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Animal Behavior
Tool Use In Animals
It used to be that we humans believed tool use was one of the main things that separated us from the rest of the animals. Then the famed chimpanzee researcher…
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American Wildlife
American Bats Face Fatal Disease
The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) plans to take steps this winter to prevent the spread of white-nose disease, a fatal fungal illness that strikes bats in their hibernation…
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Poaching & Illegal Hunting
Money Belt Holds Smuggled Species
Federal authorities report that they arrested an arriving passenger at Los Angeles International Airport after they discovered that his clothing concealed a money belt in which he had allegedly stuffed…
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New Species
Newly Discovered Animal Species
The conceit that the natural world has already been fully explored is nothing but an illusion. In fact, science is constantly discovering new species of animals in environments ranging from…
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Endangered Species
Tiger Extinction Would Be China’s Fault
It has been politically correct to say that the world’s remaining tigers are being illegally slaughtered so their body parts can be used to make “Asian folk medicines.” But the…
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Australian wildlife
Thousands Of Koalas Reported Missing
The Australian Koala Foundation reports that thousands of koalas are “missing” from the country’s eucalyptus forests. Koalas face various problems including habitat loss, and conservationists want the government to take…
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Amazon Wildlife
Amazon Fish Indigenous New York Times
Although the fishing, and life in general, in Brazil’s vast Xingu National Park is much harder than it once was due to rapidly changing environmental conditions, the native Kamayurá people…
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