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Wildlife populations are plummeting at a shocking rate
16 May 2008 | Science, Interesting, Nature | No Comments
Between a quarter and a third of the world’s wildlife has been lost since 1970, according to the Zoological Society of London. Populations of land-based species fell by 25%, marine by 28% and freshwater by 29%. Humans are wiping out about 1% of all other species every year in one of the “great extinction episodes” […]
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Sea reptile is biggest on record
28 February 2008 | Nature | No Comments
A fossilised “sea monster” unearthed on an Arctic island is the largest marine reptile known to science, Norwegian scientists have announced.
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70% of Plants ID’d to Fight Cancer Found Only in Rainforests
9 February 2008 | Science, Health, Nature | No Comments
That’s more than 2,000 tropical forest plants, and yet still less than one percent of tropical rainforest species have been analyzed for their medicinal value. Time is running out, as 5-10 percent of tropical rainforest species will be lost per decade unless more is done.
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100 Year Old Tortoise Acts As Mom To Baby Hippo
9 February 2008 | Interesting, Nature | No Comments
A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise in an animal facility in the port city of Mombassa.
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100% Incredible Cuteness Overload - Baby Pandas Wrestling
17 December 2007 | Nature | No Comments
For the Ladies… Your weekly dose of extra cute-snuggling mammals. Even though I doubt any women read this blog. LOL
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