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8 years ago+2 2 0Two Australian reptiles kick up a skink over coal mining
The two endangered reptiles blocking construction of a giant coal mine are not the first Australian animals to cause developers grief.
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8 years ago+1 1 0Concern over Scottish marine protected areas
Fishermen's leaders warn the creation of Marine Protected Areas around Scotland's coast could result in a modern-day "clearance" that would devastate small fishing communities. Environmentalists have described the claims as " ...
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8 years ago+10 10 0Rescue mission needed to free trapped fish in North Vancouver
North Shore Rescue will decide next week if a team can descend a 60-metre canyon on the Seymour River and rescue 262 coho that are stranded in a pool directly beneath a devastating rock slide that has prevented them from traveling upstream.
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8 years ago+9 9 0Researchers discover a new deep-sea fish species
New species of Ceratioid anglerfish (Genus Lasiognathus Regan [Lophiiformes: Oneirodidae])
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8 years ago+1 1 0Fish return to Sudbury's Nolin Creek
There are new signs of life in Nolin Creek, a branch of Junction Creek that flows through the Donovan area of Sudbury. “These are the first reported sightings of fish in Nolin Creek since at least the early 1990s.”
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8 years ago+10 10 0Smart aquarium from Korea makes fish happy, could make Japan mad. Here’s why
A fish hobbyist and entrepreneur has named his first product Dokdo Tank - a smart aquarium that he hopes evokes imagery of the disputed Korean islets.
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8 years ago+2 2 0Scientists investigate whether fish could evolve to become less catchable
Intensive fishing prompts much concern and debate over sustainability of fish stocks, but could it also be driving evolutionary changes that render fish of the future less catchable?
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8 years ago+1 1 0New fish genus and species named for its red, fingerlike fins
University of Washington scientists recently announced the name of a new genus and species of frogfish, which are small, stocky creatures found in most tropical and subtropical oceans around the world.
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8 years ago+1 1 0Fish that have their own fish finders
The more than 200 species in the family Mormyridae communicate with one another in a way completely alien to our species: by means of electric discharges generated by an organ in their tails.
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8 years ago+2 2 0Japan Researchers Find Fish Can Think Logically
Researchers in Japan find fish can think logically and infer when an opponent is too strong to risk fighting.
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8 years ago+2 2 0California drought could doom endangered fish caught in the center of state's water battles
DIXON, Calif. (AP) — California's historic drought could wipe out a tiny, endangered fish that's played an outsized role in the state's water wars.
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8 years ago+12 12 0Aquariums 'deliver significant health benefits'
People who spend time watching fish swim in aquarium tanks could improve their physical and mental wellbeing, a study shows.
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8 years ago+6 6 0Bonobo squeaks hint at earlier speech evolution
A study finds that wild bonobos use a single high-pitched call in a variety of contexts, showing a linguistic flexibility that was thought to be uniquely human... Researchers say the new findings push back the development of context-free vocal calls ...
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8 years ago+1 1 0Hunting trophies: Delta, United and American ban transport
The airlines announced that they would no longer transport lion, rhinoceros, leopard, elephant or buffalo remains.
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8 years ago+1 1 0During Florida Flood, Man on Sidewalk Catches Fish with Hands
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8 years ago+1 1 0Shark Attacks Angler's Fish
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8 years ago+17 17 0 x 1Boxfish shell inspires new materials for body armor and flexible electronics
The boxfish's unique armor draws its strength from hexagon-shaped scales and the connections between them, engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have found.
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8 years ago+12 12 0‘I drank the water and ate the fish. We all did. The acid has damaged me permanently’
In the villages near Africa’s biggest copper mine, you can smell and taste the pollution. As a legal battle against metals giant Vedanta/KCM reaches London, villagers in Chingola, Zambia, tell of blighted lives and a looming catastrophe
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8 years ago+2 2 0Teens charged with killing metre-long barramundi in Cairns Hilton hotel pond
Fish that had lived for years in DoubleTree by Hilton hotel pond was allegedly shot with a spear gun by one of three 18-year-olds, taken to a house and filleted. The men were arrested the night after the killing when they allegedly returned to the Hi ...
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8 years ago+2 2 0AquaDom: Aquarium and Elevator
The largest (by volume) acrylic cylindrical aquarium in the world.