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By Laura Klappenbach, About.com Guide to Animals / Wildlife since 2001

Wildlife News Round-Up #29

Friday March 31, 2006
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Reader's Photo Album Updated

Friday March 31, 2006
Be sure to stop by the Animals & Wildlife Readers' Photo Album to catch a glimpse of the latest images that have been submitted by fellow readers. If you have some ... Read More

Mystery 'Tyco Animal' May Be Sampson's Fox

Friday March 24, 2006
Earlier this month, an unidentified animal spotted in the woods near North Carolina's Tyco Electronics campus created quite a stir, if not a full-blown urban myth. The creature (pictured here) ... Read More

Endemic Birds Face Extinction in Peru's Dry Forests

Friday March 17, 2006
BirdLife International has called for immediate conservation action to protect the Tumbesian Endemic Bird Area, a region located in west Ecuador and north-west Peru. The area, once covered by a ... Read More

Loch Ness Elephant?

Wednesday March 15, 2006
The mysterious sea creature long rumored to have inhabited Scotland's Loch Ness may not be so mysterious after all. Paleontologist Neil Clark has suggested that the silhouette of the Loch ... Read More

Wildlife Photography Competition

Thursday March 9, 2006
Every year, the Natural History Museum partners with BBC Wildlife Magazine for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Now it's easier than ever to enter your photographs, with the ... Read More

Furry Crustacean Discovered in South Pacific

Thursday March 9, 2006
Marine biologists have discovered a new crustacean living near hydrothermal vents in deep waters 900 miles south of Easter Island. The organism, Kiwa hirsuta, is white and has a 'fur-like' ... Read More

Wildlife Photograph of the Week

Wednesday March 1, 2006
This week's photo of the week comes from Pam Norton, who photographed this pair of West-Indian whistling ducks. If you would like to view other photos from readers, don't miss the ... Read More
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