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Endangered Species
Endangered Species Population Numbers
We have said elsewhere on this site that there are well over 5,000 species of officially Endangered or Threatened animals and birds on our planet. With this post, we will…
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Household Pets
Cats Kill Wild Birds
The issue of cats—in particular, cats that roam outdoors—is one of the things that separates true environmentalists from many cat lovers and animal rights advocates. There’s just no getting around…
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American Wildlife
Polar Bear Critical Habitat Proposed
Polar bears need relief from the loss of habitat they have experienced as the result of global climate change. In response, the federal government is proposing to protect more than…
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Endangered Species
Saving The Endangered Tiger
At the start of an international conference on saving the world’s dwindling wild tigers come reports of a fatal attack by a tiger on a little girl in Nepal, the…
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Amazon Wildlife
Sex Lives Of Bats
Animals don’t tend to be very creative in their most private moments. Performance is generally more instinctive than it is imaginative. But the short-nosed fruit bat, it would appear, is…
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Endangered Species
Hunters Claim To Scare 30 Wolves
Not only did 30 wolves not attack two hunters who got between them and their prey, but they let themselves be driven off by a barrage of snowballs. Yet the…
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Endangered Species
Ecotourism May Stress Animals
Some wild animals flee when they see people. Others remain where they are and appear unconcerned. But according to researchers who have monitored the heart rates of a few of…
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