Monthly Archives: February 2008

Unforgettable Elephants

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Web Sites The Amboseli Trust for Elephants http://www.elephanttrust.org/ The Amboseli Trust for Elephants aims to ensure the long-term conservation and welfare of Africa's elephants. The Trust funds the Amboseli Elephant Research Project. Elephant Network http://elephanttrust.net/ Get the latest news from the field about the people ...

Unforgettable Elephants

Echo’s Family Tree

Highly intelligent, emotional, and expressive animals, it is little surprise that elephants live by social rules that are intricate. So complex and layered are they, that in elephant society males and females live in completely different worlds, with females dwelling in tightly bonded families that ...

Invasion of the Giant Pythons

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WEB SITES National Park Service: Everglades National Park http://www.nps.gov/ever/index.htm Learn more about visiting Everglades National Park. National Park Service: Burmese Python Species Profile http://www.nps.gov/ever/naturescience/burmesepython.htm The National Park Service provides statistics about pythons in the Everglades. Western New York Herpetological Society: Burmese Python Information Sheet http://www.wnyherp.org/care-sheets/snakes/burmese-python.php ...

Great White Bear

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The polar bear rules the north. To the hardy native people who settled the harsh lands of the Arctic, the powerful hunter with the ghostly white coat is known as the "lonely roamer." But most of us know the huge mammal as the polar bear. ...

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Web Sites BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/index.html A global partnership of conservation orgnizations to conserve birds, their habitats, and global biodiversity. Birds Australia http://www.birdsaustralia.com.au Organization dedicated to the conservation, study, and enjoyment of Australia's native birds and their habitats. The Blue Macaws http://www.bluemacaws.org/ Information on these remarkable ...

Great White Bear

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Online Resources We recommend these Web sites for those interested in the subjects shown on the program. All links are valid as of April 28, 2000. Polar Bears Alive www.polarbearsalive.org/ Extensive information and links from Polar Bears Alive, a bear conservation group. Includes images shot ...

Great White Bear

Tracking Polar Bears

Scientists hoping to learn more about polar bears face an exhausting challenge: not only do they have to spend hours searching for the bears over huge territories, but once they find them, they also have to contend with some of the world's worst weather. Researchers ...

Great White Bear

Land of the Great Bear

The ancient Greeks called the top of the world "the land of the great bear" -- not because they knew of the giant white creatures who lived there, but because the North Pole rested beneath a bear-shaped constellation of stars that appears in the northern ...

The Seedy Side of Plants

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Web Sites Apple Varieties http://www.bestapples.com/varieties/index.shtml Pictures and information from the Washington apple industry on the different varieties of that favored fruit, from Granny Smiths to Pink Ladies. How the Terminator Terminates http://www.biotech-info.net/howto.html Just how scientists can engineer some plants to produce sterile seeds. Seasonal Burning ...