The population of Chinstrap penguins on Elephant Island, a core breeding location off the coast of Antarctica, has declined by 57 per cent in the last 50 years Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2261951-chinstrap-penguin-population-halved-at-key-antarctic-breeding-area/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
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New marine protection zone will help endangered penguins and more
Plans are in place to create the world’s 4th-largest fully protected marine reserve at the Tristan da Cunha archipelago. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/new-marine-protection-zone-tristan-da-cunha-penguin…
Ivory Coast’s elephant populations are now in catastrophic decline
Named for its elephants, Ivory Coast once had one of the largest elephant populations in West Africa. Now there are just hundreds left Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2257193-ivory-coasts-elephant-populations-are-now-in-catastrophic-decline/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Report: U.S. Anti-Trust Regulators Will Accuse Google of Crushing Competition to Maintain Monopoly
The U.S. government has readied an antitrust lawsuit against Google’s search engine, accusing the company of “crushing competition to protect and extend monopoly,” according to news reports: The move comes after a 14-month long investigation, where the U.S. Department of Justice probed whether Google distorts search results to favour its own products and shuts off access to competitors, sources told Bloomberg….
Scientists solve mass elephant deaths mystery
Hundreds of elephants have been mysteriously dying in Botswana and scientists have finally figured out why. Earlier this year, the unexplained deaths … Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/339720/scientists-solve-mass-elephant-deaths-mystery…
350 elephants killed by ‘a combination of neurotoxins’ in water, Botswana government says
Toxic cyanobacteria may have killed 350 elephants in Botswana, government says Source: https://www.livescience.com/mass-elephant-dieoff-botswana-cyanobacteria.html
This palm-sized elephant relative was just sighted for the first time in 50 years
A bit of peanut butter lured the wee mammal out from the rocky lands of Djibouti in the Horn of Africa. Source: https://www.livescience.com/species-elephant-shrew-found-after-half-century.html
The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula in Cepheus
Like an illustration in a galactic Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html…
Seal lice can survive the pressure found 4000 metres under the sea
When elephant seals go on long dives, they can reach thousands of meters below the ocean’s surface – and the lice they carry with them can withstand the intense pressure there Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2250525-seal-lice-can-survive-the-pressure-found-4000-metres-under-the-sea/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
350 elephants drop dead in Botswana, some walking in circles before doing face-plants
More than 350 elephants in Botswana have mysteriously died since May, in a phenomenon that some scientists have dubbed a “conservation disaster,” and one that has evaded explanation. Source: https://www.livescience.com/elephant-mass-deaths-botswana.html