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Dolphins remember friends' whistles for decades - study
Bottlenose dolphins can remember each other's signature whistles for more than 20 years, a study said on Wednesday- the longest social memory ever observed in an animal. Elephants have long been credited with the animal ...
- August 8, 2013
Scientists to revive extinct giant Galapagos tortoises
Scientists will try to revive two species of giant Galapagos tortoises thought to have been extinct by breeding genetic relatives in captivity, experts leading the effort said. The Galapagos Islands, located 1,000 kilometers ...
- June 19, 2013
Vietnam, Beijing set up fishery hotline
China and Vietnam have agreed to set up a hotline to resolve disputes in the South China Sea, where clashes between fishermen have stoked tensions between the countries, state media reported on Thursday. The agreement was ...
- June 21, 2013
Science points to the sea as new source of global warming
Ocean that grow more acidic through man's fossil fuel burning emissions, can amplify global warming by releasing less of a gas that helps shield Earth from radiation, study said on Sunday (Monday in Manila). And the authors ...
- August 27, 2013
S. Korean airlines ban shark fin as cargo
South Korea’s two largest airlines, Korean Air and Asiana, said on Thursday they had both decided to ban shark fin from their cargo flights as part of a growing global campaign against the Asian delicacy. Korean Air, which ...
- June 21, 2013
'Testicle-munching' fish found off Denmark
A Danish fishermen made an unusual find in his nets recently when he discovered a pacu, a sharp-toothed cousin of the South American piranha with a reported penchant for testicles. " If they bite, they can bite hard ...
- August 15, 2013