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Sammy shares that aquarium with some 65,000 other fish. Photo: Lori Greig via flickr. Dubai’s aquariums can’t catch a break. First one in a mall cracks at the seams and now the one at the Atlantis The Palm hotel has come under fire for...
When an insect queen ventures onto the mating scene, she certainly makes the most of it, coupling with as many as 90 males each half-hour. That’s because during the mating process for “social insects” like ants , bees , and termites...
Firefighters face a wildfire in Northern California. Image credit: mattspinner /Flickr Every summer, wildfires rage across the western and southern regions of the United States. These fires threaten homes, animals, and ecosystems, and they are also...
Photo via Senatus Ever since clean energy reform legislation faded far, far into the background during the last months’ health care reform brouhaha, all we’ve had to go on have been the occasional reminder that Senators Kerry (D-MA), Graham...
Photo via wilihybrid When it comes to baby animal photos, we really can’t get enough. But not only is it springtime — and therefore cute baby animals are on the brain — but World Water Day is approaching (March 22nd). So we figured...
Photo via Cobbers A ban backed by the United States to ban the international trade of polar bear skins, teeth and claws at the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species has been shot down, due to opposition led by Canada and Norway....
Photos via Environmental Graffiti , credit Panthera Snow Leopard Trust USA Today recently reported that a snow leopard was captured in Afghanistan and as a result of the physical and mental trauma of being caught and transported for sale, the big cat...
Photo via rumpleteaser China, Japan, Russia and a handful of other countries are at the heart of a defeat of a proposal that would have benefited sharks by requiring increased transparency in the shark trade. Finning – the practice of cutting...
Newly-discovered Laniarius willardi had been noted as an anomaly among Malaconotidae (pictured) for years. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons One small branch of the bird kingdom ’s species tree has sprouted a new bud. Researchers from Texas A&M...
