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Brazil Establishes World's Largest Rainforest Reserve
October 28, 1997 — The Government of the Brazilian State of Amazonas has created a new reserve in the Amazon, thus establishing the world's largest contiguous block of protected rainforest, the Wildlife ... > full story -
Embryo Studies Show Dinosaurs Could Not Have Given Rise To Modern Birds
October 27, 1997 — Careful study of bird, alligator and turtle embryos at early stages offer convincing evidence that the "fingers" of bird wings correspond to the index, middle and ring fingers of humans, ... > full story -
Scientists Find That Local Populations Are Going Extinct At A Rate 3 To 8 Times Faster Than Species Extinction
October 26, 1997 — The loss of populations of plants, animals and other species may be as, or more, significant than the extinction of an entire species, three Stanford scientists say in an article in the Oct. 24 issue ... > full story -
Underwater Insects Tell The Tale -- Aquatic Invertebrates Provide Clues About The Case History Of Submerged 'Bodies'
October 23, 1997 — Niki Macdonnell says the eight rotting pig carcasses she'll pull from streams and lakes in local forests next month hold important clues about deaths that occur in ... > full story -
USGS Launches New Electronic Clearinghouse For Biological Data
October 21, 1997 — The U. S. Geological Survey's Biological Resources Division has initiated a new Internet-based clearinghouse that can be used to search for and locate existing sources of biological data and ... > full story -
State Officials Fear Imported Animals Might Introduce Deadly Tick-Borne Livestock Disease
October 21, 1997 — A University of Florida professor and the state veterinarian say large African tortoise ticks found on imported reptiles in Florida could carry and spread heartwater, an exotic disease that kills ... > full story -
Clues To Horse Extinction Point To Gritty Grass, Climate Change
October 19, 1997 — A Johns Hopkins paleobiologist has uncovered clues that the horses (and camels and rhinos) that roamed North America millions of years ago went extinct because of climate change that radically ... > full story -
Therapeutic Effects Of Garlic Clarified At Weizmann
October 15, 1997 — Researchers at Weizmann have uncovered a molecular mechanism which may be the basis for some of garlic's therapeutic effects, particularly its ability to fight infection and prevent heart ... > full story -
Clues To Horse Extinctions Point To Gritty Grass, Climate Change
October 14, 1997 — A Johns Hopkins paleobiologist has uncovered clues that the horses (and camels and rhinos) that roamed North America millions of years ago went extinct because of climate change that radically ... > full story -
New Forms Of Old Disease, Leptospirosis, Threaten Dogs In U.S. -- Humans Also Are Susceptible
October 14, 1997 — A potentially fatal bacterial disease that damages the liver and kidneys of dogs, humans and other animals -- leptospirosis -- is appearing in new forms in the United ... > full story -
Disease Takes Its Toll On Waterfowl Populations
October 11, 1997 — Hundreds of thousands of migrating waterfowl are presently dying from avian botulism in flyway staging sites in southern Canada and the northern ... > full story -
Captive Lemurs To Depart For Madagascar Oct. 17 For First Release Into The Wild
October 11, 1997 — Five captive black-and-white ruffed lemurs - Janus, Letitia, Praesepe, Sarph and Zuben'ubi - will begin an historic journey Oct. 17 when they depart for Madagascar to become the first such ... > full story
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