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Dinosaurs 'ran out of evolutionary steam' before they became...

Dinosaurs stopped evolving and taking advantage of their changing environment during their last 50 million years on Earth, scientists have learned.They were not part of the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution around 100 million years ago, whi [...]

Posted On : Jul, 23 2008 | Comments : 0

Zookeeper & the wolf: man teaches mammals to sing

A barmy Chinese zoo keeper is training wolves to sing - and is also planning to teach them how to bust a move on the dance floor. Luo Yong, who works at Chongqing Wild Zoo, told local media he discovered wolves’ performing ta [...]

Posted On : Jun, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

Big mammals key to tree-ant team

At first it may seem counter-intuitive: that preventing large African herbivores from browsing Acacia trees decreases their growth. This, however, is precisely what researchers report in Science magazine. It is all because of the Acacia's [...]

Posted On : Jan, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

Big mammals key to tree-ant team

This, however, is precisely what researchers report in Science magazine. It is all because of the Acacia's mutually beneficial relationship with a biting ant. Together they fend off Africa's big grazing mammals; but it is these very antag [...]

Posted On : Jan, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Castine Teacher Takes Marine Mammal Mission to South Africa

Bill McWeeney is passionate about whales.North Atlantic right whales in particular.So passionate, in fact, that the biology graduate and sixth-eighth-grade Adams School science teacher is headed halfway around the world next week, to Ca [...]

Posted On : Dec, 13 2007 | Comments : 0

Giant Anteater

The giant anteater of South America is about the size of a German shepherd dog. It is covered with stiff, straw-like hair which grows up to 40 cm long on the tail. As the name suggests, anteaters eat ants and termites in vast quantities, [...]

Posted On : Jul, 28 2007 | Comments : 0

The Giant Anteater 'an exotic mammal'

The Giant Anteater is incredibly gentle and moves slowly and unobtrusively in its useful, pest-controlling quest for food. The Giant Anteater is native to a variety of habitats in Central and South America including open grasslands, tropica [...]

Posted On : May, 08 2007 | Comments : 0

Endangered Mountain gorillas of East Africa make a steady co...

KENYA - Nairobi (AFP) - Highly-endangered mountain gorillas in the Eastern Africa region have shown a steady resurgence in the past decade due to conservation efforts, a wildlife group said. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said curren [...]

Posted On : Apr, 23 2007 | Comments : 0

Dr. Alisa Newton Travels Kenya to teach Researchers

Dr. Newton, a veterinary pathologist, will travel to Philadelphia Zoo in Kenya to teach researchers in Laikipia, about the field techniques by which they can learn about the lions that die in the wild. Learning how lions die will help resea [...]