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Warming from Arctic Sea Ice Melting More Dramatic than Thought -
High-Res Satellites Help Track Whale PopulationsRather than counting whales from the bow of a ship, researchers have devised a much more efficient method of taking population censuses using satellite imagery.
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Gelada Baboon Yawns Send Social MessagesDifferent types of yawns send different social messages in gelada monkeys, according to a new study.
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Stress Makes Antarctic Penguins Less-Attentive ParentsWhen under the influence of stress hormones, male Adélie penguins are less vigilant with their chicks compared to parents with lower levels of stress hormones.
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Images: Adélie Penguins Cope With Changing Sea Ice ConditionsMale Adélie penguins are less vigilant with their chicks when under the influence of stress hormones, a new study finds.
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Young Salmon Born Knowing Migration RoutePacific salmon can find their way to their ancestral feeding grounds without any prior travel experience using the Earth's magnetic fields as a guide.
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Oversized Rats Could Take Over Earth After Next Mass ExtinctionOf all of the animals in the animal kingdom, rats may be best suited to repopulation the world in the event of a mass extinction, some scientists say.
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Why Winter Olympics Bypass the Southern HemisphereGeology and climate are large factors in the monopoly that the Northern Hemisphere has had on the Winter Olympics since they were first held in 1924.
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Olympic Figure Skating: Human Body's Limits May Prevent Leap Forward -
Bumblebees Can Fly Higher Than Mount EverestBumblebees are all-star fliers in the insect world, according to a recent study that shows that they are capable of flying at elevations higher than Mt. Everest
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Rains Spurred by Climate Change Killing Penguin ChicksIncreased rainfall associated with climate change has increased the rate of chick mortality in Argentinean penguin colonies, according to a new study.
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Images: Downy Magellanic Penguin Chicks Suffer From HypothermiaWithout waterproof plumage to keep them dry, Magellanic penguin chicks suffer from hypothermia during intense rain storms.
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Black Carbon Soot Greater in China, India Than ThoughtA new black carbon inventory shows that exposure to this pollutant is 130 percent greater than previous estimates have suggested, according to a new report.
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Fresh Magma Could Help Power Geothermal PlantsGeologists in Iceland unexpectedly hit magma when they were drilling for a source of geothermal heat, and used the molten rock to generate super-hot steam to power a geothermal energy plant.
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Around the World: Atlantic Warming Melts Antarctic Ice -
Snowy Super Bowl? Too Early to Make the Call -
Klondike: The Real Story Behind the Gold Rush Miniseries -
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Massive Antarctic Glacier Uncontrollably Retreating, Study SuggestsPine Island Glacier – one of the largest glaciers within the West Antarctic Ice Sheet – is about to undergo rapid, uncontrollable retreat, new research finds.
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Nuclear Attack Aftermath: Make Haste to a Fallout ShelterPeople living in close proximity to a nuclear blast have up to 30 minutes to safely seek high-quality shelter from nuclear fallout, a new study finds.
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Darwin Was Right: Island Animals Are TamerResearchers have confirmed an observation made by Charles Darwin more than 150 years ago: That animals living on islands are tamer and less skittish than related animals living on the mainland.
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Habitat Fragmentation Causes Inbreeding in California CougarsCougar cubs recently born in the Santa Monica Mountains have been shown to be inbred through preliminary DNA tests.
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Bacteria Help Sea Blobs Morph Into Tubeworm AdultsSyringelike bacterial structures push larval tubeworms into adulthood, according to new research.
