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Conservation experts estimate that the Vietnamese appetite for wildlife is responsible for increasing the country’s endangered species list from 300 to nearly 1,000 animals. Fortunately, Vietnamese conservationists are stepping in before the country’s vulnerable species are “eaten to extinction.” And for the first time ever, Vietnam’s Central Committee for Communication and Education (CCCE) held a [...]
Scientists have determined the chemicals that make the Central Valley a rich agricultural region are responsible for frog deaths and tadpole abnormalities in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Just when it seems things can’t get much worse for our cold-blooded friends, researchers have added pesticides to the growing list of causes (such as habitat loss and [...]
Researchers have determined that killer whale groups form “superpods” to create and maintain social bonds with other whales. Just like people, killer whales (Orcinus orca) get together to maintain social ties. Although the whales usually live in small pods of 20 or so, they also go in search of other pods, forming aggregate groups of [...]
Destructive and deadly ants are being attacked down-under from up above. As part of the National Fire Ant Eradication Program (NFAEP), the Australian government is going high-tech to eradicate the fire ant. NFAEP, which began in 2001, is a national program used to control and eradicate fire ants. In 2001, 65,000 nests were discovered.
