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Scientists Warn Of Climate Change Risk To Marine Turtles (February 22, 2007) -- North American marine turtles are at risk if global warming occurs at predicted levels, according to scientists from the University of Exeter. An increase in temperatures of just one degree Celsius ... > full story

'Ten Commandments' Could Improve Fisheries Management (February 22, 2007) -- Poorly managed marine fisheries are in trouble around the world, researchers say, while ecosystem-based management is a powerful idea that in theory could help ensure sustainable catches -- but too ... > full story

New Research Finds People And Pigeons See Eye To Eye (February 22, 2007) -- Pigeons and humans use similar visual cues to identify objects, a finding that could have promising implications in the development of novel technologies, according to new research conducted by a ... > full story

Microsurgery And Super Glue Show How Antennae Aid Moth Navigation (February 22, 2007) -- Scientists have wondered how four-winged insects most active at low-light times of the day accomplish complex navigational maneuvers, since they lack the structures that help two-winged insects to ... > full story

Long-lived Deep-sea Fishes Imperiled By Technology, Overfishing (February 22, 2007) -- Many commercially prized fish from the depths of the world's oceans are severely threatened by over-fishing and the species' ability to recover is constrained by the fishes' long lifespans and low ... > full story

Smoking Produces Changes In Human Brain Like Those In Animals Using Illicit Drugs (February 22, 2007) -- New research shows for the first time that smoking produces long-lasting biochemical changes in the human brain similar to those changes previously seen in the brains of animals that used cocaine, ... > full story

Dietary Supplement Protects The Lives Of Farm Shrimp (February 22, 2007) -- The lives of shrimp have been saved by a dietary supplement which prevents infection by pathogenic (disease-causing) bacteria. Could this put a stop to the use of ... > full story

Milestone In Finding Diabetes Cure: Pigs Arrive In Biosecure Facility (February 22, 2007) -- Spring Point Project, a nonprofit organization created to expedite the widespread availability of islet tissue for diabetes care, has now conducted the first animal population of its biosecure animal ... > full story

An Ancient Greenhouse Window Into The Future (February 22, 2007) -- A University of Queensland researcher is going back 50 million years to get a glimpse of what a future greenhouse climate might be like. Dr. Patrick Moss, a lecturer in physical geography with the ... > full story

Birds Found To Plan For The Future (February 22, 2007) -- Planning and worrying about the future has always been considered an exclusively human activity, but now one species of bird has also been found to plan for tomorrow. The finding, published in ... > full story

E. Coli Bacteria Migrating Between Humans, Chimps In Ugandan Park (February 22, 2007) -- Scientists from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana have found that people employed in chimpanzee-focused research and tourism in a park in western Uganda are exchanging gastrointestinal ... > full story

Cambodian Vulture Nests Offer Hope For Species (February 21, 2007) -- Working in the remote forests of Cambodia, conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have just discovered Southeast Asia's only known breeding colony of slender-billed vultures, ... > full story

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Animal Speak: The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great & Small
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Timothy; or, Notes of an Abject Reptile
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Animals in Translation : Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior
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Evolution of the Insects
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Small Animal Diagnostic Ultrasound
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Fundamentals of Entomology, Sixth Edition
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Small Animal Surgery
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