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Extremely Rare Turtle Is Released Into the Wild
January 18, 2012 Biologists have successfully released a Southern River terrapin (Batagur affinis) – one of the most endangered turtles on Earth – into the Sre Ambel River in ... > full story -
Arctic Plants Face an Uncertain Future
January 17, 2012 New research shows that a warmer climate will have quite different consequences for plant species in the Arctic. While most species are expected to lose part of their current habitat, the genetic ... > full story -
New 'Horned' Snake Species Discovered
January 9, 2012 Biologists have announced the discovery of a spectacularly colored snake from a remote area of Tanzania in East ... > full story -
Tortoise Species Thought to Be Extinct Still Lives, Genetic Analysis Reveals
January 9, 2012 Dozens of giant tortoises of a species believed extinct for 150 years may still be living at a remote location in the Galápagos Islands, a genetic analysis ... > full storyMore: -
Could Siberian Volcanism Have Caused the Earth's Largest Extinction Event?
January 9, 2012 Around 250 million years ago there was a mass extinction so severe that it remains the most traumatic known species die-off in Earth's history. Although the cause of this event is a mystery, it has ... > full story -
New Primate Species Discovered on Madagascar
January 7, 2012 Biologists have discovered a new primate species in the Sahafina Forest in eastern Madagascar, a forest that has not been studied before. The name of the new species is Gerp’s mouse lemur ... > full story -
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Another Outbreak of Coral Disease Hits the Reefs of Kane'ohe Bay, O'ahu
January 6, 2012 In March 2010 an outbreak of a disease called acute Montipora White Syndrome (MWS) was discovered affecting coral reefs in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu. Follow-up surveys found that the disease left trails of ... > full story -
A New Wild Ginger Discovered from the Evergreen Forest of Western Ghats of South India
January 6, 2012 Recent explorations in the evergreen forest of western Ghats resulted in the discovery of a new wild relative of the large cardamom from South ... > full story -
Identifying Sloth Species at a Genetic Level
January 6, 2012 Identifying species, separating out closely related species and managing each type on its own, is an important part of any animal management system. Some species, like the two types of two-toed ... > full story -
New Culprit in Earth's Massive Extinction: Mercury
January 5, 2012 Researchers have discovered a new culprit likely involved in Earth's greatest extinction event: an influx of mercury into the ... > full story
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