Sep 03 2010

Tiger Shark Feeding Frenzy Captured on Video

Tag: Animal Behavior, Animals, Current Events, Fish, Food, Marine Life, Oceans, Sharks, Video — Jennifer Viegas @ 5:06 pm
More than 100 tiger sharks were filmed preying on a massive school of fish off the east coast of Noosa, Australia.

Sep 02 2010

Hungry Elephants Are No Match for Fearless Ants

Tag: Animal Behavior, Animals, Humans, Wildlife Conservation — Zahra Hirji @ 10:49 pm
Talk about your David and Goliath story: ant colonies have found a way to ward elephants away from their turf with painful, precise attacks.

Sep 02 2010

Vietnam’s Illegal Wildlife Trade Exposed

Tag: Animals, Current Events, Food, Food and Culture, Humans, Mammals, Wildlife Conservation — Jennifer Viegas @ 4:39 pm
Over 850 pounds of illegal wildlife from nearly 20 species was just seized from restaurants in Vietnam, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society.

Sep 02 2010

Human-Like Brain Found in Worm

Tag: Animal Evolution, Animals, Evolution, Life Science, Worms — Jennifer Viegas @ 4:00 pm
For the first time, a structure comparable to our cerebral cortex has been found in an invertebrate -- a humble marine ragworm.

Aug 31 2010

Climate Change Plays Unlucky for Horseshoe Crabs

Tag: Animals, Climate Change, Crustaceans, Marine Life, Wildlife Conservation — Zahra Hirji @ 11:41 pm
American horseshoe crabs are declining across the entire East Coast, from Maine to Florida. Researchers suspect that climate change and human activities are to blame.

Aug 31 2010

Canadian Rockies Yields Fossil Trove

Tag: Animals, Evolution, Fossils, Geology, Paleontology — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 7:05 pm
One of paleontology's most revered fossil sites now has a baby brother.

Aug 31 2010

Millions of Songbirds Killed for Recipe

Tag: Animals, Food, Food and Culture, Food and Lifestyle, Human Behavior, Humans, Video, Wild Birds, Wildlife Conservation — Jennifer Viegas @ 3:17 pm
Millions of songbirds are illegally killed each year for a pickled or poached bird dish known as ambelopoulia.

Aug 26 2010

UV-Patterned Window Prevents Bird Collisions

Tag: Animals, Green Building, Inventions — Tracy Staedter @ 3:45 pm
The innovation could save the lives of millions of birds each year.

Aug 24 2010

When Horses Walked on Water to Transport Humans

Tag: Animals, History, Horses, Humans, Mammals, Travel, Video — Jennifer Viegas @ 11:51 pm
The word "horsepower" today describes the output of engines, electric motors and other machinery, but naturalist Mark Fraser takes us back to the word's more literal meaning, when horses really did power many human machines and activities.

Aug 23 2010

Bringing Kihansi Back: A Rare Toad Gets a Second Chance

Tag: Amphibians and Reptiles, Animals, Wildlife Conservation — Zahra Hirji @ 11:16 pm
Tanzania just received a shipment of 100 rare toads, marking the first phase in the world's most ambitious project to reintroduce a species that has been extinct from the wild for years.
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