Researchers have feared that by the end of this century, the pH of the ocean surface could decrease from 8.2 to 7.8 – i.e. will become more acidic than it has been for the past 20 million years, as researchers estimate. And this eventually will...
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In two separate incidents, Malaysian authorities this week have seized two Chinese trawlers for allegedly poaching from waters off its coast and recovered nearly 300 endangered turtles, mostly dead, from them.
A total of 17 crew members have been...
Officials in Tasmania have finally developed the first scientific method to rescue the giant sperm whales, which are often found stranded in sandbars.
This is even more special because Tasmania witnesses more mass whale stranding than any other...
The rare Asiatic lions are clearly not safe in their only natural habitat and an official revealed on Friday that poachers have killed three more animals at the Gir wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat, India.
This is the second case of its kind in less...
Illegal logging is dramatically wiping the world's largest tropical rain forest away. So, in its latest effort to crack down on it, Brazil will offer free satellite Internet connections to the indigenous tribes of the Amazon.
Brazil has struggled...
The inhumane gestures of Canadian officials seem to go a bit humane, but not out of humanity � its prevailing necessity.
Despite animal rights protests, Canadian hunters are allowed to kill young harp seals off the east coast. And in a hunt,...
Do you know that the Earth’s innards -- more than a thousand miles beneath the surface – are nearly as steamy as our sun?! Yes, surprisingly, it is where the mercury temperature soars to about 6,650 degrees Fahrenheit, with that of the sun reaching...
Some animals exhibit intelligence in a way we have never thought of! Yes, this is a cautious suggestion by a line of research being recently reported. And they are the ‘chimpanzees’.
They have surprised a team of researchers by making wooden...
The University Creek of Townsville possesses the highest populations of native fish compared to what it was for the past 30 years. And the secret behind it are the 'fish passage devices' that are installed at the crossings of the road on the...
A latest study shatters the long-standing myth that the extinction of dinosaurs has something to do with mammal’s rise.
According to a study in the journal Nature, the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago hardly had any effect on the...
Eggs from Ans -- a 4,190-pound southern white rhino – have been successfully harvested from Beekse Bergen safari park located in the southern Netherlands. The next step pfr the team is to inseminate the eggs. Then they will be freeze them followed by...
The predators of the oceans have become preys themselves. Sharks head the chains of the oceanic food web, there depletion has led to the destruction of the bay scallop fishery along parts of the Eastern seaboard and other species including shrimp...
The Endangered Species Act rules may undergo a wide range of possible changes, as the federal government is working to rewrite it in a major way. But, will the changes be contentious?
According to some environmentalists, who got the documents from...
If you are excited about the much awaiting mega-concert -- Live Earth -- of Al Gore on anti-global warming, then you may land up with disappointment, as some Republicans have kicked up controversies regarding the planned venue of the concert on the...
The jatropha plant’s flowering bush has long been used as live fencing in dry regions around the world but now scientists have found a more lucrative purpose for the nuts from these plants. The nuts are more than 30 percent oil, which burns with a...
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