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The preservation of the whale and its environment has far reaching repercussions for humans.

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Things are beginning to look up for the creature on which Kenneth Grahame based his Ratty character in Wind in the Willows, but unfortunately Beatrix Potter’s poor Mrs Tiggywinkle isn’t faring quite so well!

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Some scientists will do anything for their love of science. Here we will take a look at some scientists who were either injured or died because of their work.

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Stray third chromosomes are producing super sexes.

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Information about the commonly seen bird on the North American continent, the Blue Jay.

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Have you ever taken off your watch or ring while working in the yard only to find it has disappeared? Have you had door mats or clothes from the clothes line mysteriously vanish? If this has happened to you, you may be the victim of animals who steal.

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A what??! I have to admit that I had no idea what an echinoderm was before I discovered a weird and wonderful news item in one of the daily rags the other day! But this echinoderm is unlike any of its friends or relations! Read on …

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You think T. Rex was bad? Plio could have bit him in half.

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The walrus only has two natural predators but man has been its worst enemy.

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NASA scientists expect a shower of meteors to peak about two a.m. the morning of November 17th. This shower will be clearly visible without the help of binoculars or a telescope, provided the star gazer heads away from city lights and looks North towards the constellation of Leo, which rises in the East.