Sunday February 05 , 2012

Posts Tagged ‘photo_in_the_news’

PICTURES: Octopuses Carry Coconuts as Instant Hideaways

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Octopuses off Indonesia make stow-and-go shelters out of empty coconut shells, a new study says. Once they stopped laughing, scientists hailed the behavior as a new form of tool use.

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PICTURES: Ten Climate Change “Icons” Announced

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What do quiver trees, clownfish, and koalas have in common? They’re among ten “flagship” species likely to suffer huge loses due to a diverse array of global warming impacts, according to a new report.

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Prehistoric Pygmy Sea Cow Discovered in Madagascar

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The fossil “water bushpig”—as the locals call it—fills in a gap between primitive land-dwelling mammals to today’s aquatic sea cows, a new study says.

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PHOTOS: Ten U.S. Species Feeling Global Warming’s Heat

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Climate change is turning up the heat on some of the U.S.’s already threatened species, including ten highlighted by a new Endangered Species Coalition report.

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Journalist-turned Internet technologist, data cruncher, researcher and communications strategist. I also teach these topics at Arizona State University. I enjoy SCUBA diving, mountain biking, hiking and road trips. Always up for a good cup of coffee. 2006 TIME Person of the Year.

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