A video made by Alaska Department of Fish and Game shows how oceans waste threaten marine animal lives. A study on a species of seal called the Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), an endangered species living on the coast of southeastern Alaska, found that, often, these animals die from plastic or rubber bands that their [...]
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Necklace of death: Here’s what ocean waste does to marine animals (VIDEO)
February 17th, 2012 
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Posted in Animals, Environment, Excessive Fishing 
Tags: fishing, marine animals, marine ecosystem, marine life, marine litter, oceans waste, waste 
No Comments »Know why zebras have stripes? Scientists do!
February 16th, 2012 admin The reason why zebras have evolved to have those black and white stripes that characterize them was a matter of dispute among scientists for decades. Now, a team of researchers from Hungary and Sweden announced deciphering the mystery. Streaks are meant to keep away hematophagous flies, scientists say. The study published in the Journal of [...]
Posted in Animals Tags: Lund University, stripes, Susanne Akesson, zebras, zebras stripes No Comments »Back When Sahara Was Green and Fertile
February 7th, 2012 admin Sahara! For everyone, this word evokes the desert: a desert of sand and stone, with hot sun, a world almost barren, hot and dry to the destruction of every living thing. The obstinacy with which we cling to this image, remember that the Sahara is still alive – some animals and plants adapted to these [...]
Global Warming Killing Greenland Seals
January 22nd, 2012 admin An increasing number of Greenland seals, which live on the east coast of Canada, die from lack of ice, according to scientists. The study conducted by researchers at Duke University revealed that the surface ice of the North Atlantic, which normally pair of Greenland seals, has declined by about 6% every 10 years from 1979. [...]
Posted in Animals, Global Warming Tags: global warming, greenland, greenland seals, seals No Comments »Save the baby seals: global warming affecting them
January 8th, 2012 admin Global warming, a catastrophe during which man is both the first charge and the first witness. And the first victim? Not really, no. This week, U.S. researchers tell us that global warming has, indeed, other victims. We’re talking about those cute faces with white fur, baby seals. It all started with satellite observations since 1979: [...]