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  Ocean Warming Causes Elephant Seals to Dive Deeper

  February 9, 2012 — Global warming is having an effect on the dive behavior and search for food of southern elephant seals. Researchers have discovered that the seals dive deeper for food when in warmer water. The ... > full story
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  Invasive Alien Predator Causes Rapid Declines of European Ladybugs

  February 6, 2012 — A new study provides compelling evidence that the arrival of the invasive non-native harlequin ladybird (ladybug) to mainland Europe and subsequent spread has led to a rapid decline in ... > full story
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  Satellite Tracking Reveals Sea Turtle Feeding Hotspots

  February 6, 2012 — Satellite tracking of threatened loggerhead sea turtles has revealed two previously unknown feeding "hotspots" in the Gulf of Mexico that are providing important habitat for at least three separate ... > full story
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  A Battle of the Vampires, 20 Million Years Ago?

  February 3, 2012 — They are tiny, ugly, disease-carrying little blood-suckers that most people have never seen or heard of, but a new discovery in a one-of-a-kind fossil shows that "bat flies" have been doing their ... > full story
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  Treasure Trove of Wildlife Found in Peru Park

  February 2, 2012 — The Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) Peru program recently announced the discovery of 365 species previously undocumented in Bahuaja Sonene National Park in southeastern ... > full story
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  Volunteers Clear Tiger Snares in China

  January 31, 2012 — Volunteers working in northeast China have cleared 162 illegal wire snares in an ongoing effort to protect the nation’s remaining population of critically endangered Amur (Siberian) ... > full story
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  Mouse to Elephant? Just Wait 24 Million Generations

  January 30, 2012 — Scientists have for the first time measured how fast large-scale evolution can occur in mammals, showing it takes 24 million generations for a mouse-sized animal to evolve to the size of an ... > full story

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  • Mammals Shrink at Faster Rates Than They Grow: Research Helps Explain Large-Scale Size Changes and Recovery from Mass Extinctions
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  New Biodiversity Map of Andes Shows Species in Dire Need of Protection

  January 26, 2012 — The Andes-Amazon basin of Peru and Bolivia is one of the most biologically rich and rapidly changing areas of the world. A new study has used information collected over the last 100 years by ... > full story

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  • 80 Percent of 'Irreplaceable' Habitats in Andes Unprotected
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  Turtles' Mating Habits Protect Against Effects of Climate Change

  January 24, 2012 — The mating habits of marine turtles may help to protect them against the effects of climate change. The study shows how the mating patterns of a population of endangered green turtles may be helping ... > full story
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  Fungi-Filled Forests Are Critical for Endangered Orchids

  January 24, 2012 — When it comes to conserving the world's orchids, not all forests are equal. Ecologists revealed that an orchid's fate hinges on two factors: A forest's age and its ... > full story

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