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www.iisd.ca
International Institute for Sustainable Development, Reporting Services (IISD RS), brings you the latest news, information and analysis from international environment and sustainable development negotiations. Biodiversity and Wildlife Page.
www.sierraclub.com
Sierra Club Magazine on line.
www.wn.com/newecologist
World News Network. Ecology News. Links to ecology news of the day.
www.esapubs.org
Ecological Society of America. Publishes Ecology Journal, Ecological Applications,Ecological Monographs, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment and the The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America.
www.oryxthejournal.org
Oryx - the International Journal of Conservation, a quarterly journal from Fauna & Flora International, publishes research on biodiversity conservation, conservation policy and sustainable use, and the interactions of these matters with social, economic and political issues. Current issue free on-line.
www.iucn.org
International Union for Conservation of Nature helps develop conservation science, manages field projects all over the world, and brings together players from different domains and sectors to develop and implement policy, laws and best practice. Biodiversity News.
   
When the Bamboo Nesting Ant senses excess water in its burrow it drinks up as much water as it can hold and then goes outside and pees, thereby preventing the burrow from flooding.
   
Scientists don't even know how many total species live on the planet, estimates are from
5 million to 100 million total species, though only 2 million have been identified.
   

 

 
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