http://news.nationalgeographic.com National Geographic News en Fri, 16 May 2008 19:50:01 -0400 Fri, 16 May 2008 19:50:01 -0400 news-feedback@nationalgeographic.com (news feedback) 2007 National Geographic Society http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/global2005/header.gif http://news.nationalgeographic.com http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080516-lemur-video-vin.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/rss/article_id.pl?id=63644877 animals Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080516-lemur-video-vin.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080516-lemur-video-vin_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>The tree-dwelling creatures were put on a specially built treadmill of ropes and pulleys as part of new research into how much energy the animals expend.</p> </td> </tr></table> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080516-horses-video-ap.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/rss/article_id.pl?id=44229145 animals Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080516-horses-video-ap.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080516-horses-video-ap_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>More than 400 racehorses—many of them in perfect health—are "destroyed" each year in the U.S. territory, where keeping losing or injured horses can be costly. <i>Warning: graphic imagery.</i></p> </td> </tr></table> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080516-pilot-whales.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/rss/article_id.pl?id=50957655 animals Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080516-pilot-whales.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080516-pilot-whales_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>Short-finned pilot whales have been observed making high-speed chases after prey at great depths, the first time such behavior has been seen in deep-diving mammals.</p> </td> </tr></table> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/photogalleries/wip-week81/index.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/rss/article_id.pl?id=7591211 animals Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/photogalleries/wip-week81/index.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080515-wip-week81_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>See "Fusion Man" fly via a jet-powered wing on his back, a giant beetle escape a smuggler, volcanic ash falling eerily, and more.</p> </td> </tr></table> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080515-tourists-video-ap.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/rss/article_id.pl?id=10236789 animals Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080515-tourists-video-ap.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080515-tourists-video-ap_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>A tourist visiting a reserve during the massive earthquake in China says pandas seemed to sense something was wrong before the quake struck. </p> </td> </tr></table> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080515-polarbear-video-ap.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/rss/article_id.pl?id=1253344 animals Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080515-polarbear-video-ap.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080515-polarbear-video-ap_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>The U.S. has listed the polar bear as threatened, sparking a global warming debate and garnering mixed reactions from environmentalists.</p> </td> </tr></table> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080515-pandas-quake.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/rss/article_id.pl?id=85095397 animals Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080515-pandas-quake.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080515-pandas-quake_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>Captive pandas were observed acting strangely before Monday's devastating quake, mirroring previous accounts of animals reacting before disaster strikes.</p> </td> </tr></table> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080515-primates-climb.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/rss/article_id.pl?id=11060963 animals Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080515-primates-climb.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080515-primates-climb_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>Using a rope treadmill, researchers have revealed that tiny species use no more energy climbing vertically than they do walking on the ground, a find that bolsters theories about the earliest primates.</p> </td> </tr></table> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080515-birds-eat.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/rss/article_id.pl?id=57527312 animals Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080515-birds-eat.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080515-birds-eat_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>Scientists have unlocked the secret of how shorebirds called phalaropes use fluid dynamics to direct water up their long, slender beaks and into their mouths.</p> </td> </tr></table> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080514-polar-bears.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/rss/article_id.pl?id=64814769 animals Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080514-polar-bears.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080514-polar-bears_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>The bears, which rely on Arctic sea ice, are now protected under the Endangered Species Act, but officials emphasize that the decision will not be used to determine U.S. climate policy.</p> </td> </tr></table>