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Herschel captures galaxy image

date: 2009-07-01 10:21:56 | Herschel, captures, galaxy, image

The European Space Agency releases a stunning image of the spiral "Whirlpool Galaxy".

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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


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Reindeer body clock switched off

date: 2010-03-15 11:20:33

Reindeer have "switched off" their internal body clocks to survive dark winters and light summers in the Arctic.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Ivory and tuna top wildlife talks

date: 2010-03-13 04:17:19

UN wildlife negotiations begin on banning the trade in bluefin tuna and permitting sales of ivory at a two-week summit in Doha.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Climate linked to smaller birds

date: 2010-03-12 10:05:45

Songbirds on the US east coast are becoming smaller, a trend thought to be driven by climate changes.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Siberian tigers die at China zoo

date: 2010-03-12 08:03:37

Eleven rare Siberian tigers die at a zoo in north-eastern China, raising fears over treatment of captive animals in the country.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Thalidomide effect mystery solved

date: 2010-03-11 19:45:27

The mechanism by which thalidomide causes malformed limbs is revealed by scientists.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Half-cock chicken mystery solved

date: 2010-03-11 12:08:39

Researchers in Edinburgh say they have solved the mystery of why some chickens hatch out half-male and half-female.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

The beauty of wind power

date: 2010-03-11 12:00:00

A collection of images that show the beauty of wind power

source: www.guardian.co.uk

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