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Mutilated Dolphins Wash Up on UK Beaches
Conservationists are in a panic over the increasingly large numbers of mutilated sea mammals appearing on British shores. Image by Kiwi Sonja 28 dolphins and porpoises have been found dead on southwest England’s beaches since the new year, compared to 80 during all of 2007. Conservationists
Continue reading...Sea Turtle to Get Prosthetic Flipper
Friday, February 29, 2008
Sea Turtle Inc., a non-profit turtle hospital in South Padre Island, Texas, hopes to fit one of its residents with what it believes is the world’s first prosthetic flipper. Adult Green Sea Turtles can reach up to 450 pounds and live for 100 years. Allison is a three-year-old Atlantic [...]
Continue reading...Swimmers’ Sunscreen Kills Coral
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Islands and beaches ringed by coral reefs draw thousands of tourists a year. But it seems that the tourists attracted by the coral’s beauty and animal diversity may be inadvertently destroying
Continue reading...The Adriatic Sea is Closing
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Scientists have identified a new fault in the seafloor which could close off the Adriatic sea in the next 50 million years. One of the Dalmatian Islands The newly found fault runs under the Adriatic sea, the body of water between Italy and the Grecian peninsula. The fault is [...]
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Monday, March 24, 2008
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