'Smelly' mates guide seabirds
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Seabirds called prions, which mate for life, find their nests by sniffing out their partners, scientists say.
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Scientists say a bacterial disease that can affect mammals, including humans, may be behind an increase in sea lions found dead on Oregon beaches recently.
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A satellite tracking project shows the ocean hotspots where albatrosses come into conflict with longline trawlers.
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Choosy Antarctic female fur seals go to great lengths to find the right mate.
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It has long been suspected that manâs best friend has a special ability to sense when something is wrong with us. Now the first experiment to verify that scientifically has demonstrated that dogs are able to smell cancer.
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State wildlife officials are investigating the deaths of dozens of sea birds being found along Florida's east coast.
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A five-year survey of fish for sale at ports across the archipelago has revealed at least 20 previously unknown species, according to the Australian team that led the study.See photos >>
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A team of wildlife experts is travelling to the remotest part of the British Isles in an attempt to safeguard the area's bird population from stowaway rats
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To marine biologists, âplasticsâ is a dirty word. Fish and birds can eat or become tangled in fishing gear or other plastic flotsam.
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It has long been suspected that man's best friend has a special ability to sense when something is wrong with us. Now the first experiment to verify that scientifically has demonstrated that dogs are able to smell cancer.
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By Wade Rawlins, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Mar. 7--Federal officials are recommending driving away bird flocks at a proposed Navy landing strip in coastal North Carolina by using dogs, fireworks, poison and guns.   The measures are included in a U.S.
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SYDNEY -- Australian bathers have become ensnared in an environmental tangle -- the nets that protect them from sharks pose a threat to a growing whale population. Save the whales, demand some wildlife campaigners. Save the humans, counters the government.
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A toxic chemical used to prevent barnacles from clinging to ship hulls may cause deafness in marine mammals and could lead whales to beach themselves, Yale researchers say.
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A bird species new to science is found by researchers on a remote island in the Philippines.
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Science & environment: Operation underway to halt a feared invasion of rats from destroying important seabird breeding station
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Satellite tracking data have pinpointed parts of the world where longline fishing trawlers and albatrosses cross paths, often with fatal results for the majestic sea birds, a report released on Wednesday said.
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The findings add to the debate over whether pigeons and other birds chart their flight paths by using a magnetic sense or by following scent clues in the atmosphere.