Nature

Aborted lift-off for spaceship
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| BBC News
The US firm SpaceX aborts the lift-off of its Falcon rocket and Dragon ship to the International Space Station.

Wild orchids and wildflowers in reservations Mělnicka masožravky
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| EnviWeb.cz
Thousands of Wild Orchid is now blooming in Kokořínském down in other protected areas Mělnicka. On damp meadows, thoughtful nature lovers to find other vulnerable unique objects, growing carnivorous plants. Herbal treasures of Central Bohemia monitored workers protected landscape area …

To Vietnam for Bond Creek, bathing, and history
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| ČT24.cz
Viet Nam's is definitely an exotic destinations, which is still not completely packed with tourists. Indeed, the world, the country opened relatively recently. And that's why you can enjoy an extraordinary vacation, which will be full of interesting sights, wonderful …

Rožnovský open-air museum opened the main chapel with burial, and virtual visit
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| iDNES.cz
Open-air museum in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, preparing for this year's tourist season news. In the Wallachian village, putting a new Chapel, which was first seen on Friday. In the Museum in nature, which last year attracted almost 280 thousand people, …

Op-Ed Contributor: Why Bambi Must Go
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| NYTimes.com
The number of migratory birds returning to New York each spring is declining because there are too many deer.

Cetechovické bradlo in Chřibech
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| EnviWeb.cz
In the cadastre municipality of Cetechovice for Střílek there is special anomalies in the otherwise interesting little mineralogicky Chřibech, consisting of an outer Magurským flyšovým band, which is composed predominantly of sandstone (vápnité, křemito-vápnité, glaukonitické or arkózové), to a lesser …

Urban wildlife resources
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| WN.com - Environment News
Books The Bumper Book of Nature Stephen Moss (Square Peg) Family guide to nature, featuring activities for children. Chris Packham's Wild Side of Town Chris Packham (New Holland) What to see and where to go in search of urban wildlife. …

The last rhinos in South Africa at risk of increasing pytláctvím
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| Ekolist.cz
Illegal hunting of rhinos for their Horn, used in traditional Asian medicine in recent years dangerously increased, and put so many efforts to restore wild populations of this animal. He writes about the agency AFP.

Park life: the wildlife of Britain's cities | Urban wildlife
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| guardian.co.uk
Far from destroying the British love of nature, our cities have become urban oases for wildlife Today, at the beginning of the 21st century, the British are more obsessed with nature and wildlife than any other nation on …

An introduction to birding in the city | Urban wildlife
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| guardian.co.uk
Eagle-eyed spotters can see ospreys, quails and even skylarks in Britain's towns and cities Every British city has something to offer the curious birder. You'll find snipes, pied wagtails and meadow pipits on the brownfield sites of Leicester, …

Why you should get the insect bug | Urban wildlife
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| guardian.co.uk
The founder of Pestival, an insect arts festival, explains how she got the bug bug – and why you should too I know exactly when I caught the bug for insects. It was in the French Pyrenees, at …

Why city gardens are wildlife havens
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| guardian.co.uk
Whether you have a lawn, flowers or a pond, your urban garden is a thriving ecosystem When I studied horticulture in the 1960s, most wildlife in gardens was dismissed as a pest, a weed or a disease. In …

Britain's best urban wildlife sites | Urban wildlife
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| guardian.co.uk
Tips on where to find the wild creatures in UK cities, from otters in the Glaswegian stretch of the Clyde to peregrine falcons in the City of London London From Wimbledon Common in the west to …

The changing wildlife of Britain's cities
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| guardian.co.uk
Charting the comings andgoings of Britain's city critters over the last 50 years Just like any other aspect of the modern world, urban wildlife is subject to change. Species come and go, as their populations rise and fall. …

Resources | Urban wildlife
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| guardian.co.uk
Books The Bumper Book of Nature Stephen Moss (Square Peg) Family guide to nature, featuring activities for children. Chris Packham's Wild Side of Town …

BP Connection? Oil Traces Found in Pelican Eggs Far from Gulf
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| SierraActivist
Could pollutants from the BP oil spill be persisting in pelicans more than a thousand miles from the Gulf of Mexico? The evidence is still preliminary, but Minnesota Public Radio reports researchers were alarmed to find traces of oil and... …

Cheese, wheels flying. TOP ten summer tips on how to enjoy the Swiss Alps
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| iDNES.cz
Even in the warmer months, offers a lot of great Alpine region Wallis experiences. In the company of čtyřtisícových peaks and stunning nature, you can ride on a Razor scooter, raft in wild Rapids, fly in the sky, or watch …

Should we be worried about the weather?
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| guardian.co.uk
Snow, hail, drought, frost, flood ... the weather is playing havoc not only with national morale, but our fragile wildlife. The ordinary vicissitudes of a British spring – or something more sinister? Snow in Teesdale, hail in Birmingham, …

Asteroid Vesta holds two records in the solar system. Amazing video of NASA
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| National Geographic
This experience none of us ever will live. In term of our lives with the person most likely to never get the asteroid Vesta. But the video that entered the probe, Dawn is so fascinating that you breath.

Letters: G8 leaders can help fight malnutrition
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| guardian.co.uk
David Cameron does indeed have a chance to act on global malnutrition thisweek at the G8 summit ( Wood shavings for dinner: G8 urged to tackle scourge of malnutrition , 17 May). However, millions will continue …