 10 year old female arrived at their new home on Thursday October 2nd, flying on a DC–6 aircraft.
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]]> Antarctica is famous for its march of the penguins and the hit documentary that the migration inspired, but Brazil can now lay claim to a penguin feat of its own: Hundreds of rescued juvenile Magellanic penguins were flown 1,500 miles to the south of Bra
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]]> When something precious is lost anywhere in the world, it affects each of us. The loss of a forest in Brazil, Indonesia or Canada is felt everywhere. The disappearance of a species – no matter how ferocious, secretive or small – causes unpredictable ripp
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]]> Most of Alaska's glaciers are retreating or thinning or both, a new book by the U.S. Geological Survey reports.
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]]> The survival of species critical to the livelihoods of millions - such as those in the "nusery grounds" of the Coral Triangle - is being called into question in the wake of the IUCN's warning this week of a mass global extinction unseen for 65 million yea
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]]> On October 8, NRDC argues an important case before the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking to protect whales from the military’s use of mid-frequency sonar.
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]]> Dolphins, small whales and manatees living in the waters off West Africa or islands in the mid-Atlantic Ocean will now receive greater protection after 15 countries signed an agreement under a United Nations-backed treaty that aims to conserve wildlife...
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]]> QUEENSLAND police say no more crocodiles will be captured as part of a search for a man believed taken near Cooktown in far north Queensland.
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]]> A LARGE crocodile that has got its head stuck in a tyre is slowly starving to death.

The 3.5m Northern Territory saltie

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]]> ALMOST one-quarter of Australia's mammals are facing extinction - the highest rate of any country in the developed world - and experts have described it as a "tragedy".
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]]> LONESOME George, the sole survivor of the Galapagos Island Pinta tortoises, may finally have saved his species from extinction by becoming a father.
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]]> A SHREW with a taste for alcoholic nectar has been identified as the hardest-drinking creature in the world.

Pen-tailed tree shrews have such an appetite for alcohol that each night they imbibe,
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]]> BPRC primate research centre in Rijswijk tests are conducted on 1300 primates (macaques) and will be expanded by next 150 so-called Java monkeys.
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]]> WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, WERE SCHOKED TO READ THAT IN YOUR RESTAURANT THERE ARE 2 CUTE MONKEYS WHO ARE USED TO SERVE THE CLIENTS,HERE IS THE LINK OF IThttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1071289/Pictured-The-amazing-monkey-waiters-serve-tables-
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]]> Italy overshot its quota of bluefin tuna last year by five times, showing that rules meant to save the giant fish from extinction were failing, the conservationist group WWF said
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]]> Black Dog Syndrome (BDS). BDS is defined as “the low adoption and high euthanasia rate of black dogs in shelters.” Two activists working on behalf of black dogs in shelters, Tamara Delaney of Contrary to Ordinary: The Black Pearls of the Dog World and
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]]> As you well know, global warming is already affecting species across the globe—from polar bears in the far north to the tiny piping plover of our Atlantic coasts.

The Endangered Species Act is our nation’s most powerful safety net to protect imperiled
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]]> Scientists are preparing to rewrite the textbooks after hundreds of massive deep sea mountains and new marine species were discovered in the Southern Ocean near Tasmania
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]]> Some residents of the Upper Peninsula town of Ishpeming are furious at police officers and a state biologist who killed a female moose that wandered into town, leaving its twin calves to fend for themselves during the winter. Brian Roell, the Department
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]]> Under an agreement reached with 3 conservation groups that could restrict drilling off Alaska's coast, the Interior Department has until 2010 to designate critical habitat for the threatened species.
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]]> Members of the city’s Animal Care Trust, rescued a rare leatherback tortoise weighing 40 kgs, on Tuesday October 7. Locals spotted the tortoise in the Netravati river, below the century-old British bridge at Panemangalore, in Bantwal taluk on Tuesday
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]]> Among the about 100 dogs found cramped in a school bus and trailer at the Flying J in Rocker Monday were a number of young puppies, some no more than one-week-old.

While their story is a sad one, there is perhaps a ray of hope.

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]]> From Africa's Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla beringei) to Antarctica's Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) and Sumatra's Orangutan (Pongo abelii). Loss of habitat, over-population, hunting & poaching, as well as the effects of climate change are all...
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]]> The deepest-dwelling ocean animal ever captured on camera. The fish live in total darkness at a depth where the pressure is equivalent to 1,600 elephants standing on a roof. Sunstroke author Dr David Kagan marvels on the photos in Doomwatch Legacy.
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]]> October 12-18th. Wolves are amazing predators, this will be their week to celebrate their survival
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]]> A naval officer who uncovered six tiger carcasses being illegally exported was among 10 Thai nationals honoured recently by the international environmental conservation community.

WWF-Thailand joined fellow environmental organisation PeunPa, the Inter
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]]> The 50-km stretch between Nagbhid and Mul on the Nagpur-Chandrapur state highway is dotted with lush green fields of paddy. There are few patches of forests — less than a kilometre. Yet, the villages on both sides of the highway are bearing the brunt of
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]]> The Tiger Temple's success is based around claims that its tigers were rescued from poachers and live and move freely and peacefully amongst the temple's monks, who are actively engaged in conservation and rescue work.


Prompted by concerns raised
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]]> ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The federal government will designate "critical habitat" for polar bears off Alaska's coast, a decision that could add restrictions to future offshore petroleum exploration or drilling. Federal law prohibits agencies from taking action
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]]> The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is working to help organize a cetacean stranding response team to assist whales that are beached on Australian shores. After the recent death of Collette the baby Humpback near Sydney five weeks ago...
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]]> The pesticide, malathion, doesn't directly affect frogs, but repeated low doses leads to the elimination of key links in the tad pole food chain, effectively destroying the ecosystem that supports leopard frogs including carbaryl, diazinon, endosulfan,
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]]> Actress Charlize Theron from Hollywood Will Face Trial, Actress Charlize Theron Photos, Wallpaper, Images, Pictures, Best collection of Charlize Theron content on the web.


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]]> A hunting ban has restored numbers of the humpback whale but scientists warn one-fifth of all mammals could soon die out.

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]]> Beluga whale tastes best with soy sauce, says Tocasie Burke, manager of Inuktitut affairs for Nunavut's cultural affairs department.


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]]> "Sonar is killing more whales than we know about,"
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]]> Most people in Australia think the government should take further action against Japan’s whaling practices according to a poll by Field Works Market Research for the Lowy Institute for International Policy.
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