[Gabriel]

I will be trying to find more links to this\

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1695444/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=etruscan

Hub of Etruscan Civilization Found

[Gabriel]

OMG...Here is a Scattered Species

Flying Foxes Vanish after Cyclone

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/0...01-101-ae-0000

[Gabriel]

Photo Gallery of the lost world of new species, found in Indonesia earlier this year

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...ost_world.html

Article of same.............

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...w_species.html

[Chicon]

Originally Posted by Gabriel

Photo Gallery of the lost world of new species, found in Indonesia earlier this year

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...ost_world.html

Article of same.............

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...w_species.html

Nice pics !

I like this one : the frog seems to have been fried in boiling oil !

[Gabriel]

My favorite is the Bower Bird...ever since I saw a special on Bower Birds, I fell in love with them

[Gabriel]

New found species..............Vast Cave Discovery

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15012809/

Quote from article.."The park service added that "ancient animal skeletons were found in the cave including one that resembles a bear."

[iltos]

Originally Posted by Gabriel

New found species..............Vast Cave Discovery

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15012809/

Quote from article.."The park service added that "ancient animal skeletons were found in the cave including one that resembles a bear."

keep 'em coming gabriel....i love this stuff it's great to be reminded the world, even as close as sequoyah, is not all known

[Gabriel]

Thanks Iltos...These are so fun. I have started to print out some of them, as my Favorites and Bookmarks are bursting with links
I am amazed at the amount of info. I find that I value

[ekim68]

A Rare Bloom Is Fading
The celebrated kurinji flowers only once every 12 years in a region of India. Experts fear habitat loss may end its magical cycle forever.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...home-headlines

[Gabriel]

Maybe they will try and do something like has been done for the Wollemi Pine, Eskim....
Just yesterday, I got an ad from national Geographic that these ancient and endangered pines are now for sale....$99 each ...I did not save the ad, but here is an article on the most precious pine

Called...Nursing An 'Extinct' Tree back to Health

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...llemipine.html

[ekim68]

Thanks Gabriel, good article.

[Gabriel]

Here is a pic of the Kuinji in bloom, and a link to the page Ekim..

http://kurinji.in/

They appear to be a member of the Acanthaceae (Acanthus) family...there are many cultivar of beloved house and garden plants in this family derived from the wild plants

[Lurker1]

Researchers have discovered dozens of new marine species on the northwestern end of Indonesia's Papua province, including two new species of epaulette sharks, nicknamed "walking sharks" because they propel themselves across the ocean floor on their pectoral fins.

http://www.redorbit.com/news/science...urce=r_science

I saw a video of the sharks moving on the news last week. Really looked like a "missing link" as the sharks were moving using a walking pattern that looked like a four legged animal.

[Gabriel]

Interesting article on horses...ancient Botai people of Kazakhstan were among the earliest to domesticate horses......

http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/s...72.htm?ancient


New extict species of buffalo found

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1017084321.htm

[Gabriel]

Rewriting the Easter Island story

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow...6/1628502.htm#