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Mexico City's 'water monster' nears extinction »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 1 year ago in Science & Technology
Beneath the tourist gondolas in the remains of a great Aztec lake lives a creature that resembles a monster — and a Muppet — with its slimy ...
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Mammals facing extinction threat »
Posted by: BronxBomber 1 year, 1 month ago in Science & Technology
About 25% of the world's mammal species are at risk of extinction, according to a global assessment.
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'Birdbrains' Helped Birds Survive Mass Extinction »
Posted by: pleeplop 9 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Dinosaurs were wiped out during the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction 65 million years ago, but birds were able to survive and thrive.
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Lights out? Experts fear fireflies are dwindling »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 1 year, 2 months ago in Science & Technology
"The firefly populations have dropped 70 percent, in the past three years," said Preecha, 58, a former teacher who started providing dozens of row boats ...
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Political Discussion: The Final Frontier »
Posted by: scottdavene 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
An article on the benefits of space colonization. The Earth is becoming dangerously overpopulated and polluted. Global warming could wipe us all out unless we ...
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Global warming threatens the most precious »
Posted by: bsrice 2 months, 2 weeks ago in News
There are thousands of species in danger of becoming extinct forever. I am an animal lover, no matter what type, size or shape, I love ...
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Last Known Female Yangtze Soft-Shell Turtle Set to Mate »
Posted by: bnelson78 6 months, 2 weeks ago in News
The Yangtze Soft-Shell Turtle, or Swinhoe’s Turtle, is the rarest animal in the world. The survival of the species hangs entirely on the tender ...
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Almost half of primate species face extinction »
Posted by: ameliog 1 year, 3 months ago in Science & Technology
That soars to more than 70% in Asia, with individual countries such as Vietnam and Indonesia seeing at least 80% of their primate species threatened ...
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10 Animals on the Brink of Extinction : EcoWorldly »
Posted by: jrrrz1 7 months ago in News
The Iberian (Spanish), Lynx lives in very small areas of central and southern Spain (Andalucia). It used to live throughout Spain and Portugal but its ...
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Vote to save the Olive Ridleys from TATA's Dhamra port »
Posted by: Graemie 8 months, 3 weeks ago in News
In September 2008, after heightened protests and nearly 100,000 dedicated Greenpeace cyberactivists calling on the TATAs to relocate the port, the TATAs agreed to ...
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Is Handwriting on the Brink of Extinction? »
Posted by: imarockstar 2 months ago in News
Penmanship. Some would call it a lost art. Others would say it’s a lost cause. But for techno-philiacs, penmanship is just an ancient practice.
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Pregnancy test leaves at-risk frogs holding the baby »
Posted by: ameliog 1 year, 2 months ago in Science & Technology
ONE of Victoria's largest frogs is facing extinction from a skin disease that is wiping out frogs the world over - and a 1930s human ...
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Current mass extinction spurs major study of which plants to save »
Posted by: cosmogenium 1 year ago in Science & Technology
PhysOrg.com: The Earth is in the midst of the sixth mass extinction of both plants and animals, with nearly 50 percent of all species ...
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Ocean Commotion: Why Coral Reefs are Dying (& How To Help) »
Posted by: MikeD1980 2 months ago in News
Undersea coral gardens are in danger of extinction. What scientists are doing--and how you can help.
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Evidence mounts that we're in midst of mass extinction event »
Posted by: Neophile 1 year, 2 months ago in Science & Technology
It's difficult to follow the literature right now in ecology without feeling like you need a drink. Pretty much wherever you look there's ...
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