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Tropical Mammals Caught On Candid Camera [Rare Photos]

A two year study of tropical mammals around the world has offered an awe-inspiring glimpse into animal life. From 2008-2010, researchers in collaboration with Conservation International and TEAM Network gathered almost 52,000 pictures from 420 hidden automatic cameras placed in protected areas across South America, Africa and Asia.
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Vampire bats

Vampire Bats Can Sense Blood

Infrared sensors on the lips of Vampire bats allow the animals to locate blood vessels in their prey, scientists have discovered.
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Thailand: Bangkok to be the New Atlantis?

According to experts, day after day, Bangkok sinks, with the most pessimistic saying part of Thailand's capital could be submerged by 2030, Le Monde has reported.Specialists have also warned that special preventive policies should be implemented as in the case the natural disaster does take place, thousands of lives could be at stake.
Steam and other emissions rise from a coal-fired power station near Lithgow

Climate Change: Lord Monckton Denies Global Warming

During a climate change debate at the National Press Club in Canberra Australia, Lord Christopher Monckton argued that cutting emissions to curb global warming is like trying to "swat" an asteroid away with a cricket bat.
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Chupacabra sighting in Texas was just a joke

Jack Crabtree, a retired wildlife biologist from Lake Jackson, Texas, reportedly spotted the mythical Chupacabra near his home.Crabtree and his wife told ABC News that On July 4 they saw the hairless animal around a creek in the back of their house.
Part of a gray whale's tail is seen during a whale tour in the Laguna Ojo De Liebre

Gray Whales threatened by oil survey, the IWC says

The western population of gray (or grey) whales is one of the most threatened group of cetaceans on the planet, with only about 130 remaining, including an estimated 26 breeding females, and a small area near the Sakhalin coast is their only known feeding ground but efforts to protect are still insufficient, scientists warn.