Archive for the 'Nature' Category
Sunday, November 9th, 2008
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Sydney Morning Herald
Zoo’s new baby turns out for the cameras
November 8, 2008
Taronga Zoo’s new pygmy hippo baby was unfazed by the cameras, lapping up lunch before jumping into a bath.
But her birth three weeks ago was almost too much for Monifa, whose name means “I am lucky” in Nigerian.
A difficult breach birth left the calf […]
Posted in Nature, Movies, Australia, Zoo/Aquarium |
Friday, September 26th, 2008
updated 8:25 p.m. EDT, Tue September 23, 2008
Polar bears resort to cannibalism as Arctic ice shrinks
By Marsha Walton
CNN
(CNN) — Summer is over in the northern hemisphere, but it’s been another chilling season for researchers who study Arctic sea ice.
Disappearance of Arctic ice cover may affect storm systems, storm tracks and crops, according to researchers.
“It’s definitely […]
Posted in Environment, Nature, Global Warming, Arctic |
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
I realize this is not a laughing matter, but it proves that we Americans may not be as violent as our reputation would have the world believe.
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September 23, 2008
CEO murdered by mob of sacked Indian workers
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Left Front supporters block a national highway in support of the Tata car project
(Parth Sanyal/Reuters)
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Thousands of protesters recently forced Tata […]
Posted in Business, India, Nature, Automobiles, Crime |
Monday, September 8th, 2008
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Algae-dyed polar bears puzzle Japan zoo visitors
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Sun Sep 7, 3:08 PM ET
TOKYO - Green polar bears are drawing questions from puzzled visitors at a Japanese zoo.
Three normally white polar bears at Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in central Japan changed their color in July after swimming in a pond with an overgrowth of algae.
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Images: (bears) […]
Posted in Nature, Japan, Zoo/Aquarium |
Monday, September 1st, 2008
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Water crests over the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal as wind and rain from Hurricane Gustav pound New Orleans. (AP)
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Image: (Polar bear) Photograped by Mila Zinkova via commons.wikimedia.org
Posted in Louisiana, Nature, Global Warming, Weather |
Sunday, August 31st, 2008
Sarah Palin: Tough on polar bears
Boston.com Staff
August 29, 2008 04:22 PM
In May, Palin said she would sue the federal government after it declared polar bears an endangered species. Here’s what the Anchorage Daily News reported:
She and other Alaska elected officials fear a listing will cripple oil and gas development in prime polar bear habitat off […]
Posted in Bush, Nature, Energy, Cheney, Swimming, Global Warming, Enslavement, Cynthia McCain, Sarah Palin, Arctic, Ted Stevens |
Friday, August 29th, 2008
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That may be true, but she has experience where it counts for the current Washington regime and its hand-maiden McCain…
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McCain’s VP Choice Is Under Ethics Investigation For Abuse Of Power In Alaska
Think Progress
“…Palin’s reformer image took a hit last month when she was accused of attempting to get a state trooper fired. That state trooper […]
Posted in Environment, Nature, John S. McCain III, Weapons, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Alaska, Sarah Palin |
Monday, August 25th, 2008
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AP story is here.
Image: (cows) via grannybuttons.com; (compass) bisontrail.com
Posted in Nature, Technology |
Monday, August 25th, 2008
One would have thought they had other,
more pressing problems
than re-stocking their aquarium.
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Image: (Main) shanghaidaily.com;(Sign) weblo.com; (water) georgia aquarium via countryinns.com; (men moving ray) balancestrap.com; (manta ray) via dailymail.co.uk;
Posted in Nature, Russia, War, Georgia |
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
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By DINA CAPPIELLO, Associated Press Writer Fri Aug 22, 4:07 PM ET
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is providing insufficient time for public comment as it seeks to loosen rules protecting endangered species, representatives of more than 100 conservation groups charged Friday.
Posted in administration, Bush, Environment, Nature |
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
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In this framegrab image taken off from Channel Nine television, a lost humpback whale calf swims around a yacht in the Pittwater, north of Sydney Harbour Monday, Aug. 18, 2008. The calf seems to think the yacht is its mother and will likely die within days if it doesn’t find another mother to adopt it, […]
Posted in Nature, Weapons |
