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Vultures Battle for Survival in Pakistan Video October 2, 2007—White-backed vultures—once plentiful in India and Pakistan—have become critically endangered. Now environmentalists are urging a ban on a common veterinary drug that may be poisoning the birds.Welcome to the National Geographic video player.Video Sections

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- "Cruel" Seal Fur to Be Banned? - July 24, 2008—The European Union proposes banning products from seals killed in a "cruel" way. The move targets Canada, where harp seals are killed with rifles, spiked clubs, and other weapons. Warning: video contains graphic imagery.
- "Lawn Mower" Dinosaur Debuts - November 15, 2007—Lawn mower to the ferns of Africa, the 500-toothed Nigersaurus was unlike any other. A reconstruction goes on display today at National Geographic in Washington.
- "Robo-Fish" Flap Plastic Fins - March 17, 2008—Electricity stimulates artificial "muscle" in new robotic fish. "When you excite them with electricity they change size...they look alive, " says one scientist.
- "Star" Tiger Cub Debuts - August 6, 2008—Named for the star Antares, a rare Siberian tiger cub made his debut at a Berlin zoo. Siberians are listed as critically endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
- "Ugliest Dolphin" Finally Filmed - August 4, 2008—Identified as a new species only in 2005, the bulbous-headed snub fin dolphin—called the world's ugliest—had never been filmed until now, according to an Australian TV production.
- "Unicorn" Roams Italy Park - June 12, 2008—A deer nicknamed "Unicorn" that has a single antler in the center of its head is drawing attention to a Tuscan nature reserve.
- "Vick" Dogs in Rehab - January 28, 2008 —Some of the dogs confiscated during a police raid on property owned by NFL quarterback Michael Vick have been placed in a new home in Utah, where they are undergoing rehabilitation.
- 'Annoying' Bird Mimics Sirens - July 14, 2008—Having mastered some of the world's most grating sounds—sirens, cell phone ringtones—a blackbird is irritating Britons with its powers of mimicry.
- 'Mutant' Mosquitoes Created - June 20, 2008— U.K. scientists are genetically modifying mosquitoes to be resistant to malaria, which kills millions annually. But some experts fear these supermosquitoes would upset the ecosystem.
- 125,000 Gorillas "Found" - August 5, 2008—A new census conducted in the Republic of the Congo suggests that there are about twice as many western lowland gorillas in the world than previously thought.
- Abused Elephants Saved - March 26, 2008—A nature park in Thailand is dedicated to saving troubled elephants from abusive situations.
- Alaskans Choose Mine Over Fish - August 27, 2008—Alaskans voted down protections that would have stopped the huge proposed Pebble Creek mine, which may boost the area economy but could harm economically important fisheries.
- Albatross Fall for Fish Bait - December 19, 2007—The magnificent, poet-inspiring sea bird is under serious threat, and fishhooks are a key problem. Conservationists say 17 of the 24 albatross species face extinction.
- Albino Alligators Stolen - January 7, 2008—Seven rare albino alligators recently disappeared from a Brazilian zoo. Authorities suspect smugglers stole the reptiles, which are valued at more than $9,000 each.
- Amateur Bullfighters Injured - January 22, 2008—An annual bullfighting festival in Colombia brings daredevils from the stands, right into the bullring.
- Amazon Dolphins - November 28, 2007—South American river dolphins are doing pretty well compared to some river dolphins in Asia. But boat traffic, fishing, and logging are still a threat.
- Ancient Cat in Today's Egypt - December 6, 2007—Egyptian Maus may descend from the first domesticated cats in the world. One woman is working to help save them.
- Ancient Croc Unveiled - February 1, 2008—An 80-million-year-old fossil found in Brazil could be a "missing link" between prehistoric and modern-day crocodiles, experts say.
- Annual Donkey Race in Italy - April 1, 2008—In the small hilltop town of Torrita di Siena, they race a horse of a different color.
- Anti-Whaling Activists Released - January 18, 2008—Two anti-whaling activists were returned to their ship in Antarctic waters Friday after a tense standoff with Japanese whalers.
- Aussie Platypuses Suffer Illness - July 1, 2008—Australian scientists are conducting field studies to track a fungal infection that has been killing Tasmanian platypuses for more than 25 years.
- Aussie Vet Saves "Hooked" Shark - July 17, 2008—An Australian veterinarian recently risked injury to save an endangered grey nurse shark by sticking his arm down the shark's throat and dislodging a steel hook.
- Australia Sharks in Danger - May 22, 2008—Sharks and other creatures in the Coral Sea are vulnerable to human activities and could be wiped out if the area isn't protected, conservationists warn.
- Baby Penguins Washing Up in Brazil - August 5, 2008—Hundreds of dead baby Magellanic penguins are washing ashore on Brazilian beaches, puzzling scientists.
- Baby Polar Bear Makes Debut - April 9, 2008—An eager public got its first glimpse of Flocke, the four-month-old polar bear that was rejected by her mother in January in Germany's Nürnberg Zoo.
- Baby Whale Sees Boat as Mother? - August 18, 2008—An apparently injured humpback whale calf in waters near Sydney, Australia, is behaving with a yacht in ways the whale would normally behave with its mother.
- Baby Whale to Be Euthanized - August 21, 2008—A starving humpback whale calf—apparently orphaned and trying to suckle yachts near Sydney, Australia, for the past several days—will likely be euthanized, according to scientists.
- Balding Penguin Gets Wetsuit - April 25, 2008—An aging penguin losing his feathers has shown improvement after being outfitted with a specially designed wetsuit at a California science center.
- Bats Saved in Spare Bedroom - October 31, 2007—A bat-loving English couple has turned their spare bedroom into a bat hospital. The United Kingdom protects all of its 17 bat species.
- Beagle Wins Westminster - February 13, 2008—For the first time ever, a beagle has won Best in Show at the Westminster Dog Show.
- Bears Rescued From Bile Farms - April 10, 2008—Vietnam opened its first bear rescue center to house animals freed from illegal bile farms. Bile from Asiatic bears purportedly cures illnesses in humans.
- Bee Theft on Rise - March 28, 2008—As honeybees become scarce in the United States and farmers have to hire beekeepers to import bees to their orchards and farms, theft of the beehives is stinging everyone involved.
- Belugas Troubled by Tourism? - July 31, 2008—With a reported repertoire of 32 sounds, belugas are called canaries of the sea. But in Russia some conservationists warn that the white whales may be too enticing for their own good.
- Biggest Chicken Egg Ever? - August 4, 2008—A Cuban family claims their hen has laid the largest chicken egg ever recorded in the world.
- Biggest Trout Fished in Asia - November 13, 2007—Fishing the world's largest trout, Mongolia's taimen, is encouraged—to help save it.
- Black Swans Not Monogamous - September 26, 2007—Australia's black swans may no longer be the symbol of fidelity. The birds have long been perceived as taking one partner and forming a relationship for life.
- Boat-Suckling Whale in Danger - August 19, 2008—For the second day an orphaned humpback whale calf is trying to nurse from yachts in an Australian harbor. If the whale doesn't get milk soon, the animal could die.
- Boy Plays With Giant Python - November 28, 2007—A seven-year-old Cambodian boy and his python pal like to eat duck and chicken. Only the 15-plus-foot python eats 22 pounds of it weekly.
- Britain's Shire Horses Threatened - March 24, 2008—The shire horse, an iconic symbol of Britain and once a staple at breweries, is faced with possible extinction. Many now hope to save the breed.
- Camels Replace Sick Racehorses - October 15, 2007—With an equine flu outbreak putting many Australian racehorses out of commission, camels recently stepped in for an amateur race in Sydney.
- Canada Seal Hunt to Begin - March 27, 2008—Canada's annual seal hunt begins Friday, as activists protest the government's allowance of more killings this year over last year. Warning: graphic imagery
- Cat Gets Acupuncture - December 3, 2007—A veterinary clinic in Hong Kong gives pet cats acupuncture—using the traditional treatment in conjunction with standard western medical approaches, of course.
- Cat Nurses Red Panda - July 11, 2008—A tabby cat that recently gave birth has "adopted" a red panda cub into her litter. The panda, born at Amsterdam's Artis Zoo, was rejected by its mother.
- Chimp Memory Beats Humans' - May 9, 2008—Watch young chimpanzees beat Japanese college students in a short-term-memory test by a wide margin—raising questions about primate intelligence and evolution.
- Chimps Outscore Humans - December 4, 2007—Young chimps beat humans and even college students in a series of cognitive tests to measure short-term memory, Japanese scientists are reporting.
- Chimps Use Tools to Hunt Mammals - February 22, 2007—See newly observed footage of tool-making behavior that further blurs the line between humans and chimpanzees, our closest living relatives.
- China Nomads Forced to Settle Down - October 5, 2007—Along the Chinese and Kazakh border, many sheepherders are abandoning their traditional nomadic lifestyle in response to desertification and economic pressures.
- China Pandas Evacuated - June 25, 2008—Landslide threats in quake-destabilized Chinese mountains forced the evacuation of giant pandas to temporary shelters.
- China Pandas' Bamboo Dwindling - June 16, 2008—Landslides following the May 12 earthquake have destroyed forests and blocked roads, leaving just a five-month bamboo supply for pandas in a Chengdu breeding center.
- Colossal Squid Eyes Are Biggest - April 30, 2008—Scientists in New Zealand say that a colossal squid caught near Antarctica last year has the biggest eyes of any known creature
- Colossal Squid Thawing - April 29, 2008—Frozen more than a year after it was caught, the largest squid on record is about to undergo a study before going on public display.
- Crickets Battle to the Death - October 4, 2007—Dozens gathered this week in Beijing to continue an ancient Chinese tradition of cricket breeding and fighting.
- Croatia's Own "Dog Whisperer" - April 11, 2008—Aggressive horses, scared pigs, and hyperactive dogs are some of the "patients" treated by Ida Brajkovic at Croatia's first center for animal psychiatry.
- Croc Gene Map Would Be First - November 9, 2007—The commercial crocodile breeder in Australia behind the genetic mapping project says similar science has helped businesses dealing in cattle, sheep, and pigs.
- Detector Dogs Gather in Spain - November 14, 2007—Spaniels and poodles sniff out explosives, drugs, bodies in rubble, and even cancer at the Detector Dogs World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
- Dinosaur Mummy's Meal Revealed - June 27, 2008—A fossilized dinosaur known as Leonardo has shed light on what Montana was like 77 million years ago—including what the duck-billed reptile ate.
- Dinosaur Up for Auction - April 15, 2008—Christie's Paris is auctioning off trilobites and meteorites this week—but the star item will be a rare Triceratops skeleton expected to fetch over $700,000 (U.S.).
- Dog Cloning Sparks Debate - July 25, 2008—A U.S. biotech company's auction fetched more than $135,000 each from four owners eager to clone their canines. Yet opponents say the technology is flawed.
- Dog Duo Sniff Out Pirated DVDs - April 24, 2008—The first dogs specially trained to detect the polycarbonate used in DVDs and CDs have helped detect nearly 2 million illegal discs, authorities say.
- Dog Eats Poison Toad - June 10, 2008—A bull Arab hound in Australia swallowed a poisonous cane toad whole, but she—and the toad—survived after the dog was given drugs to induce vomiting.
- Dog Meat Off Menu at Olympics - August 11, 2008—China has banned dog meat from being served in designated Olympic restaurants, though it is still on the menu elsewhere.
- Dogsledding Without Snow - September 3, 2008—Australia sees little snow, but that doesn't stop some enthusiasts from "dogsledding." How? Just add wheels.
- Dolphins Swim to Germany - November 16, 2007—Dolphins have always liked the warm Mediterranean. Why are some of them now swimming around the Baltic Sea and playing with boats in northern Germany?
- Drug Lord's Hippos Thriving - January 25, 2008—A herd of hippos once owned by Pablo Escobar, Colombia's famed drug lord, run free on Escobar's former estate—creating a problem for the government.
- Drug-Sniffing Dog Cloned - April 25, 2008—Officials in South Korea have high hopes for the noses of seven Labrador retrievers cloned from a star drug-sniffing canine.
- Eagle, Falcon Guard Art Center - March 5, 2008—A trained eagle and a peregrine falcon are to act as "security guards" against some troublesome cockatoos that have attacked an arts center in Melbourne, Australia.
- Eating Bats in Thai Village - July 22, 2008—Eating bats is popular among elders in at least one village in northeastern Thailand, in part because "they do wonders for your libido."
- Eating Rat at the New Year - February 4, 2008—A long tradition of rat eating—here in Vietnam—is especially relevant at this lunar New Year ringing in the Chinese zodiac's Year of the Rat.
- Echidna Sex Secrets Studied - August 11, 2008—Scientists in Tasmania, Australia, have tagged hundreds of ant-eating Echidnas to better understand their reproductive habits—and the role of the animals' unusual sex organs. Warning: video contains graphic imagery
- Electric Boost for Reefs - December 5, 2007—Electrical charges cause a chemical reaction that spurs growth in ailing coral.
- Elephant Birth Control Vaccine - June 5, 2008—A wildlife preserve in Africa has too many elephants, and they've got a surprising solution for controlling their population.
- Elephants Patrol for Elephants - August 13, 2008—In Indonesia, trained elephants are patrolling remote villages to keep wild elephants out—and out of harm's way.
- Elephants, Rhino Freed in India - March 4, 2008—Two young Asian elephants and a young greater horned rhino were released into the wild in India.
- Elusive Tree Kangaroo Helped - February 5, 2008—Saving the unusual marsupial's habitat requires cooperation from everyone—right down to the rare animals themselves, scientists in Papua New Guinea find.
- Eruption Changing Galapagos - June 6, 2008—A Galápagos volcano is spewing lava for the second week in a row—changing the geography of the chain's largest island, experts say.
- Extremely Rare Lion Baby Born - April 3, 2008—The rare Asiatic lion cub born at a Japanese zoo is one of only about 300 left in the world.
- Farm Fish Threaten Wild Fish? - January 31, 2008 —Fish farms currently provide sustainable populations of fish for eating, but fish raised in open-net farms can spread disease and parasites to wild fish.
- Fearless Mice Created in Japan - December 13, 2007—Researchers in Japan have genetically modified mice to make them unafraid of cats.
- Fin Soup Spurs Shark Decline - January 2, 2008—The delicacy is a status symbol in fast-growing China, where demand has caused a startling drop in the number of sharks in the Atlantic.
- First Lungless Frog Found - April 14, 2008—Researchers in Indonesia have discovered a rare frog species that has no lungs and instead gets all its oxygen through its skin.
- Flowers Losing Their Scents? - June 10, 2008—Air pollution may be stifling flowers' sweet smells, making it harder for bees and other pollinators to find them, say University of Virginia researchers.
- Frog-Breeding Scheme Launched - April 3, 2008—With many frog species dying off, Australian zoos are joining a global network to breed the amphibians—including tiny, striking specimens.
- Galapagos Volcano Erupts - June 2, 2008—A volcano on a Galápagos island has erupted after ten years of relative silence.
- Giant Fish Helped by Fishing? - July 15, 2008—At an artificial lake in Thailand, several of the world's largest and rarest freshwater fish lurk near anglers' baited hooks—and some conservationists couldn't be happier.
- Giant River Stingrays Found - July 22, 2008—After an exhaustive search, an explorer finds one of the elusive rays—perhaps the largest freshwater fish—near Bangkok. And then it gives birth.
- Giant Sea Spiders Found - February 19, 2008—Giant sea spiders and other species are among thousands of creatures—a quarter of them previously unknown—found in the icy depths of what some scientists call the Southern, or Antarctic, Ocean.
- Giant Squid Dissected in Public - July 21, 2008—The largest giant squid ever caught in Australian waters has been dissected, revealing several hearts and chainsaw-like teeth.
- Glow-in-the-Dark Cats Cloned - December 14, 2007—Scientists in South Korea have cloned cats that glow red when exposed to ultraviolet rays. The cats might someday help cure genetic diseases.
- Goodall Pushes EU on Animals - May 29, 2008—The famed chimpanzee researcher was in Brussels on Wednesday to urge the European Union to ban animal testing for medical and scientific research.
- Gorilla Massacre Investigation - June 24, 2008—After ten rare mountain gorillas were killed execution-style in a Congo park, Congolese authorities have arrested a senior park official in connection with the slayings.
- Gorillas Executed in Congo Park - August 1, 2007—Four rare gorillas were shot in Africa's Virunga park on July 22. Get up close with other Virunga gorillas as rangers patrol the park to prevent another tragedy.
- Gorillas Find Refuge in Uganda - October 22, 2007— A Ugandan national park is a sanctuary for some 325 mountain gorillas, about half of the critically endangered species' population.
- Green Polar Bears Draw Stares - September 9, 2008—Thanks in part to their hollow hairs, polar bears at a Japanese zoo have turned green from algae in their pond.
- Grisly Whaling Video Released - February 7, 2008—To call attention to Japanese whaling practices, the Australian government released video captured on the ocean near Antarctica. Warning: graphic imagery.
- Grisly Wildlife Trade Exposed - February 25, 2008—An activist uses a video camera to expose what many would consider a grisly illegal wildlife trade in Myanmar. Warning: graphic imagery.

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