Topic: NATURE - on November 17, 2007 at 10:10:00 AM CET
Whale found 1,000 miles inside Amazon
Biologists and villagers in a remote corner of the Amazon rainforest were searching for a 12-tonne whale yesterday that had reportedly lost its way and become stranded 1,000 miles from the ocean.
The five-metre long (16ft) creature, which biologists said was probably a minke whale, became stranded on a beach on the Tapajos river, 39 miles from the city of Santarem. Environmental experts said the whale had probably become separated from its group in the Atlantic Ocean, off northern Brazil, after falling ill or being hit by a boat.
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Topic: NATURE - on November 16, 2007 at 12:30:00 PM CET
This bear's bit in the woods
The enraged Asiatic black bear charged villager Makhan Khan.
Makhan fell into a hole and the beast pounced on him, inflicting terrible wounds with its vicious claws.
Amazingly the victim survived the attack after other hunters moved in to frighten the bear away.
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Topic: NATURE - on October 24, 2007 at 12:27:00 PM CEST
Amazing Picture as 10,000 Penguins Come To Shore to Breed
t is one of the most extraordinary sights in nature: more than 10,000 King Penguins standing shoulder to shoulder at St Andrew's bay on the island of South Georgia, preparing to breed.
The 3ft tall creatures — part of a colony of more than 100,000 on the Atlantic island close to Antarctica — create a living landscape of breathtaking scale and colour.
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Topic: NATURE - on October 11, 2007 at 11:44:00 AM CEST
10 Rare Cloud Formations
This is a list of what I believe to be the top 10 rarest cloud formations. And a brief description of each. No particular order in how ‘rare’ they are though.
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Topic: NATURE - on October 9, 2007 at 2:54:00 PM CEST
Whaling battle moves to YouTube
The Australian government has launched an anti-whaling message aimed at Japanese children on video-sharing internet site YouTube.
In the video, which carries Japanese subtitles, Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull urges all countries to stop catching and killing whales.
bbc.co.uk youtube.com/DeptEnvironment jp.youtube.com/DeptEnvironment
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Topic: NATURE - on October 9, 2007 at 1:09:00 PM CEST
Fishing in Alaska
It sounds like an ordinary scene in Alaska. But, the main hero is different today.
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Topic: NATURE - on October 9, 2007 at 12:44:00 PM CEST
Ele-fright: Bee recording scares off elephants
How the biggest land animal on the planet runs from one of the smallest - suggesting African farmers could use bees to protect crops
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Topic: NATURE - on September 28, 2007 at 11:08:00 AM CEST
Greenland's super-melty summer
The higher peaks of the Greenland icesheet spent longer melting this summer than any summer since 1988, according to a NASA funded study. The research revealed that enough snow melted in Greenland this year to cover the surface of the USA more than two times over. This so-called melting anomaly is calculated using microwave data from the Special Sensor Microwave Imaging radiometer. It refers to the difference between the number of melting days occuring in 2007 and the average number of melting days during the period 1988 to 2006.
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Topic: NATURE - on September 27, 2007 at 12:57:00 PM CEST
Mushroom Mutants
Strange looking mushrooms can be found in the numerous forests of Russia.
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Topic: NATURE - on September 19, 2007 at 10:46:00 AM CEST
Tungurahua Erupts
Volcano Tungurahua erupted spectacularly last year. Pictured above, molten rock so hot it glows visibly pours down the sides of the 5,000-meter high Tungurahua, while a cloud of dark ash is seen being ejected toward the left.
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Topic: NATURE - on September 16, 2007 at 11:59:00 AM CEST
Don’t Do It!
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Topic: NATURE - on September 13, 2007 at 11:25:00 AM CEST
Tree-mendous: Disease leaves its mark inside horse chestnut
This is the tree-mendous phenomenon uncovered when a 200-year-old horse chestnut tree was felled.
Tree surgeons were stunned when they found the image of a tiny tree imprinted on a fallen branch.
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