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HANOI: A viper with scales that look like eyelashes and a leaf-nosed bat are among dozens of new species identified in South-east Asia's Mekong region last year, WWF said on Monday (Dec 15).
A viper with scales that look like eyelashes and a leaf-nosed bat are among dozens of new species identified in South-East Asia’s Mekong region last year, WWF said.
JAKARTA: A sperm whale has been found stranded at Teritip Beach, about 35km north of Balikpapan city in East Kalimantan, with local residents and officials trying to help the animal back to the sea.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dolphins, porpoises, killer whales, sperm whales and other toothed whales produce an array of sounds - to find prey employing a sonar-like system called echolocation and to communicate with other members of their species.
SPANNING five days, a recent expedition to Gunung Nuang, in Hulu Langat, Selangor, brought together 70 researchers from local universities to identify and record the diverse plant and animal life there.
IN THE ever-unfolding drama of nature, yet another aquatic mystery has surfaced in Perlis.
WITH no windows, the gloomy, grey building looming four storeys above the rice fields in a remote village in Indonesian Borneo resembles nothing more than a prison.
THE victim was found along a stretch of beach near the port city of Odesa in southern Ukraine early this summer, cause of death unknown.
The historic Strait of Malacca is home to a wide variety of marine life and is one of Malaysia’s best-kept nautical secrets.
THE bat is a nocturnal creature that is an inspiration for comic character Bruce Wayne to pick his alter ego, Batman. Just imagine a human superhero dressed up like a bat to strike fear into the hearts of wrongdoers - a human-sized bat.
KOTA KINABALU: Low-cost microphones could be a cost-effective, non-invasive tool to help track infectious disease risks in the rainforest and other rapidly-changing landscapes, research indicates.
ONE of the first things you are taught in scuba diving is that you should not rise too fast as it puts you at risk of getting a deadly condition called decompression sickness, commonly known as the bends.
TELLING someone they are as blind as a bat is to say they have horrible eyesight. But is it true that these winged creatures are blind?
Scientists from the Turkish Marine Research Foundation (Tudav) recently noted the disturbing presence of stranded dolphins on Turkish beaches along the Black Sea.
MELAKA: The state government is assuring local folk that there are no blood-sucking vampires in the city after fruit bats were seen there.
