Critter News
JUNE 20, 2010
As the future of whales once more comes under global debate, some scientists say the marine mammals are not only smarter than thought but also share several attributes once claimed as exclusively human. Tags: marine life marine animals whales.
Critter News
JANUARY 9, 2010
Tags: dolphin marine life marine animals.
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Critter News
JULY 21, 2010
Scientists studying the massive BP oil spill fear a decades-long, “cascading” effect on marine life that could lead to a shift in the overall biological network in the Gulf of Mexico. Tags: marine life 2010 oil spill pollution Gulf of Mexico. It's the "gift" that keeps on giving. From the Khaleej Times Online/AFP.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 9, 2018
It spends its life flying or floating on ocean water, sometimes staying up to ten years between landfalls; earning it the additional moniker “Wideawake Tern.” Perhaps it’s fitting that Sooty should choose to nest with all its family on one of the most inaccessible national parks (for humans) in the world. Sooty Tern. Brown Noddy.
Critter News
AUGUST 6, 2009
Humans are already responsible for marine animal habitat loss and overhunting. Marine animals are getting cancer as an indirect result of our pollution of the oceans. Tags: oceans marine life pollution. We are now responsible for another problem.disease.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 29, 2012
On a visit yesterday after work to Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn I happened across this female Red-breasted Merganser that I initially thought was in the midst of struggling to swallow a nasty chunk of some kind of marine life. In fact, the snack appeared to have gotten somehow stuck to or tangled around the bird’s bill.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 23, 2013
Its amazing to me that there are still places on earth where wildlife is blissfully unafraid of humans. These nutrient-rich currents provide sustenance for a variety of marine-life, including the many thousand of seabirds that call this place home. The island is half a mile wide and about three-quarters of a mile in length.
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