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Huge declines in woodland birds

date: 2009-06-30 10:51:48 | Huge, declines, woodland, birds

The numbers of 18 woodland bird species including nightingales have plummeted, according to a 30-year survey.

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Huge sperm of ancient crustaceans

date: 2009-06-18 18:52:56 |

BP to remove equipment at Gulf well by Sunday 

date: 2010-09-01 23:08:00

HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc expects to remove a failed blowout preventer atop its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well by Saturday or Sunday and later plug the leak for good, the top U.S. official overseeing the spill response said on Wednesday.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Climate: Risks loom for China: study

date: 2010-09-01 17:06:00

PARIS (AFP) - Climate change could reduce key harvests in China by a fifth if the gloomiest scenarios prove true, according to a study on Wednesday.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Honeybee mobs overpower hornets

date: 2009-07-03 15:48:02

Bees smother hornets in a "bee ball" that kills the giant predators with heat and carbon dioxide.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

No safe haven for rarest antelope

date: 2009-07-03 14:40:19

Hopes are dashed that some of the few remaining hirola antelope have managed to colonise new, safer territory.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Evolution and climate change: Survival of the less fit

date: 2009-07-03 04:53:46

The mystery of Scotland’s shrinking sheep may have been solvedON THE remote island of Hirta, in the St Kilda archipelago beyond the Outer Hebrides, live hundreds of wild Soay sheep. Over the past 20 years biologists studying this primitive ...

source: www.economist.com

The hidden beauty of birdsong revealed

date: 2010-08-31 06:00:00

A new CD from the British Library has digitally slowed down birdsong to allow the human ear to hear the wealth of hidden notes and melodiesPaddy AllenEric HilaireShiona Tregaskis

source: www.guardian.co.uk

What makes us human? Bringing food to a funeral

date: 2010-08-30 21:56:00

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Remains of the earliest known feast in a cave in Israel show that humans have been bringing food to funerals for millennia and suggest that burial feasts may have helped shape modern society, ...

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Evidence of communal feasts dates back 12,000 years: study

date: 2010-08-30 19:11:00

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Evidence at an ancient burial site in Israel shows that community feasts were probably a common occurrence among early humans, possibly even predating the advent of agriculture, according to a study ...

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

U.N. climate panel urged to reform and stick to science

date: 2010-08-30 15:51:00

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. climate panel should only make predictions when it has solid evidence and should avoid policy advocacy, scientists said in a report on Monday that called for thorough reform of the ...

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Apple genome sequence uncovered

date: 2010-08-29 17:09:22

Apples have contributed to the "tree of knowledge" by having their genetic code sequenced.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Omega-3 margarines no help in heart attack: study

date: 2010-08-29 06:09:00

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Giving patients with a history of heart attacks a margarine enriched with omega-3 oils in addition to standard drugs appears to make no difference to their chances of having a repeat attack.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Mimic a predator to avoid mosquito bites

date: 2010-08-28 17:32:38

It has been a bumper British summer for mosquitos, with warm, wet weather providing the creatures with perfect breeding conditions.

source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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