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Endangered Species
Siberian Fires Threaten Amur Leopard and Tiger
Forest fires burning out of control in Russia’s Far East in 2008 and 2009 have further endangered two animals on our Top 10 Endangered Species List: The Siberian tiger, of…
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Monkeys
Monkeys Teach Their Young To Floss Teeth
It is surprising enough to learn that monkeys floss their teeth using strands of hair. But it’s even more astonishing to find out that long-tailed macaques in Thailand not only…
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Birds
Killer Chickadees and Other Strange Bird Behavior
Just in time for Halloween comes a strange and gruesome tale from a dark cave deep in the forests of Eastern Europe. The killer is an unlikely one: An ordinarily…
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Monkeys
A Passion For Primates
Along with our frequent news reports, we publish general informational pages that readers can use to glean important background information on some of the species we write about. We recently…
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American Wildlife
America’s Wildlife Heritage Act
American citizens are the collective owners of their nation’s public lands, which amount to about 20 per cent of US territory. But such federal agencies as the Bureau of Land…
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TOP 10 ENDANGERED SPECIES NEWS
The 600 or so grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park are back under US Endangered Species Act protection thanks to yesterday’s judicial decision in a suit filed by…
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TOP 10 ENDANGERED SPECIES NEWS
Global warming will make it necessary for rainforest animals to adapt to changes in their environment. In rain forests from South America to Africa to Southeast Asia, there have been…
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