Finding Endangered Life on eBay
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By , on May 7th, 2012 3 comments   Conservation & Environment, Coral, Fishing, Industry & Government, Opinion & Editorial, Organisms   , , , , , ,  

eBay’s history is dotted with carcasses of endangered and vulnerable species. In 2000, the Sea Turtle Conservancy announced that a large selection of illegal hawksbill turtle shell products were available on the online auction site. “On Jan. 6, about about 50 genuine tortoise shell items were listed for sale through ebay, said Gary Appelson, advocacy . . . → Read More: Finding Endangered Life on eBay

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A Tale of Germanic Chieftains and Deep-Sea Corals
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By , on April 1st, 2011 4 comments   Biology, Coral, Ecology, Oil Spills, Organisms   , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Arminius The year is 9CE. Fourteen years later Pliny the Elder will be Pliny the Newly Born. Cai Lun will invent paper one hundred years later. In Northern Germany a storm unleashes on 30,000 Roman soldiers under the command of Publius Quinctilius Varus. Varus’s most trusted advisor, Arminius, was the son of a Germanic war . . . → Read More: A Tale of Germanic Chieftains and Deep-Sea Corals

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