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NATURALLY: Nature's nursery
5+ hour, 42+ min ago (365+ words) It's that time. Baby squirrels are in their dreys. Infant cottontails are tucked under brush piles and bushes. Bald Eagles and Great Horned Owls have already pair-bonded and have eggs or hatchlings in their nests. Canada geese are loudly announcing…...
Critically endangered orangutan born at Madrid zoo
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (84+ words) Indiana Gazette Online A critically endangered Borneo orangutan has been born at Madrid's zoo, described by keepers as strong and developing normally. After an eight-and-a-half-month pregnancy, mother Surya gave birth to a male weighing about 1. 5 kilos (3. 3 pounds) on April 2, the…...
Rare otter triplets born at zoo give hope for endangered breed
1+ week, 2+ day ago (103+ words) Indiana Gazette Online (Chester Zoo via SWNS) Conservationists are celebrating the birth of giant otter triplets at a Chester Zoo in the U. K. " bringing fresh hope one of the world's most endangered species can be saved from extinction. Javascript is required…...
Ancient "octopus" fossil is actually a different species
1+ week, 4+ day ago (73+ words) Indiana Gazette Online The fossil is actually a species related to a modern Nautilus, a multi-tentacled animal with an external shell. (Dr. Thomas Clements via SWNS) A 300-million-year-old fossil hailed as the world's oldest "octopus" has turned out to be…...
Turkey dinner to be held
1+ week, 4+ day ago (180+ words) Indiana Gazette Online The Indiana Lions Club will hold another fundraiser turkey dinner from 3 p. m. to 6 p. m. (or until sold out) April 18. The dinner will be at the Health Camp, 1278 Lions Health Camp Road, and will be a takeout meal only. Javascript…...
Waste water to clean energy: Japanese engineers harness the power of osmosis
2+ week, 3+ day ago (136+ words) Engineers in the city of Fukuoka and their private partners have opened what is only the world's second osmotic power plant Fukuoka is particularly well-placed to benefit from the technology because it has a readily available source of extremely salty…...
Treasure trove" reveals animal diversity began earlier than thought
2+ week, 3+ day ago (136+ words) Reconstruction of Jiangchuan biota (~554-539 million years ago). (Xiaodong Wang via SWNS) The discovery of a fossil "treasure trove" has pushed back the origins of animals at least four million years. The Haootia-like fossil (an early cnidarian the phylum that includes…...
Bug's "mind-boggling' ability to create heat to avoid freezing to death
3+ week, 5+ day ago (60+ words) New research finds the snow fly (Chionea alexandriana) counteracts subzero temperature by creating bursts of body heat and producing antifreeze proteins. (H'kan S'derholm via SWNS) An insect has the "mind-boggling" ability to generate its own heat to avoid freezing to…...
Critically endangered mountain pygmy possums successfully bred
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (255+ words) Indiana Gazette Online A pygmy possum being inspected. (Jo Howell / Zoos Victoria via SWNS) A pygmy possum being weighed. (Jo Howell / Zoos Victoria via SWNS) A dozen critically endangered mountain pygmy possums have been successfully bred at an Australian sanctuary....
New research reveals sharks have friends
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (67+ words) Indiana Gazette Online Natasha D. Marosi among bull sharks. (Mike Neumann via SWNS) Adult bull shark "Chunky" (foreground) parallel swimming with subadult female "Lady Lazarus" (background). (Natasha D. Marosi via SWNS) View from below the bull sharks in the 'Arena" at Shark…...