Daily Archives: 15 June 2012

Fiddler in RMBR

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Ms Laura Michie from the University of Portsmouth is part of Operation Wallacea, which is an organisation funded by tuition fees that operates biological and conservation management research programmes in remote locations across the world.  She was invited by Prof … Continue reading →

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Plan for biggest marine park draws fire (The Straits Times, Friday 15 June 2012)

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Click on image to download pdf. Plan for biggest marine park draws fire     Fishermen say it will cost jobs, hike prices; area about the size of India by Jonathan Pearlman for the Straits Times SYDNEY – Australia has … Continue reading →

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Leave wild boars alone, say residents (The Straits Times, Friday 15 June 2012)

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Click on image to download pdf. Leave wild boars alone, say residents They say animals aren’t a nuisance; others against ‘crossbow culling’ option by Siau Ming En Residents living on the fringes of the Lower Peirce forest, where wild boars … Continue reading →

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Shrimp power to boost medical implants (The Straits Times, Friday 15 June 2012)

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Click on image to download pdf. Shrimp power to boost medical implants The Mantis shrimp may weigh 400g on average but it can knock out prey with force and at great speed. A research team’s finding of why the creature’s … Continue reading →

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