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11/18/2009 • More than 2,500 to Attend Tampa Premiere of 'The Mysterious Islands' -- a New Film Shot on the Galapagos Islands Which ... (Christian News Wire) TAMPA, Nov. 18 / Christian Newswire / -- More than 2,500 people have reserved tickets to attend tonight's Tampa premiere of The Mysterious Islands, a new film that debunks the conclusions Charles Darwin reached during his storied trip to the Galapagos Islands during the voyage of the HMS Beagle. Read article |
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11/17/2009 • 'Galapagos for plants': conservationists fight for Robinson Crusoe island species (Daily Telegraph) A programme to save one of the most important sites for botanic conservation - known as the "Galapagos for plants" - against threatening invasive species has been drawn up. Read article |
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11/16/2009 • Conservationists fight for 'Galapagos of plants' (Independent) Leading conservationists have drawn up a blueprint to save one of the world's most important sites for conservation known as the "Galapagos for plants" because of its exceptionally rare native plants. Read article |
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11/19/2009 • Charles Darwin’s Findings Hold Key To Saving Rare Bird (redOrbit) Two birds collected by Charles Darwin back in 1835 could help bring back a rare mockingbird to the Galapagos Islands.The DNA was taken from the specimens by a team of geneticists and then compared to DNA from living sub-populations on two other islands. Read article |
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11/20/2009 • Darwin and Gods — for Kids (Forward) Children’s book author Deborah Heiligman has been interested in religion since she was a teenager, majoring in religious studies in college. “When you look at a people and its religion, you’re looking at sociology, psychology, history, anthropology,” she said. Read article |
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11/20/2009 • Student missionary from Va. found slain on Pacific island (Richmond Times-Dispatch) A 20-year-old Seventh-day Adventist student missionary from Virginia was found murdered on the Pacific island of Yap after going jogging near the school where she was teaching. Read article |
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11/18/2009 • Darwin's mockingbirds DNA research may help species recovery (PhysOrg) (PhysOrg.com) -- New research could help protect the future of a rare bird in the Galapagos Islands that was an inspiration for Darwin`s theory of evolution by natural selection, scientists report in a paper published in the Royal Society Journal Biology Letters today. Read article |
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11/20/2009 • Biodiversity Loss Is Earth's 'Immense and Hidden' Tragedy, Darwin's 'Natural Heir' Warns (CommonDreams.org) by James Randerson The diversity of life on Earth is undergoing an "immense and hidden" tragedy that requires the scale of global response now being deployed to tackle climate change , according to one of the world's most eminent biologists. Prof Edward Wilson, an ecologist who has been described as " Darwin's natural heir " and hailed by novelist Ian McEwan as an "intellectual hero" and ... Read article |
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11/20/2009 • Shoemakersville couple return from Galapogos Jeopardy! trip (The Hamburg Area Item) The trip of a lifetime began in Jeopardy for one Shoemakersville couple. Read article |
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11/19/2009 • Chase and Hart to Offer Final Performances of Shells at Joe's Pub (Playbill) Nick Chase and Roslyn Hart will offer their final performances of their hit comedy/cabaret show Shells Nov. 22 and Dec. 20 at Joe's Pub. Read article |
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