Via Scoop.it – Wildlife A soaring demand for ivory in China and the Far East is putting Africa’s elephant population under strain and could see the creatures wiped out altogether by poachers in some countries, conservationists have warned. Via www.telegraph.co.uk
Oddly, shortly after we posted about the resurrected Ice Age Siberian flower, along comes another woolly mammoth story! Via Scoop.it – Wildlife Ten thousand years ago, a young mammoth probably got into a scuffle with a large predator, and was then apparently butchered by ancient settlers of Siberia. Both lions and humans may have been [...]
Imagine a plant that might have been seem by a wooly mammoth! And, maybe wooly mammoths are next on the list to revive from the Ice Age! Via Scoop.it – Wildlife A plant that was frozen in Siberian permafrost for about 30,000 years has been revived by a team of Russian scientists — and [...]
Well, this is a relief! The Mayans 2012 apocalypse prediction was apparently a hastily-drawn conclusion. It must be safe to go to Belize for some world-class diving, snorkeling, ruin exploration and jungle-trekking without having to worry about the world not being there when you return! Via Scoop.it – Wildlife One of history’s most famous and [...]
Via Scoop.it – Wildlife The cure for much of what ails us is just outside the window. Via opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com
Via Scoop.it – Wildlife Scientists have announced the discovery of a new species of spotted, bottom-dwelling shark near the Galapagos Islands, where astonished researchers saw it from a submersible. The newly named species, Bythaelurus … Via discoverystudentadventures.blogspot.fr
