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First Tiger Photos Snapped in India Corridor

Animal News Blogger — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:20:12 +0000

Conservationists snapped the first known images of a Bengal tiger in an area of northern India that is important habitat for the endangered species.

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First Tiger Photos Snapped in India Corridor

Man-Eating Leopard Stalks Village

Animal News Blogger — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:51:00 +0000

Five people are dead in a village in Nepal after the same leopard attacked them.

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Man-Eating Leopard Stalks Village

How The Zebra Got Its Stripes

Animal News Blogger — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:02:00 +0000

Bold black and white stripes might help zebras evade disease-carrying flies but that’s not the only benefit.

Dogs Really Do Understand Us Best

Animal News Blogger — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

Our canine friends get us in ways that no other animals do.

Fatal Shark Attacks Spike in 2011

Animal News Blogger — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:56:00 +0000

While 2011 continued the downward trend in shark attacks in the United States, other countries weren’t so lucky.

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Fatal Shark Attacks Spike in 2011

Hear This: Ship Noise Stresses Whales

Animal News Blogger — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:38:04 +0000

Quiet oceans make for calmer right whales, new research suggests. When fewer ships sail the Bay of Fundy, the big baleen whales are less stressed — as evidenced by hormone levels in their poop.

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Hear This: Ship Noise Stresses Whales

What If All the Cats in the World Suddenly Died?

Animal Career Coach — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:10:50 +0000

Perhaps you’re a cat lover.

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What If All the Cats in the World Suddenly Died?

You Can Listen to a Jurassic Love Song

Animal News Blogger — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:26:05 +0000

The love song of an extinct katydid that lived 165 million years ago has been brought back to life.

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You Can Listen to a Jurassic Love Song

Candy-Coated Frogs Carry Deadly Kick

Animal News Blogger — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:39:25 +0000

Madagascar poison frogs’ skin contains sucrose — and the source of the sugar may surprise you.

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Candy-Coated Frogs Carry Deadly Kick

First ‘Vampire’ Bat Fly Fossil Discovered

Animal News Blogger — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:48:00 +0000

A rare fossil shows that bat flies have been parasitizing the winged mammals for at least 20 million years.

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First ‘Vampire’ Bat Fly Fossil Discovered