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Penguin populations plummeting

Changing weather patterns, over-fishing, pollution and other factors have conspired to drive penguin populations into a precipitous decline, according to long-term research conducted by a naturalist at the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). The findings were presented yesterday by University of Washington professor and WCS scientific fellow Dr. P. Dee Boersma at the American Association for […]

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Lost World Found In New Guinea

An expedition led by Conservation International (CI) to one of the most isolated regions of western New Guinea has discovered what the multinational exploration team call a ”Lost World” of new species, giant flowers, and rare wildlife. The team included U.S., Indonesian and Australian scientists who found dozens of new species including frogs, butterflies and […]

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