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The Frozen Zoo aiming to bring endangered species back from the brink
The San Diego Zoo began collecting skin samples from rare animals in 1972 in the hope they might be used to protect these endangered species in the future. A breakthrough in stem-cell technology means that day is getting closer.
BP Oil Spill: Daily Dead Wildlife Tally
DailyDeadBirds.com provides daily numbers of the animals that have been killed by the BP Oil Spill. Their numbers also include the number of animals that have been oiled but are still alive, and the number that have been cleaned and released. The numbers come from the Deep Water Horizon Response reports. I’m not one for [...]
The Furby’s Not Extinct
Let me clarify… luckily that late 90′s fad is extinct, but the pygmy Tarsier, a Furbyish looking primate previously believed to be extinct is not. Recently Texas A&M University anthropologists, led by Sharon Gursky-Doyen, trapped three of these teeny tiny animals that have not been seen alive for 85 years.
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