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News Archives - January 2011 through April 30, 2012
General Animal-Related and Environmental News How Mammals Came to Rule the Earth Environmental New Network - April 28, 2012 Are Jellyfish Taking Over the Ocean? The Week - April 27, 2012 How People Select Pets From Animal Shelters Mother Nature Network - April 26, 2012 Red-Feathered Birds Suffer From More Eye Damage BBC- April 25, 2012 Small Circuses in Small Towns - A Risky Business? The Examiner - April 24, 2012 Why Woodpeckers Don't Get Concussions Mother Nature Network - April 12, 2012 Nature's Weirdest Mating Practices BBC - April 6, 2012 Birds Do It, Bees Do It - Animals on the Big Screen New York Times - April 4, 2012 Amazing Macro Photography of Insects in Dew Drops Odd Stuff Magazine - March 30, 2012 Amazing Mimic Octopus Shapeshifts into Other Creatures, including Humans - Video Discovery - March 29, 2012 Zimbabwe Probes Trump Brothers' Hunting Trip Bozeman Daily Chronicle - March 27, 2012 Was Human Evolution Caused by Climate Change? Science Daily - March 22, 2012 Wounded Black Bears Sleep It Off Discovery News - March 22, 2012 The Rights of Dolphins, Chimps, and Other Nonhuman Persons Smart Planet - March 22, 2012 A Gripping Tale, Each Flick of a Finger Takes the Work of Five New York Times - March 20, 2012 Did St. Patrick Really Drive the Snakes Out of Ireland ... Where There Are No Snakes? Mother Nature Network - March 17, 2012 A Lack of Taste - How Dolphins, Cats and Other Meat-Eaters Lost Their Sweet Tooth Discover Magazine - March 16, 2012 Climate Change Could Spawn Mass Migration Huffington Post - March 15, 2012 When Animals Age: Poignant Photo Portraits Captured MSNBC - March 9, 2012 How a 'Theory of Mind' Made Humans Unique Forbes - March 2, 2012 Early Horses Shrunk by Warming Climate Scientific American - March 2, 2012 Hibernating Animals Live Longer Mother Nature Network - February 28, 2012 Marine Mammal Rights are Needed Too, Scientists Say Huffington Post - February 26, 2012 Can One Man Photograph Every Species on Earth? Mother Nature Network - February 19, 2012 Sperm Whale Poop is Worth Its Wait in Gold Huffington Post - February 19, 2012 Whales are Stressed by Ship Noise, Research Suggests Huffington Post - February 14, 2012 Photos of Interactions Between Various Animal Species and Humans The Atlantic - February 10, 2012 Humans are not the only species to display moral code, researcher says Post Crescent - February 5, 2012 Male Mice Have Singing Voices - We Just Can't Hear Them! National Geographic - January 30, 2012 16 Unlikely Animal Friendships: Opposites Attract Mother Nature Network - January 26, 2012 Exploring Life: Jane Goodall's Curiosity Was Obvious at Age 4 Delaware Online - January 21, 2012 3,500 Year Old Bald Cypress Tree, Considered Oldest of Its Species, Burn to the Ground in Florida Mother Nature Network - January 18, 2012 Scientists Says Dolphins 'Talk' Like Humans MSNBC - January 6, 2012 So Many Predators: How Do They Find Prey? New York Times - January 4, 2012 Click Here to View/Hide 2011 Animal-Related and Environmental News The Compass Within: Animals' Magnetic Sense Scientific American - December 29, 2011 Animal Planet: Animal Oddities Animal Planet - December 28, 2011 Can Bird Songs Boost Your Brain? Mother Nature Network - December 28, 2011 Pigeons Can Learn Higher Math as Well as Monkeys, Study Suggests New York Times - December 24, 2011 Endangered Species Act Doesn't Include Animals Listed by IUCN Scientific American - December 20, 2011 Drug Wipes Out Deadliest Malaria Parasite Through Starvation Science Blog - December 20, 2011 Why Saving the Bees Might Be Simpler Than We Think Eco Preservation Society - December 13, 2011 Tuna Face Extinction within 50 Years Daily Mail - December 12, 2011 11 Animals That Mate for Life: Old Faithful Mother Nature Network - December 4, 2011 To Cope with Mother's Illness, Photographer Isa Leshko Focuses on Aging Animals - video NPR - December 1, 2011 Human Angst, Animal Emotions The Globe and Mail - November 28, 2011 Betty White Advocates for Zoos in New Book Huffington Post - November 26, 2011 Are We the Teachable Species? Discover Magazine - November 25, 2011 Found: New Fossils of Oldest American Primate News Wise - November 22, 2011 Bionic Animals - 9 Inspiring Animals That Use Prosthetics Mother Nature Network - November 20, 2011 Stealing Potatoes: Children's Human/Wildlife Conflict Solution Art for Gorillas - November 19, 2011 Do Big Brains Drag Bodies Down? Mother Nature Network - November 13, 2011 IUCN 'Red List' 2011 - in pictures The Guardian - November 11, 2011 Medicinal Tree Used in Chemotherapy Drug Faces Extinction NPR - November 11, 2011 IUCN Another Leap Towards the Barometer of Life - Annual 'Red List' Announcement IUCN - November 10, 2011 What Makes Us Uniquely Human? Psychology Today - November 9, 2011 Blame Backbone Fractures on Evolution, Not Osteoporosis EurekAlert - October 23, 2011 Want to Knit a Sweater for a Penguin? Mother Nature Network - October 22, 2011 New Computer Program Promises to Save the Whales Physorg.com - October 18, 2011 Sacrifice on the Serengeti: Life History, Genetic Relationships, and the Evolution of Menopause Scientific American - October 17, 2011 We're All Musical Creatures Psychology Today - October 6, 2011 Gorilla Gardening at the Zoo Irish Times - October 4, 2011 TRAFFIC Receives Award for Building Illegal Wildlife Trade Enforcement Capacity in Thailand TRAFFIC - September 30, 2011 International Animal Rescue's Operation is in Central Massachusetts Worcester Telegram - September 28, 2011 New US Stamp Seeks to Raise Money for Endangered Species Mongabay - September 22, 2011 Do Zoos Put Profit Before Environmental Preservation? Environmental Graffiti - September 21, 2011 Making New York's Glass Buildings Safer for Birds New York Times - September 16, 2011 Conservation is Not About Nature IUCN - September 14, 2011 Human DNA Trap Set for Deer Poachers. Could Be Used For All Animal Poachers. BBC - September 9, 2011 Ancient Woolly Rhino Fossils Found in Tibet L.A. Times - September 5, 2011 Interbreeding Between Modern Humans and Evolutionary Cousins Gave Healthy Immune System Boost to Human Genome, Study Finds Science Daily - September 2, 2011 Humans Hardwired to Tune into Animals Discovery News - August 31, 2011 We've added more fun activities to our Just for Kids/ Fun Stuff web page New England Primate Sanctuary - August 28, 2011 Species Flee Warming Faster Than Previously Thought BBC - August 22, 2011 Human Pathogen Killing Corals in Florida Keys Science Daily - August 21, 2011 Poultry Farms That Stop Antibiotics See Resistance Fall Scientific American - August 16, 2011 Bringing Birds Back to Regrowing Forests Scientific American- August 14, 2011 After Attack, Reclusive Amazon Tribe Feared Missing Live Science - August 9, 2011 Beyond Words: Human-Animal Interaction Cesar's Way - August 8, 2011 Simple Tips For Helping Your Local Wildlife During Heat Waves and Droughts National Wildlife Federation - July 28, 2011 Beautiful Fine Art Photography of Animals by Anne Berry AnneBerryStudio.com - July 22, 2011 Who Says Animals Don't Enjoy Themselves? NY Times - July 20, 2011 One-Time Illegal Logger Helps to Save Forests of Borneo National Geographic - July 15, 2011 Deal Will Hurry Hundreds onto Endangered Species List Nature News - July 15, 2011 Top Predators Preserve the Ecosystem Discovery News - July 15, 2011 Moral Progress and Animal Welfare Project Syndicate - July 13, 2011 There's No Magic Number for Saving Endangered Species Science Daily - May 17, 2011/ posted July 7, 2011 Unesco Adds Sumatra's Tropical Rain Forests to Endangered Sites List The Jakarta Globe - June 30, 2011 Existence of Uncontacted Tribe Confirmed in Amazon Live Science - June 29, 2011 Songbirds Use Grammar in Tweets Discovery News - June 27, 2011 Do Animals Mourn? Mother Nature Network - June 17, 2011/ posted June 18, 2011 Solar Power's Coming of Age in the US guardian.co.uk Environment Blog - June 9, 2011/ posted June 11, 2011 Beautiful Elderly Animals My Modern Met - June 6, 2011/ posted June 8, 2011 Animal Dissection? There's An App For That Mind/Shift - May 11, 2011/ posted May 13, 2011 Animal Moms Have Their Ways Discovery News - May 8, 2011 ARKive Footage in NEPS Letters From the Field and Featured Monkeys articles March 10, 2011 - We've added beautiful video clips, courtesy of ARKive, to our Letters From the Field blog. You'll see spectacular footage of each of the blogger's featured species ... Fine Arts Photographer Isa Leshko Announces New Additions to Acclaimed Elderly Animals Series IsaLeshko.com - February 17, 2011 Back to Top	More News by Category: Exotic Animal Black Market General Animal-Related and Environmental News International Pets and Domesticated Animals Primate News - General Research Sanctuaries United States Zoos Back to Current Headlines Donations can be mailed or conveniently made online. Your generous support makes our work possible. Archived Newsletters: December 2010: 2010 Successes & 2011 News August 2010: Try These Lesson Plans July 2010: The Power of Your Voice