NetQuantum :: Health :: Conditions_and_Diseases :: Wounds_and_Injuries :: Bites_and_Stings :: Mammals ::

• Deadlines set for designating polar bear habitat
Environmental groups monitoring the Arctic have long complained that federal regulators routinely grant permits for petroleum exploration without adequately considering consequences for whales, polar bears, walrus and other marine mammals. Seismic ...
• Formula for Ig Nobel fame: strippers and Coke
Armadillos are burrowing mammals and prolific diggers. Their abodes can range from emergency burrows 20 inches (50 centimeters) deep, to more permanent homes reaching 20 feet (6 meters) deep, with networks of tunnels and multiple entrances, according ...
• Recordings aim to capture calls of the wild West
Although it's just a year old, the site already has more than 800 recordings of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians from 11 Western states. It will also feature "ambient soundscapes" from wild places across the region. The sounds will be available ...
• ABOUT COSMIC LOG
... only been about a half dozen genuinely important events in the four-billion-year saga of life on Earth: single-celled life, multicelled life, differentiation into plants and animals, movement of animals from water to land, and the advent of mammals ...
• CO2 rise means louder oceans, study finds
Because of this noisier ambient level, marine mammals may have trouble communicating," he said. "At the same time, their sound may travel further in the ocean. We have to do a lot more work." The most commonly discussed concern over ocean ...