Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Conservation, Mammals, Underwater, Wildlife on 03 5th, 2009 | No Comments

Last stranded King Island whale successfully returned to sea

Last stranded King Island whale successfully returned to sea
Whale rescuers today successfully returned the last live whale stranded on Naracoopa Beach on King Island back to the water. Parks and Wildlife Service Reserves manager Chris Arthur said the adult female pilot whale was slung between two jet skis and taken off-shore before being released. "The whale...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Evolution, Extinct Species, Science & Tech, Underwater, Wildlife on 02 27th, 2009 | 2 Comments

Scientists Find First Animal That Had Sex

Scientists Find First Animal That Had Sex
Remains of embryos entombed in their fish mothers' wombs for 380 million years have been found in fossils from an ancient rock outcrop in Western Australia. The finding is a big deal because it suggests that sex goes way back. The prehistoric fish, called placoderms, are found at the base of the vertebrate...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Dogs, Mammals, Pets on 02 12th, 2009 | No Comments

Westminster Dog Show: Taking “Peternity” Leaves

Westminster Dog Show: Taking “Peternity” Leaves
This week is the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, when type-A dog owners show off their pampered pooches to a panel of judges. Some pet owners can actually get company-blessed time off for pet-related matters, in what are dubbed “peternity” leaves, according to the Sloan Work and Family Research...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Mammals, Wildlife on 02 12th, 2009 | No Comments

Koala warms hearts after deadly fires in Australia

Sam, the koala pictured in media outlets worldwide drinking bottled water from a firefighter, is quickly becoming a symbol of the deadly wildfires that have killed at least 181 people and destroyed more than 900 homes in southeastern Australia. Firefighter David Tree spotted the female koala amid burnt...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Creepy Crawlies, Science & Tech, Wildlife on 01 29th, 2009 | No Comments

Honey Bees Can Tell The Difference Between Different Numbers At A Glance

The remarkable honey bee can tell the difference between different numbers at a glance. A fresh, astonishing revelation about the 'numeracy' of insects has emerged from new research by an international team of scientists from The Vision Centre, in Australia. In an exquisitely designed experiment, researchers...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Conservation, Endangered Species, Extinct Species, Mammals, Museums, Science & Tech, Wildlife on 01 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

Hair Of Tasmanian Tiger Yields Genes Of Extinct Species

Image via Wikipedia All the genes that the exotic Tasmanian Tiger inherited only from its mother will be revealed by an international team of scientists in a research paper to be published on 13 January 2009 in the online edition of Genome Research. The research marks the first successful sequencing...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Cats, Conservation, Mammals, Science & Tech, Wildlife on 01 17th, 2009 | No Comments

While The Cat’s Away: How Removing An Invasive Species Devastated A World Heritage Island

Removing an invasive species from sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island, a World Heritage Site, has caused environmental devastation that will cost more than A$24 million to remedy, ecologists have revealed. Writing in the new issue of the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology, they warn...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Art, Birds, Cats, Culture, Mammals, Museums on 12 31st, 2008 | No Comments

Man accused of smuggling Egyptian animal mummies

An Australian man has been arrested at Cairo airport after security staff found ancient Egyptian animal mummies in his luggage, reports say. An airport official said the mummies of a cat and an ibis, a long-beaked bird, dated back to 300 BC. He said another 19 figurines of ancient Egyptian gods were...
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Posted by jbpounders in Reptiles & Amphibians, Underwater on 11 8th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Theme park’s ‘cage of death’ drops tourists into a crocodile’s lair

Without the cage you wouldn't stand a chance swimming with a massive saltwater crocodile. But for brave punters who still want to get cosy with a feisty croc, a new Australian tourist attraction is offering the chance for a close encounter in the safety of a clear acrylic box dubbed the 'cage of death'. Just...
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Posted by Tyler Quattlebaum in Extinct Species, Science & Tech, Underwater on 10 30th, 2008 | No Comments

Eight-Armed Animal Preceded Dinosaurs

An eight-armed creature that looked more like a modern party favor than a living animal colonized a large section of the world's oceans over 300 million years before the first dinosaurs emerged, suggests a new study. The findings represent the first comparable animal fossils from the Ediacaran Period,...
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