| Wed 10 Mar 2010 |
Chegg.com Celebrates $100 Million in Savings for College Students
PR Newswire Chegg.com will pay for 100 random customer's rental orders on second annual Textbook Tuesday | SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Chegg.com, the No. 1 online textbook rental company, today announced it is celebrating its milestone of... |
'The Cove' Set To Become Animal Planet TV Series
Huffington Post | Los Angeles Times: | Fans of "The Cove," the environmentally themed film that won the best documentary Oscar last night, will be happy to know there's more where that came from. | A new television series about the controversial dolphin trade in Jap... |
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore reopens March 13, 2010
The Examiner | The Maryland Zoo will reopen on Saturday March 13, 2010 at 10am to 4pm. This reopening was delayed as a result of $1.6 million in snow damage. Both the Marsh and African Aviaries were damaged by the storm. Along with the many tree... |
Science 'is a key election issue'
BBC News | The science spokesmen of the three main political parties have crossed swords on the issue of UK research funding. | In a debate staged by the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Science Minister Lord Drayson lauded the doubling of the budget under Lab... |
What the Sami people can teach us about adapting to climate change
The Guardian | As global warming and habitat degradation accelerates, people indigenous to the Arctic circle say they have much to teach the world about how to adapt, survive, and thrive | An old Sami 'nili' – a food storage hut raised above ground out of the r... |
Arizona wildlife in danger
The Examiner | Illegal killing of wildlife is on the rise in Arizona, with reports of violations up 70% from 2008. Consequences for poachers who are caught include fines, possible jail time, and loss of hunting privileges. The latter seems rather meaningless sinc... |
29 elephants knocked down by trains in last three years
Deccan Herald New Delhi, Mar 10, (PTI): | Twenty-nine elephants have been killed after being knocked down by trains across the country since 2007, the Lok Sabha was informed today. | Replying to a query in Lok Sabha, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said the mat... |
Clifton Backies local nature reserve gets a spruce-up by the BTCV
York Press | VOLUNTEER officer Will Hinchliffe has thanked the people who helped him create woodland glades and cleared up wild flower meadows at the Clifton Backies local nature reserve in a project he led for the conservation charity BTCV. Mr Hinchliffe said:... |
Scientists extract DNA of extinct giant bird from fossil eggs
Newstrack India | London, March 10 (ANI): Experts have successfully managed to extract DNA from a 19,000-year-old emu eggshell. | Charlotte Oskam and Michael Bunce, Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia, were able to isolate mitochondrial DNA from the... |
Giant meat-eating plants prefer to eat tree shrew poo
BBC News | The largest meat-eating plant in the world is designed not to eat small animals, but small animal poo. | Botanists have discovered that the giant montane pitcher plant of Borneo has a pitcher the exact same size as a tree shrew's body. | But it is ... |
REFILING: 8 crested ibises in Sado killed, 2 critically hurt+
Breitbart TOKYO, March 10 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Eight crested ibises were killed and two critically injured at the Sado Japanese Crested Ibis Conservation Center in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, attacked in their cage apparently by outside predators, the Environment... |
First condor nest in Pinnacles in 100 years
San Fransisco Chronicle | John Maio / Pinnacles National Monument | Male condor 318 sits on the nest after mating with female 317 at Pinnacles National Monument. | View Larger Image | A lonely cave on a cliff in the rugged Pinnacles National Monument is the setting for a st... |
Himalayan topic for Pickering Horticultural Society
York Press | The speaker at the February meeting of the Hardy Plant Group of the Pickering Horticultural Society was Peter Hartrey. | Mr Hartrey showed slides illustrating the mountain flowers of Tibet and Nepal. They included rare species of primulas, meconops... |
John Thorbjarnarson, a Crocodile and Alligator Expert, Is Dead at 52
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Let's say you are a boy who collects frogs and snakes from a neighborhood bog and who keeps a spectacled caiman and boa constrictor as pets. Further, you take the boa into the family pool to cavort, although the human swimmers might have used a dif... |
Scientists tease DNA from eggshell of extinct birds
The Daily Telegraph Australia | IN a world first, scientists in Australia announced today they had extracted DNA from the fossilised eggshells of extinct birds, including iconic giants such as the moa and elephant bird. | The achievement marks a major step towards drafting the ge... |
John Thorbjarnarson, a Crocodile and Alligator Expert, Is Dead at 52
The New York Times | Let’s say you are a boy who collects frogs and snakes from a neighborhood bog and who keeps a spectacled caiman and boa constrictor as pets. Further, you take the boa into the family pool to cavort, although the human swimmers might have used... |
DR Congo ring may be giant 'impact crater'
BBC News | Deforestation has revealed what could be a giant impact crater in Central Africa, scientists say. | The 36-46km-wide feature, identified in DR Congo, may be one of the largest such structures discovered in the last decade. | Italian researchers con... |
DNA of extinct birds extracted from ancient eggshell
BBC News | Researchers have found that eggshells of extinct bird species are a rich source of preserved DNA. | An international team isolated the delicate DNA molecules of species including the massive "elephant birds" of the genus Aepyorni. | The P... |
Tensions as Galapagos Islands seek sustainable growth
BBC News | She was aware of the strict laws regulating migration from mainland Ecuador, so upon leaving her native town of Esmeraldas, on Ecuador's northern coast, she braced herself for a lot of bureaucracy. | But what she did not expect was to end up workin... |
A big relief to wildlife
The Hindu | R. Krishna Kumar | Survey findings are significant in view of the court verdict | - PHOTO: M.A. SRIRAM | Under threat:A vehicle passes through the Bandipur park every 10 seconds during peak hour, according to a survey. | MYSORE: A survey to study t... |
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