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Costa Rican Power and telecommunications Institution is building "bridges" so that monkeys, sloths and other animals can move tree to tree over the roads and not be killed by motorists.
Costa Rica News Digest Ecological Bridges (InsideCostarica.com)
Posted: 01/29/07 01:55 by Sandy
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New Andean Rodent discoveredTopics: • wildlife •
Zoologists discovered a new species of mammal in the Manu National Park during a field survey in 1999 but the naming and official description were only just released. The creature is nocturnal and resembles a squirrel.
Peru News Digest Andes field trip reveals new species of climbing rodent (Belfast Telegraph)
Posted: 01/27/07 14:19 by Shannon
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Croc TamerTopics: • wildlife •
How would you like to have a best friend that is 16.5 feet and weighing 1,000 lbs. Well Gilberto Graham thinks it's wonderful and has even started his own show about it.
Costa Rica News Digest Costa Rican man tames croc (itv)
Posted: 01/26/07 23:51 by Sandy
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Sea Turtle ConservationTopics: • wildlife •
At night turtles bury their eggs on several beaches on the Azuero Peninsula and unfortunately hundreds of people would go to the beaches and collect the turtle eggs for sale. This was jeopardizing the survivle of the olive ridley sea turtle.
Panama News Digest Azuero coastal residents benefit from sea turtly conservation (The Panama News)
Posted: 01/26/07 23:33 by Sandy
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The Guanaco do still existTopics: • wildlife •
Wildlife conservationists are celebrating evidence that proves this subspecies of guanaco still persists. The guanaco is a flagship species for the ecosystems of South America, an ecological equivalent to the kangaroo in Australia or the bison in the U.S. Dr. Andrew Taber says "Documenting this species' survival in the Paraguay Chaco is a critically important discovery, which, we hope, will galvanize officials to conserve this forgotten ecosystem."
Paraguay News Digest Rediscovering the Guanaco (Wildlife Trust)
Posted: 01/26/07 01:15 by Shannon
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