| NZ rescuers save 9 whales stranded on beach By 2010-08-22T05:13:04ZWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- 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.... hosted.ap.org |
Remarkable Creatures: Hybrids May Thrive Where Parents Fear to Tread As many as 10 percent of animal species and 25 percent of plant species may occasionally mate with other species, biologists estimate. feeds.nytimes.com |
Mysteries That Howl and Hunt Despite coyotes’ growing urban presence, we have trouble understanding them, counting them — even defining them. feeds.nytimes.com |
Row over shipping emissions plan Environmentalists at the UN climate talks in Tianjin have criticised big developing nations for blocking plans for efficiency standards on shipping. bbc.co.uk |
Krill kill leaves scientists guessing A 20-year study shows worrying results about the decline of krill, a form of plankton, in the Southern Ocean. abc.net.au |