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Zanzibar – The dolphins, washed ashore in Tanzania’s semi-autonomous Zanzibar archipelago on Friday, died of natural causes, said marine experts on Saturday. Jidawi said: “The results of our investigations carried out since Friday shows that the dolphins died of a natural disaster, known as confused eco-location. http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1924639,00.html

ZANZIBAR, Tanzania (AP) — Hundreds of dead dolphins washed up Friday along the shore of a popular tourist destination on Zanzibar’s northern coast, and scientists ruled out poisoning. It was not immediately clear what killed the 400 dolphins, whose carcasses were strewn along a 2.5-mile stretch of Nungwi, said Narriman Jidawi, a marine biologist at [...]

Plants that can offer cures for many serious diseases could be lost because of deforestation in Borneo, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Such plants could be used in the fight against cancer, Aids and malaria, the conservation group said in a report. But the WWF warned that such knowledge could be lost “if [...]

United Press International report on 23rd and 24th April 2006 that global warming and climate changes may have affectd some flora. Specifically, the British flowers’ timing of appearing, leafing and flowering are affected. http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060424-103643-7699r And the maple sugaring season starts and ends earlier than a generation ago. http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060423-083431-3826r

While the Chinese government has never been known for its environmental consideration, a new city springing up there on an island in the mouth of the Yangtze River may start to change all of that. Bulldozers have already broken ground on Chongming, where China is constructing an earth-friendly city from scratch catering to the overflowing [...]

Examining plants and animals in 25 of the 34 biodiversity hotspots, the reports scientists also determined that some regions were more vulnerable than others, especially the Cape Floristic, Caribbean, Indo-Burma, Southwestern Australia, Mediterranean Basin and Tropical Andes hotspots, where extinctions of plant and animal species in each region could exceed 2,000. While the hotspots studied [...]

eurekalert.org Striking, color illustration of new parrot and mouse. Both these animals are endemic (found only there) to Camiguin Island in the Philippines. The growing realization that this tiny island is rich in biodiversity has made it a global priority for conservation. Illustration by Michael Skakuj, Courtesy of The Field Museum Extract: Scientists have discovered [...]

Environmental Defense, a leading national nonprofit organization, represents more than 400,000 members launched this campaign as a wake-up call. Global warming is the most serious environmental challenge of our time. It is more urgent and its dangers are more fundamental than most Americans realize. This campaign seeks to educate Americans about how quickly we must [...]