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Dengue Outbreak Feared in Nepal

... Besides Nepalgunj, they are Biratnagar, home of Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, Chitwan, a popular tourist destination famed for its one-horned rhino and alligator population, and Birgunj, Nepal's industrial hub. According to G.D. Thakur, chief of disease control at the Department of Health Se...

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A fossilized giant rhino bone questions the isolation of Anatolia, 25 million years ago

Contrary to generally accepted belief, Anatolia was not geographically isolated 25 million years ago (during the Oligocene epoch): this has just been demonstrated by researchers from the Laboratoire des Mcanismes et Transferts en Gologie (LMTG) (CNRS/ University of Toulouse 3/IRD) and the Palobiod...

Scientists crack rhino horn riddle

Rhinoceros horns have long been objects of mythological beliefs. Some cultures prize them for their supposed magical or medicinal qualities. Others have used them as dagger handles or good luck charms. But new research at Ohio University removes some of the mystique by explaining how the horn gets ...

WWF captures first-ever photo of wild rhino on Borneo

See the picture in the original press release A motion-triggered camera trap set up in a remote jungle has captured the first-ever photo of a rhino in the wild on the island of Borneo, World Wildlife Fund and the Sabah Wildlife Department announced today. The rhino is believed to be one of a...

Catcher Holdings Inc. Lands Contract for Initial Deployments at Nine Homeland Security and State Government Agencies

... CATCHER(R) rhino hardened mobile computing communications platforms...al contract to deploy its state of the art CATCHER rhino hardened mobile computing devices with multiple fe...any's key value added resellers, is for 13 CATCHER rhino hardened mobile computing devices, which will be d...

Alarming decline in Nepal's rhinos and tigers in former Maoist stronghold

...onal parks reveal an alarming decline in tiger and rhino populations, indicating widespread poaching. The a...e absence of antipoaching patrols in this critical rhino and tiger habitat, which was under the control of ...nsurgents detained and assaulted four members of a rhino monitoring team. The recent ceasefire between the ...

Rhinos clinging to survival in the heart of Borneo, despite poaching

...h. WWF and Malaysian authorities have launched rhino protection units to patrol the area where the rhin...en't covered in this survey. Previous estimates of rhino numbers had suggested there were 30 to 70 rhinos o...and they are considered one of the most endangered rhino species because of the intensity of poaching. Suma...

Size matters: Preventing large mammal extinction

... Saving large mammals such as elephants and rhino from extinction could be made more effective by focusing efforts on individ... The research means large bodied mammals such as ungulates (which include rhino and zebra) and many primates are more likely to be predisposed to decline a...

Scientists journey to southern Africa to unravel the secret world of elephant communication

...eam discovered that the footfall of a large animal produces a unique signature that's visible on a spectrogram, making it easy to tell if an elephant, rhino or giraffe has walked by. "We think we can tell the difference between elephants and other species based on the spectral content of their footstep ...

rhino in Biological Technology

Guam rhino beetles got rhythm

In May 2008 the island of Guam became a living laboratory for scientists as they attached acoustic equipment to coconut trees in order to listen for rhinoceros beetles. A grant from USDA IPM allowed Richard Mankin, a recognized world-class expert on acoustic detection of insects, to travel to Guam...

Stallergenes: First Half Year 2008: A 19% Increase in Operating Profit and Net Profit

...ergenes is a European biopharmaceutical laboratory specialising in the treatment by desensitisation of allergy-related respiratory conditions, such as rhino conjunctivitis or allergic asthma. A pioneer and a leader in desensitisation treatments by sublingual administration, Stallergenes dedicates 16% of it...