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The Devil's Dilemma: Die Young So Live Fast
Written by: Barbara Hesselgrave, Friday 25 July 2008 - 07:00 AM 
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A threatened marsupial offers the most compelling case yet for encouraging teen pregnancy — extinction.
Black-Footed Ferrets Line Up To Get Their Shots
Written by: Matt Palmquist, Wednesday 16 July 2008 - 17:14 PM 0 Comments
OK, OK, so ferrets aren't mice, and they're not even rodents, but the endangered black-footed ferret is one of the rarest mammals in North America , and they've got the plague.
Giant Bird-Eating Mice
Written by: Matt Palmquist, Thursday 29 May 2008 - 12:40 PM 0 Comments
Gough Island, a British-owned outcrop in the South Atlantic about 2,000 miles off the coast of South America, is one of the most remote places in the world, uninhabited except for the crew of a weather station. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site, home to 22 breeding species of rare nesting seabirds, that live in one of the planet's least disturbed ecosystems.…
Scaly-Tailed Evacuees Shelter from Storms Past
Written by: Matt Palmquist, Wednesday 19 March 2008 - 14:58 PM 0 Comments
Shortly before Hurricane Ivan slammed into the Gulf Coast on Sept. 16, 2004, wreaking havoc across Alabama, Florida, and Virginia, a few employees of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission hurried to the beach and scooped up eight tiny rodents.
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