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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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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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