National Endangered Species Day: List of Rare Animals Endemic to the Philippines
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Is that a facehugger?! How the monster from Alien turned up in the Gulf of Mexico
Name: Bathynomus yucatanensis. Yikes! What the hell is that? Can we do this properly, the Pass notes way? Sorry. Age: Somewhere near the 160m year mark. From fossil records, that’s how long giant isopods are calculated to have been around. Isopod? It’s a type of crustacean. And bathynomus yucatanensis is a …
Striking study finds Arctic Circle warming at 4 times the global rate
Scientists understand the area in and around the North Pole to be warming disproportionately to the rest of the planet, a phenomenon known as "Arctic …
Newly Discovered Armored Dinosaur Species Found in Argentina
The tiny dinosaur likely roamed the Earth between 97 million and 94 million years ago.
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LETTER: Citizens reply to Port of Seattle’s response regarding North SeaTac Park
[EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a Letter to the Editor, written by a verified resident(s). It does not necessarily reflect the opinions of The B-Town …
This Is the Perfect Plan to Rewild the American West. There’s Just One Problem: Politics.
A new paper written by 20 wildlife biologists and ecologists and published in the journal BioScience this month offers a simple, cost-effective solution to many of the problems plaguing the West: climate change, a loss of biodiversity, and even mega-fires. The authors suggest we replace livestock …
Protection Sought for Rare Butterflies at Nevada Site
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists who are already suing to block a geothermal power plant where an endangered toad lives in western Nevada are now …
