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  • International shark trade to be regulated

    Tue, Mar 12, 2013 1:00 PM by Megan Gannon, LiveScience

    Oceanic whitetip sharks, porbeagle sharks, scalloped hammerheads, great hammerheads and smooth hammerheads are set to get new protections.

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  • Gator learns to move with prosthetic tail

    Tue, Mar 12, 2013 9:41 AM

    Video: An alligator in Phoenix is learning to walk and swim with its new prosthetic tail.

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  • White-nose syndrome hits South Carolina

    Mon, Mar 11, 2013 4:30 PM by Russell McLendon

    The deadly bat disease has officially invaded South Carolina, the 21st U.S. state in an epidemic that has already killed about 6 million North American bats.

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  • Monster mosquitoes about to invade Florida

    Mon, Mar 11, 2013 3:22 PM by John Platt

    Gallinippers are 20 times the size of normal skeeters and their bite feels like you're being stabbed.

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  • Thousands of dead pigs found in Shanghai river

    Mon, Mar 11, 2013 11:11 AM by Melissa Breyer

    Sanitation workers in China continue to remove pig bodies from the river as concerns about drinking water safety increase.

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  • Pig helps train firefighters

    Fri, Mar 08, 2013 9:24 AM

    Video: Dominic the pig is being used by in England to help firefighters train in the art of how to handle escaped animals.

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  • Bees remember flowers that serve them caffeine

    Thu, Mar 07, 2013 4:16 PM by Tanya Lewis, LiveScience

    Scientists think the caffeine is affecting neurons in the bees' brains in a way that reinforces memories, and that it may have the same effect on humans.

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  • Why are sharks swarming in Florida?

    Thu, Mar 07, 2013 2:20 PM by Marc Lallanilla, LiveScience

    About 15,000 blacktip sharks and spinner sharks are swarming in the shallow waters around Palm Beach County.

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  • Fitness guru Tony Little lends his name to a critically endangered gazelle

    Thu, Mar 07, 2013 12:18 PM by John Platt

    The dama gazelle 'Little Tony' hops around a lot, just like the infomercial star.

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  • Proposal to ban trade in polar bear parts fails at international wildlife conference

    Thu, Mar 07, 2013 10:43 AM by John Platt

    The U.S.-backed proposal was opposed by Canada, which is home to two-thirds of the world's polar bears.

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  • Lion kills volunteer at Calif. animal park

    Thu, Mar 07, 2013 9:42 AM

    Video: A male lion at a Central California animal park killed a 24-year-old female volunteer on Wednesday.

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  • 6 animals that recycle in their everyday lives

    6 animals that recycle in their everyday lives

    Wed, Mar 06, 2013 3:07 PM by Bryan Nelson

    A few animals take "reduce, reuse, recycle" to the next level. It's a good thing, too: Someone needs to help clean up the mess that so many humans leave behind.

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  • Cicadas' antibacterial trick may help humans

    Wed, Mar 06, 2013 3:00 PM by Russell McLendon

    Scientists have found tiny spikes on cicada wings that rupture and kill bacterial cells — a disease-fighting strategy that might also work in manmade materials.

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  • Why some female marsupials are lefties

    Wed, Mar 06, 2013 2:15 PM by Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience

    Marsupials lack a corpus callosum, and scientists theorize that this may influence the evolution of handedness.

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  • Superpowered kissing octopus unveiled for the first time

    Wed, Mar 06, 2013 12:50 PM by Tia Ghose, LIveScience

    Larger Pacific Striped Octopuses not only have color and shape changing abilities, they mate by pressing their beaks and suckers together.

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