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Watery Gecko Grip Could Lead to Stickier Tape
Animals  (tags: geckos, science, research, discovery, adhesive tape )

Giana
- 50 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
Scientists have long known that geckos can scurry up walls, Spider-Man style. But less well understood is how these reptiles cling to wet surfaces, which are common in their rainy tropical habitats.
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Vitter Working on Legislation to Stop Removal of Gulf of Mexico Oil Rigs
Animals  (tags: animals, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, energy, environment, GoodNews, habitatdestruction, habitat, nature, oceans, politics, protection, water, science, wildanimals, wildlife, suffering, endangered )

JL
- 53 days ago - louisianasportsman.com
Rig decommissioning mandated by federal Idle Iron policy is destroying marine habitat, opponents say.
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Two Videos:Voices for the Wild
Animals  (tags: animals, conservation, environment, habitat, habitatdestruction, nature, science, wildlife, protection, wildanimals, wildlife, protection, habitat, endangered, animalrights, AnimalWelfare )

JL
- 68 days ago - savebiogems.org
Voices for the Wild In this new, one-minute video, Academy Award nominee David Strathairn describes how BioGems Defenders are helping to protect Yellowstone's wildlife.
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Proposing An European Legislative Framework Aimed at Phasing Out Animal Experiments
Animals  (tags: vivisection, animaladvocates, animalcruelty, animalrights, death, ethics, law, protection, society, ethics, medicine, science, research, government, abuse, animals, substitute methods, replacing animal )

Laura
- 82 days ago - ec.europa.eu
EUROPEAN UNION CITIZENS ONLY! Considering ethical objections to animal experiments and solid scientific principles that invalidate the "animal model" for predicting human response, we urge the European Commission to abrogate directive 2010/63/EU! SIGN!
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The Moth Man of West Virginia
Animals  (tags: animalwelfare, animals, animaladvocates, science, offbeat, protection, humans, wildlife )

Cal
- 95 days ago - mnn.com
Kevin Daly has trained a lab full of bomb-sniffing moths, sparking the interest of the United States Department of Defense.
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Excitement, Support Grows for Wildlife Corridor in Sumatra
Animals  (tags: endangered, ecosystems, environment, forests, GoodNews, habitat, nature, wildlife, Sustainabililty, science, conservation, animals, wildanimals, wildlife, protection, AnimalWelfare, endangered, extinction )

JL
- 115 days ago - rainforestrealities.com
The leader of a non-governmental organization dedicated to wildlife preservation and forest conservation in Indonesia said a pulpwood company's plans to build a wildlife corridor in Sumatra surprised him - in a good way.
18 comments
Birdsong Study Pecks Theory That Music Is Uniquely Human
Animals  (tags: study, science, animals, wildlife, birds, music )

Kevin
- 141 days ago - sciencedaily.com
A bird listening to birdsong may experience some of the same emotions as a human listening to music, suggests a new study on white-throated sparrows, published in Frontiers of Evolutionary Neuroscience.
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Take Action: THREATS TO CORAL SPECIES
Animals  (tags: water, wildlife, Sustainabililty, research, science, protection, pollution, oceans, nature, humans, habitatdestruction, habitat, environment, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, conservation, animals, extinction, endangered, ethics, wildlife )

JL
- 159 days ago - biologicaldiversity.org
The common root or driver of most,possibly all, of these threats is the number of humans populating the planet & the level of human consumption of natural resources{report: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/stories/2012/05/docs/006_ corals_status_review_threats.pdf
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Citizens And Conservation Groups File Suit to Protect Hawai'I's Reef Ecosystems
Animals  (tags: AnimalWelfare, animals, habitat, protection, pets, wildanimals, wildlife, law, ethics, environment, science, research, water, oceans, nature, ecosystems )

JL
- 185 days ago - earthjustice.org
Citizens and conservation groups took legal action today to require the Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources to protect Hawaiʻi's reefs and coastal areas from unlimited collection of fish and other wildlife for the aquarium trade.
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New Species Photos: Giant Millipede, Horned Frog Among Borneo Finds
Animals  (tags: asia, discovery, study, science, environment, habitat, animals, wildlife )

Kevin
- 227 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
Borneo horned frog was among thousands of species recorded during a recent biodiversity survey of Mount Kinabalu in northern Borneo
8 comments
ACTION NEEDED Ask NIH to Stop Funding Cruel UW Experiment on Cats! PLEASE SIGN
Animals  (tags: medicine, prevention, protection, science, safety, research, animalwelfare, sadness, suffering, slaughter )

Kelly
- 230 days ago - secure.peta.org
For decades, experimenters at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) have been conducting cruel and useless taxpayer-funded "sound localization" studies in which cats have steel coils implanted in their eyes, holes drilled into their skulls
67 comments
International Olympics Committee To Drop P&G Partnership
Animals  (tags: P & G, Olyimpics, world, dishonesty, media, suffering, protection, death, cruelty, abuse, AnimalWelfare, science )

Borg
- 277 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
THOUSANDS OF ANIMALS DIE EVERY YEAR AT THE HANDS OF PROCTER & GAMBLE DUE TO THEIR PRODUCT TESTS. TELL THE I,O,C TO DROP THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM. OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS ARE NOW MAKING ADVERTS FOR THEIR PRODUCTS AND MUST BE TOLD THE TRUTH.
33 comments
PLEASE SIGN Criminal Complaint Against Hartford Hospital PLEASE SIGN
Animals  (tags: animalcruelty, alterintive methods, unnecessary, animalwelfare, cruelty, death, abuse, sadness, slaughter, society, suffering, killing, law, business, ethics, health, humans, crime, healthcare, illness, medicine, prevention, study, science )

Kelly
- 327 days ago - pcrm.org
Hartford Is Last in Connecticut to Use Live Animals for Trauma Training; Ninety-Eight Percent of U.S. Medical Schools Use Simulators
25 comments
What Is Your Dog Thinking? Brain Scans Unleashed
Animals  (tags: animals, science )

Mm
- 365 days ago - news.emory.edu
When your dog gazes up at your adoringly, what does it see? A Best Friend? A Pack Leader? A Can Opener? Video and news at site!
36 comments
New Frog Species Leaves Scientists' Fingers Yellow
Animals  (tags: animals, GoodNews, goodnews, frogs, discovery, science, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, AnimalWelfare )

Cal
- 366 days ago - news.mongabay.com
A beautiful, yellow frog species has been discovered in western Panama, according to a new paper in ZooKeys.
20 comments
 
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