Nothing like this had happened since 2001 when 35 male sea lions were killed in the Galapagos Islands. Back then, the animals’ genitals and teeth had been removed.
Now, a new attack in the exotic islands has resulted in 53 sea lions dead, including 13 pups, 25 youngsters, 9 males and 6 females. The animals […]
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French court convicts oil company for spill
Published January 19th, 2008 in Science, Oceans, Earth and Animals. 1 CommentOn 12 December 1999 tanker Erika broke in two about 75km off the coasts of Brittany leaking 20,000 tons of heavy fuel oil into the sea. Two weeks later, the spill was spread by a storm contaminating 400 km of coastline. France’s worst oil disaster killed more than 150,000 seabirds. The 26-member crew was successfully […]
In the past days there has been widespread media coverage on a 2-year-old white-and-gray cat from Rhode Island whose seemingly unusual ability to predict death has made it to the front cover of several newspapers. This talented feline is capable of predicting when the patients on the third floor - the dementia unit - at […]