Best of our wild blogs: 9 Jan 11

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Seletar Wasteland On Christmas Day 2010 from Beauty of Fauna and Flora in Nature Little Grebe at the Singapore Quarry from Bird Ecology Stud...

Vietnam: "Vampire Flying Frog" Found; Tadpoles Have Black Fangs

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Charles Choi National Geographic News 7 Jan 11; The mountain jungles of Vietnam are home to a new breed of "vampire"—a "flyi...

Malaysia: Special parks to house swiftlets

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Shanti Gunaratnam New Straits Times 9 Jan 11; THE lucrative bird's nest business has through the years come under fire from people who ...

'Great Garbage Patch' in the Pacific Ocean not so great claim scientists

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Environmental scientists have been criticised for exaggerating the size of an "island" of plastic waste said to be swirling around...

Has overfishing ended? Top US scientist says yes

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Jay Lindsay, Associated Press Yahoo News 8 Jan 11; BOSTON – For the first time in at least a century, U.S. fishermen won't take too muc...

Calcutta: Oil leak threatens Ridleys

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While authorities beef up security for Olive Ridley turtles, pipeline crack poses threat Manoj Kar The Telegraph Calcutta 8 Jan 11; Kendrap...

Rise in flood risk could make one million UK homes uninsurable

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Firms warn of effect of government spending cuts on planned defences Andrew McCorkell The Independent 9 Jan 11; Homeowners living near rive...

Scientists find 'drastic' weather-related Atlantic shifts

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AFP The Independent 8 Jan 11; Scientists have found evidence of a "drastic" shift since the 1970s in north Atlantic Ocean current...

Best of our wild blogs: 8 Jan 11

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Singapore Green Landscape 2011 from Green Future Solutions New Additions to Seagrass-Monitoring for 2011 from teamseagrass 110106 Venus Driv...

Resorts World Sentosa: "Marine park walks the talk" and STB says "RWS must comply"

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Letter from Krist Boo Vice-President, Communications Resorts World Sentosa Today Online 8 Jan 11; When Resorts World Sentosa won the bid to...

Resorts World Sentosa: Oh where, oh where have the dolphins gone?

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Esther Ng Today Online 8 Jan 11; LANGKAWI - First there were seven, then five and now there are none. The five remaining bottlenose dolphin...

Semakau: Love in a landfill

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Five years after Semakau opened to the public, visitor numbers and wildlife flourish Ong Dai Lin Today Online 8 Jan 11; THE photos in her w...