Fauna
All animal life that lives in a particular geographic area during a particular time in history. The type of fauna to be found in any particular region is determined by factors such as plant life...
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Fatal AttractionThe male angler fish is a 19th of the size of the female. He fuses to her body by biting her and is fed by her bloodstream just long enough to reproduce. She allows him to wither ...
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Hajime Suzuki, a conservation activist, is working to save the
critically endangered subspecies Japanese wood pigeon as his group
promotes a reserve program for the large birds endemic to the...
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Four rare mountain gorillas, including an alpha-male silverback, were shot dead at Congo's Virunga National Park, conservationists said Thursday.The International Gorilla Conservation Program, a pa...
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The Hague (dpa)- The 14th Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species (CITES) of Wild Fauna and Flora began Sunday in
The Hague with calls to improve the living ...
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Bucharest (dpa) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and his
Romanian counterpart Traian Basescu met on Tuesday in Bucharest to
discuss several long-standing issues which...
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La Fortuna, Costa Rica (dpa) Costa Rica offers a wealth of flora
and fauna to visitors without forcing them to endure days of marching
through thick jungle.
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The Imperial Household Agency organized a nature-observing event
in the Imperial Palace's Fukiage woodland area on Friday, allowing
the general public to walk through the area for the first t...
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A village near Peru's Machu Picchu has built a bridge over a turbulent river to open another route for backpackers trekking to the lofty Inca ruins.The bridge was inaugurated Saturday in the villag...
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Twenty new species of sharks and rays have been discovered in Indonesia in a five-year survey of catches at local fish markets, Australian researchers said Wednesday.The survey by the Australian Co...
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The International Whaling Commission approved a nonbinding
resolution for keeping the moratorium, or the temporary ban, on
commercial whaling on Thursday, the final day of the four-day annual...
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