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Cultural traditions threaten echidna's existence
Jul 19 2007, Irani

Feared to have gone extinct since it is last seen around 60 years ago, the primitive mammal has brought back enough reasons for the conservationists to rejoice. I’m talking of the long-beaked echidna — the native to the island of New Guinea in the...

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World's 'weird' amphibians face extinction
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What do a blind salamander that can go without food for a decade, a frog so small that it fits on a drawing pin and another that lives only in the human burial grounds...
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made popular Jan 21 2008
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'Goddess of the Yangtze' Makes an Appearance!
Aparna, Mumbai
Much to the surprise and joy of conservationists, a freshwater dolphin that had been declared ‘extinct’ only days ago, has made an appearance in the Yangtze...
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made popular Aug 30 2007
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Mammal growth has no links with dinosaurs: Study
Irani, New Delhi
A latest study shatters the long-standing myth that the extinction of dinosaurs has something to do with mammal’s rise. According to a study in the journal...
Mammal growth, dinosaurs, supertree, Cretaceous Period
made popular Mar 30 2007
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Endangered turtles to get satellite tags to help conservation efforts
Irani, New Delhi
The already critically endangered hawksbill turtle is under threat of its going extinct, by poaching, fishing and loss of habitat. The females are more threatened as...
Endangered turtle, satellite tagging, conservation efforts, hawksbill turtle
made popular Aug 4 2006
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