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New 'strawberry' crab species found off Taiwan
A marine biologist says he has discovered a new crab species off the coast of southern Taiwan that looks like a strawberry with small white bumps on its red shell. National Taiwan Ocean University professor Ho Ping-ho says ...
- January 7, 2010
Biologists begin to salvage sea turtle eggs in oiled Gulf
Biologist Lorna Patrick dug gingerly into the beach Friday, gently brushing away sand to reveal dozens of leathery, golfball-sized loggerhead sea turtle eggs. Patrick, of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, carefully plucked ...
- July 11, 2010
Endangered listing eyed for US loggerhead turtles
The federal government on Wednesday recommended an endangered-species listing for the loggerhead turtles in U.S. waters, a decision that could lead to tighter restrictions on fishing and other maritime trades. The massive, ...
- March 16, 2010
New Zealand rescue teams save 9 of 58 whales stranded on beach
Crews with bulldozers buried 49 pilot whales in sand dunes on an isolated northern New Zealand beach Sunday after rescuers managed to save only nine from a group that was stranded on the beach for two days. Indigenous Maori ...
- August 23, 2010