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Tag Archives: Animals

17Nov/17

Elephant advocates trumpet outrage over new Trump hunting rule

November 17, 2017EnvironmentAfrica, African elephant, Animals, Asian elephant, Barack Obama, China, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., EDGE species, Elephant, Elephants, Environment, Geography of Africa, Hunting, Ivory, LIVINGSTONE, M. Sanjayan, Mammals, Mammals of Africa, Organisms, Poaching, Reuters, Robert Mugabe, Singapore, the u.s. fish and wildlife service, Trophy hunting, United States, World, Zambia, Zimbabwesmbale

LIVINGSTONE, ZAMBIA (NOVEMBER 2013) (REUTERS) – U.S. conservation groups lashed out this week against a White House decision to allow trophy hunters who kill elephants in two African nations to bring home the endangered animals’ tusks or other body parts as souvenirs. Continue reading →

13Nov/17

Great Barrier Reef bursts into life during annual coral spawning

November 13, 2017EnvironmentAnimals, Australia, Australian National Heritage List, Barrier reef, Coral, Coral bleaching, Coral reef, Coral reef protection, Coral reefs, Ecosystems, Environment, Fisheries, Fishing, Florida Reef, Gareth Phillips, Great Barrier, Great Barrier Reef, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Oceanography, Physical geography, Queensland, Spawn, States and territories of Australiasmbale

MOORE REEF, GREAT BARRIER REEF, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA (FILMED OVER TWO NIGHTS) – The Great Barrier Reef showcased its annual spawning last week, with underwater footage captured on November 8 and 9 showing the moment future generations of coral reef are created. Continue reading →

06Nov/17

Deep sleep: Even jellyfish need their slumber

November 6, 2017ScienceAnimals, Branches of biology, California, California Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology faculty, Cassiopea, Cassiopeidae, Contents, Greater Los Angeles Area, Jellyfish, PASADENA, Pasadena California, San Gabriel Valley, Sleep, Sleep deprivation, Sleep in non-human animals, United States, V-12 Navy College Training Programsmbale

PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (CALTECH) – A brainless, spineless, pulsating organism has a key behaviour in common with humans: sleep. Continue reading →

31Aug/17

Climate change may be making bears vegetarian

August 31, 2017EnvironmentAlaska Peninsula brown bear, Animals, Apex predators, Bears, Environment, Fauna of Alaska, Fish, Grizzly, Grizzly bear, Jonathan Armstrong, Kodiak, Kodiak Alaska, Kodiak Island, Oily fish, Organisms, Predation, Salmon, Scavengers, Sockeye salmon, United States, William Deacysmbale

Grizzly bears on Kodiak Island changed their diets and started eating berries instead of salmon because of climate change, according to a new study. Continue reading →

30Apr/17

AfrikaBurn brings artwork to South African desert

April 30, 2017ArtAdansonia, AfrikaBurn, Agust Helgason, Animals, Burning Man, China Central Television, Company: AfrikaBurn, Company: CCTV, Country: South Africa, Geography, Geography of Africa, Geography of South Africa, Karoo, Mammals, Mammals of Africa, Mammals of Asia, Northern Cape, Organisms, Oudebaaskraal Dam, Pangolins, Physiographic provinces, Public nudity, South Africa, Sweden, Tankwa Karoo National Park, Travis Lylesmbale

China Central Television (CCTV) – A temporary city of art has been created in the desert of South Africa during the annual AfrikaBurn event in the Tankwa Karoo in the Northern Cape.
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27Apr/17

Nigerian entrepreneurs rush for growing snail market

April 27, 2017EconomyAchatina glutinosa, Achatinidae, Animals, Business, Company: Snail Care Farm, Country: Nigeria, Economy, Entrepreneurship, Giant African land snail, Heliciculture, Lagos, Land snail, Mollusca, Molluscs, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oluwatobilola, Oluwatobilola Ohioma-Belo, Snail, Snail slime, Structure, Tadzio Okhiria, United Kingdom, United Statessmbale

The Giant African Snail is sought after in parts of the world for its nutritional and cosmetic benefits. In Nigeria, some entrepreneurs have found opportunities to export the molluscs abroad.
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18Apr/17

Mystery of mosquito flight solved

April 18, 2017ScienceAerodynamics, Aerospace engineering, Animal flight, Animals, Arthropods, Articles, Bird behavior, Bird flight, DelFly, Fly, Haematophagy, HATFIELD, Hexapoda, Insect, Insect anatomy, Insect flight, Insects in culture, Mesozoic, Mosquito, Ornithopter, Oxford, Shed, Simon Walker, United Kingdom, Wingsmbale

A new study sheds light on how mosquitoes manage to fly breaking all the norms of flapping wings, and could inspire future aerodynamic innovations, including micro-scale flying tech.
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16Apr/17

It’s a boy! April the giraffe gives birth

April 16, 2017EnvironmentAnimals, April, Broome County, New York, Culture, Giraffes, HARPURSVILLE, Human Interest, Mammaliaformes, Organisms, Psychology, Suspense, The Zoo, United Statessmbale

After weeks of suspense, April the giraffe finally gives birth to a baby boy, delighting hundreds of thousands of people who have been monitoring a live cam feed from a New York zoo in anticipation of the long-overdue event.

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12Mar/17

Sometimes pandas are in no mood for panda playtime

March 12, 2017EnvironmentAnimals, Bifengxia Panda Base, Chengdu, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, China, China Central Television, Company: CCTV, Geography of China, Giant pandas, Giant pandas around the world, Mammals, Mo, Qi Yi, Qi Yuan, Sichuan, Subdivisions of China, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Xing Yismbale

Chengdu,Sichuan,China (China Central Television) – Giant pandas are usually captured being playful with one another at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, however two recently released video clips show that sometimes these pandas are in no mood to play. Continue reading →

16Feb/17

Zoo prepares to say bye-bye to Bao Bao

February 16, 2017EnvironmentAnimals, Bao Bao, Brandie Smith, Chengdu, China, Country: China, Environment of China, Giant pandas, Human Interest, Mammals, Marty Dearie, Mei Xiang, National Zoological Park, Organisms, Sichuan, Subdivisions of China, Tai Shan, Tian Tian, United States, Washington, Washington D.C., Wolong National Nature Reservesmbale

Officials at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington prepare giant panda Bao Bao for her trip to China.

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