Wildlife News Roundup - August 2004
Tuesday August 31, 2004
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Scientists Lose Contact with Loggerhead Turtle, Sodade
Friday August 27, 2004
A recent press release by scientists working with Seaturtle.org has revealed the loss of Sodade, one of the loggerhead turtles tagged in their satellite tracking study.
Dr. Brendan Godley, NERC Research ... Read More
Satellites Help Scientists Follow Endangered Turtles
Monday August 23, 2004
The Cape Verde Islands off the coast of West Africa are an important nesting site for a colony of endangered Loggerhead Turtles (Caretta caretta). Threatened by intense fishing activity in ... Read More
Fossils Illustrate Evolution of Underwater Hearing in Whales
Wednesday August 11, 2004
Newly described fossils of the inner ear bones of an ancient whale has shed light on how whales evolved their specialized ability to hear underwater. Since whales evolved from terrestrial ... Read More
Ancient Bird Brain Reveals Ability for Flight
Wednesday August 4, 2004
Dr Angela Milner of London's Natural History Museum used a specialized X-ray technique to take a peak at the inner workings of a fossilized skull of an Archaeopteryx, the earliest ... Read More