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  • Global warming a growing threat to Arctic reindeer on Nov 16, 2009 in

    JARFJORD, Norway (AFP) – On Norway's border with Russia, the consequences of climate change are affecting the reindeer population as rising temperatures hit food stocks and industry growth eats into vital grazing land. The reason: the lichen his a...

  • 50,000 dead starfish found on Irish beach on Nov 9, 2009 in

    Extreme weather conditions have killed tens of thousands of starfish and left them strewn across a sheltered beach. A carpet of pink and mauve echinoderms, a family of marine animals, appeared Thursday morning, November 5, on Lissadell Beach in north...

  • Species' extinction threat grows on Nov 3, 2009 in Animal Extinction

    More than a third of species assessed in a major international biodiversity study are threatened with extinction, scientists have warned. Out of the 47,677 species in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 17,291 were deemed to be at serious risk.

  • Foam from ocean algae bloom killing thousands of birds on Oct 27, 2009 in

    A slimy foam churning up from the ocean has killed thousands seabirds and washed many others ashore, stripped of their waterproofing and struggling for life. The birds have been clobbered by an unusual algae bloom stretching from the northern Orego...

  • Hailstones kill 90 percent of wild game in parts of Austria on Oct 22, 2009 in Hailstorms

    Hundreds of deer were discovered either dead or so badly injured they had to be put down by wildlife experts. In the country's rural Salzburg province, 90 per cent of pheasants and 80 per cent of hares were killed in the hail storms. Sepp Ede...

  • New Armageddon-Worthy Cloud on Oct 16, 2009 in

    In hill country from Iowa to the Scottish Highlands, sky-gazers have reported some strange, ominous-looking clouds of late. Dubbed undulatus asperatus (turbulent undulation), the atmospheric anomaly could be headed where only 80-odd clouds have gone...

  • Killer whales leave porpoises for dead on Oct 12, 2009 in Animal Behavior

    Scientists are grasping for answers to explain why southern resident killer whales — a group of fish eaters that prefer chinook salmon — have also been observed toying with harbour porpoises before leaving them dead, including two cases in the pa...