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Monday, 05 January 2009 15:56 |
 (From dailytimes.com.pk) East Timor - One of the world’s highest concentrations of dolphins and whales — many of them protected species — has been discovered off the coast of East Timor, local and Australian researchers said on Wednesday. A “hot spot” of marine cetaceans migrating through deep channels off the Timor coast, including blue and beaked whales, s… |
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Sunday, 04 January 2009 13:40 |
 (From tcpalm.com) Treasure Coast, Florida- Twenty-one endangered manatees died in the Treasure Coast's coastal waters this year, with Indian River County leading the way in the area, according to state figures through Dec. 12. The county's latest was an infant manatee found dead in the St. Sebastian River, near Sebastian, in the second week of December. It… |
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Sunday, 04 January 2009 07:46 |
 (From pbs.org)- The finding raises alarms for scientists who say that warming and acidifying ocean waters are the latest and perhaps greatest threat to reefs already stressed by pollution, overfishing and other problems. Coral growth has fallen by more than 13 percent since 1990, researcher Glenn De'Ath and his colleagues at the Australian Institute of Marin… |
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Saturday, 03 January 2009 20:24 |
 (From indianexpress.com) Andaman Islands, India - The dugong, a massive sea mammal often mistaken by sailors as the mythical mermaid, has most of its last viable populations in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The population here too, of these slow breeding, 13 feet long animals, is only 25-30. Now, there’s one less. The long arm of poaching has not spared t… |
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Saturday, 03 January 2009 19:41 |
 (From wwaytv3.com) North Carolina, USA- Volunteers at the sea turtle hospital in Topsail Island are hoping the New Year will be a healthy one for injured turtles. The hospital is nearly at capacity with more than 40 injured sea turtles, many who were stunned by the sudden cold weather. Officials said their New Year's wish is to get them well and return them … |
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