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Researchers with the Smithsonian have catalogued almost as many crab species on tropical coral reef bits measuring just 20.6 square feet (6.3 square meters) as in all of Europe's seas, finds a new paper in PLoS ONE. Read more here: Coral reef biodiversity may be vastly underestimated

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I imagine most people would be hard put to place Burkina Faso on a map; it neatly fits that cliché of a faraway country of which we know nothing. I imagine most people would be hard put to place Burkina Faso on a map; it neatly fits that cliché of a faraway country of which we know nothing....

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If you live in eastern Australia there's a good chance you're one of nine million Australians who call the world's newest biodiversity hotspot home. Read the original post: Forests of eastern Australia are the world's newest biodiversity hotspot

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San Diego Zoo Global Wildlife Conservancy scientists have taken a tremendous leap forward in banking viable amphibian cells. This was achieved through the first successful establishment of cell cultures from frozen biopsy specimens of the critically endangered Mississippi gopher frog. Continued here: San Diego Zoo scientists establish cell cultures of endangered frog

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PRAGUE - The Prague Zoo says it will transport more rare wild horses to Mongolia next year as part of its efforts to reintroduce the endangered species to its native habitat. Read more here: Czechs to fly more rare wild horses to Mongolia to reintroduce them to native habitat

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(Reuters) - Countries are still squabbling over how much power a United Nations fund will have to help developing countries tackle climate change, just weeks ahead of a crunch summit in South Africa to work on a global climate deal, an EU negotiator said. See the original post here: U.N. climate fund rifts linger, Durban talks loom

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A new study uses unconventional but more accurate measures of the effect of climate change on the health of marine ecosystems and uncovers more reasons to be concerned See more here: New Evidence That Climate Change Threatens Marine Biodiversity

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By John Roach – MSNBC News If you see cops in a Conroe, Texas, donut shop with a laptop on the table, don’t assume they’re checking Facebook. They could be operating a crime-fighting drone. Officers in the ... Original post: Texas cops get drone that can carry weapons

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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently released a redesigned Employment Authorization Document (EAD) and a redesigned Certificate of Citizenship (Form N-560). The... See the original post: USCIS Redesigns Employment Authorization Document

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BY CHRIS MCKENZIE – Western City Magazine – November 2011 I came to California in 1999 from Kansas, and I was often asked if I knew I was not “in Kansas anymore.” In response I sometimes ... Read the original: “Realignment” in Any Other State Would Be Called “Community Corrections”