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Blue whales singing in deeper voices every year
All around the world, blue whales aren’t singing like they used to, and scientists have no idea why. The largest animals on Earth are singing in ever-deeper voices every year. Among the suggested explanations are ocean noise pollution, changing po...
Killer whales leave porpoises for dead
Scientists are grasping for answers to explain why southern resident killer whales — a group of fish eaters that prefer chinook salmon — have also been observed toying with harbour porpoises before leaving them dead, including two cases in the pa...
Bee deaths set apiculture congress abuzz
MONTPELLIER, France — Pesticides, viruses, industrialised farming, fungus... what on Earth is killing our bees? That's the big question being asked at Apimondia, the 41st world apiculture congress, where 10,000 beekeepers, entomologists and other a...
'Death Stench' Is A Universal Ancient Warning Signal
The smell of recent death or injury that repels living relatives of insects has been identified as a truly ancient signal that functions to avoid disease or predators, biologists have discovered. David Rollo, professor of biology at McMaster Un...
Mobile phone towers threaten honey bees
The electromagnetic waves emitted by mobile phone towers and cellphones can pose a threat to honey bees, a study published in India has concluded. An experiment conducted in the southern state of Kerala found that a sudden fall in the bee population...
Ancient Bird's Feathers Had Iridescent Glow
Nanostructures preserved in feather fossils more than 40 million years old show evidence that those feathers were once vivid and iridescent in color, paleontologists say. Iridescence is the quality of changing color depending on the angle of observ...
Heatwave prompts surge in massive basking sharks off British shores
RECORD NUMBERS of basking sharks have been spotted off the coast of Britain and Ireland after the recent hot weather boosted levels of their favourite food: zooplankton. Last year there were only 26 sightings of the 11-metre sharks in two and a ha...
Dolphin 'super pod' shifts north
Hundreds of dolphins more commonly found in warmer seas have been seen in the Moray Firth in Scotland while making a "massive migration" into the North Sea. The environmental charity Earthwatch Institute said more than 400 short-beaked common dolp...
Iraq rattled by snake plague
A plague of snakes has caused panic in Iraq's southern province of Nasiriyah, biting cattle and worrying residents as poisonous reptiles flee their dens in the country's water-deprived marshes. "We have been surprised in recent days by the UNPREC...
Climate Change Driving Michigan Mammals North
Some Michigan mammal species are rapidly expanding their ranges northward, apparently in response to climate change, a new study shows. In the process, these historically southern species are replacing their northern counterparts. The finding, by re...
Scores of pilot whales stranded in Australia
Almost 200 pilot whales have beached themselves on an island near Australia's southern state of Tasmania, with many already dead, wildlife officials have said.Mr Arthur said around 140 of the whales had already died, but authorities and civilian wild...
150 whales die in rocky stranding in southern Australia
AustraliaImage: More than 150 pilot whales have died after beaching themselves in southern AustraliaSYDNEY (AFP) — More than 150 whales have died after beaching themselves in southern Australia, with many sustaining deep cuts after thrashing onto r...
Shrimp which is 'louder than a gunshot' found in British waters
Great BritainThe shrimps, which are native to the sub-tropical seas of the Mediterranean, have only been recorded in UK waters a handful of times. They are INCREDIBLY RARE in British waters because the temperature is usually too cold. The one...
Cyclone-hit farmers battle snails
Farmers report a larger number of snails this year in the wake of Nargis MYANMAR - An unidentified freshwater snail has left scores of paddy farmers in southern Myanmar reeling. In the wake of Cyclone Nargis - which left nearly 140,000 people dea...
Cattle shown to align north-south
Have you ever noticed that herds of grazing animals all face the same way?Images from Google Earth have confirmed that cattle tend to align their bodies in a north-south direction. Wild deer also display this behaviour - a phenomenon that has app...
Polar bear surprise sends scientists fleeing
Image; This polar bear showed up near a scientists' camp in northern Alaska, forcing the five experts to fleeFive scientists studying shorebirds in northern Alaska had to take flight after a polar bear showed up at a time of year it should have been ...
Penguins Washing Up in the Tropics
Image: Francisco de Assis holds up a penguin at the Porto da Lenha beach in Salvador, northeastern Brazil, July 25, 2008. Brazilian wildlife authorities confirmed that about 300 penguins have been found dead or alive in recent days along the coast of...
Shark found in Australian pool
SYDNEY (AFP) A shark was found in a swimming pool at one of Sydney's most popular beaches Friday, apparently swept into the baths by a FREAK WAVE. The one-metre (3.3 foot) shark turned up in a rock pool situated next to the open ocean at Cronull...
Bears sighted in Mexican city
Breaking Earth NewsMexicoBears have been spotted foraging for food and water on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico's second largest city, as they struggle to survive a dry spell that has depleted their natural reserves of food and water. ...
'Sharks are hunting humans'
MexicoScientists fear packs of bull sharks are now ACTIVELY HUNTING HUMANS FOR THE FIRST TIME after a series of horrifying attacks in the waters off a popular resort in Mexico. The theory emerged after two surfers were killed and one badly injure...
La Nina might be causing shark attacks
MexicoCooler than normal sea-surface temperatures due to the La Nina phenomenon may be partly responsible for a spate of fatal shark attacks off Mexico's Pacific coast.La Nina, which usually results in cooler than normal water in the Pacific, has m...
Global Warming brings rare bird to Machu Picchu
Peru, S.A.The Mountain Caracara, a species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family, has shown changes in its behavior pattern which indicate it is being affected by Peru's change of climate in the highlands. The caracara, a bird that usually li...
