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Smithsonian breeds endangered species
July 24, 2014 - Front Royal, Virginia, United States: Paul Marinari, the senior curator of animal operations at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, holds new born black-footed ferrets, July 24, 2014. The black-footed ferret is one of the most endangered animals in the world. Once inhabiting the grasslands of the western Great Plains, the black-footed ferret declined with the loss of the North American prairie ecosystem.
The black-footed ferret breeding program depends on computerized matchmaking, ensuring that the most genetically appropriate individuals are mated together. This genetic management occurs through a Species Survival Plan, a group of zoos and conservation organizations working together to save the species. From those original 18 animals, approximately 250 ferrets reside in breeding facilities and about 800 animals are now in the wild. (Evelyn Hockstein/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Smithsonian breeds endangered species
July 24, 2014 - Front Royal, Virginia, United States: Paul Marinari, the senior curator of animal operations at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, holds new born black-footed ferrets, July 24, 2014. The black-footed ferret is one of the most endangered animals in the world. Once inhabiting the grasslands of the western Great Plains, the black-footed ferret declined with the loss of the North American prairie ecosystem.
The black-footed ferret breeding program depends on computerized matchmaking, ensuring that the most genetically appropriate individuals are mated together. This genetic management occurs through a Species Survival Plan, a group of zoos and conservation organizations working together to save the species. From those original 18 animals, approximately 250 ferrets reside in breeding facilities and about 800 animals are now in the wild. (Evelyn Hockstein/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Smithsonian breeds endangered species
July 24, 2014 - Front Royal, Virginia, United States: Dr Adrienne Croiser, a cheetah biologist and Casey Bata (left) feed the cheetahs at the Cheetah Science Facility at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. A high priority is maintaining and increasing genetic diversity in small populations to avoid inbreeding, which causes poor fertility and increased disease susceptibility. Scientists work closely with zoos worldwide to develop assisted reproduction techniques, including artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, embryo transfer and cryopreservation (freezing) of sperm and embryos. (Evelyn Hockstein/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Smithsonian breeds endangered species
July 24, 2014 - Front Royal, Virginia, United States: Paul Marinari, the senior curator of animal operations at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, holds new born black-footed ferrets, July 24, 2014. The black-footed ferret is one of the most endangered animals in the world. Once inhabiting the grasslands of the western Great Plains, the black-footed ferret declined with the loss of the North American prairie ecosystem.
The black-footed ferret breeding program depends on computerized matchmaking, ensuring that the most genetically appropriate individuals are mated together. This genetic management occurs through a Species Survival Plan, a group of zoos and conservation organizations working together to save the species. From those original 18 animals, approximately 250 ferrets reside in breeding facilities and about 800 animals are now in the wild. (Evelyn Hockstein/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Smithsonian breeds endangered species
July 24, 2014 - Front Royal, Virginia, United States: Paul Marinari, the senior curator of animal operations at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, holds new born black-footed ferrets, July 24, 2014. The black-footed ferret is one of the most endangered animals in the world. Once inhabiting the grasslands of the western Great Plains, the black-footed ferret declined with the loss of the North American prairie ecosystem.
The black-footed ferret breeding program depends on computerized matchmaking, ensuring that the most genetically appropriate individuals are mated together. This genetic management occurs through a Species Survival Plan, a group of zoos and conservation organizations working together to save the species. From those original 18 animals, approximately 250 ferrets reside in breeding facilities and about 800 animals are now in the wild. (Evelyn Hockstein/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Smithsonian breeds endangered species
July 24, 2014 - Front Royal, Virginia, United States: Casey Bata feeds a tray of meat to the cheetahs at the Cheetah Science Facility at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. A high priority is maintaining and increasing genetic diversity in small populations to avoid inbreeding, which causes poor fertility and increased disease susceptibility. Scientists work closely with zoos worldwide to develop assisted reproduction techniques, including artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, embryo transfer and cryopreservation (freezing) of sperm and embryos. (Evelyn Hockstein/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Smithsonian breeds endangered species
July 24, 2014 - Front Royal, Virginia, United States: The quarantine area for black-footed ferrets at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. The black-footed ferret is one of the most endangered animals in the world. Once inhabiting the grasslands of the western Great Plains, the black-footed ferret declined with the loss of the North American prairie ecosystem.
The black-footed ferret breeding program depends on computerized matchmaking, ensuring that the most genetically appropriate individuals are mated together. This genetic management occurs through a Species Survival Plan, a group of zoos and conservation organizations working together to save the species. From those original 18 animals, approximately 250 ferrets reside in breeding facilities and about 800 animals are now in the wild. (Evelyn Hockstein/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Smithsonian breeds endangered species
July 24, 2014 - Front Royal, Virginia, United States: Cheetahs feed at the Cheetah Science Facility at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. A high priority is maintaining and increasing genetic diversity in small populations to avoid inbreeding, which causes poor fertility and increased disease susceptibility. Scientists work closely with zoos worldwide to develop assisted reproduction techniques, including artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, embryo transfer and cryopreservation (freezing) of sperm and embryos. (Evelyn Hockstein/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Smithsonian breeds endangered species
July 24, 2014 - Front Royal, Virginia, United States: A young cheetah who was born at the Cheetah Science Facility at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. A high priority is maintaining and increasing genetic diversity in small populations to avoid inbreeding, which causes poor fertility and increased disease susceptibility. Scientists work closely with zoos worldwide to develop assisted reproduction techniques, including artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, embryo transfer and cryopreservation (freezing) of sperm and embryos. (Evelyn Hockstein/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Smithsonian breeds endangered species
July 24, 2014 - Front Royal, Virginia, United States: Research scientist, Budhan Pukazhenthi, opens a tank containing frozen animal sperm, at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. The National Zoo maintains a valuable living repository of specimens from rare and endangered species in the Genome Resource Bank to support efforts in biodiversity and species conservation.(Evelyn Hockstein/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Smithsonian breeds endangered species
July 24, 2014 - Front Royal, Virginia, United States: The Scimitar-Horned Oryx at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. The National Zoo¿s Reproduction and Reintroduction of Desert Antelope project uses recent advances in the reproductive sciences to enhance the genetic management of antelope, and to reintroduce herds of these rare species to their native Sahelo-Saharan range in North Africa.(Evelyn Hockstein/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Smithsonian breeds endangered species
July 24, 2014 - Front Royal, Virginia, United States: The Scimitar-Horned Oryx at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. The National Zoo¿s Reproduction and Reintroduction of Desert Antelope project uses recent advances in the reproductive sciences to enhance the genetic management of antelope, and to reintroduce herds of these rare species to their native Sahelo-Saharan range in North Africa.(Evelyn Hockstein/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Smithsonian breeds endangered species
July 24, 2014 - Front Royal, Virginia, United States: Seven newborn black-footed ferrets at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. The black-footed ferret is one of the most endangered animals in the world. Once inhabiting the grasslands of the western Great Plains, the black-footed ferret declined with the loss of the North American prairie ecosystem.
The black-footed ferret breeding program depends on computerized matchmaking, ensuring that the most genetically appropriate individuals are mated together. This genetic management occurs through a Species Survival Plan, a group of zoos and conservation organizations working together to save the species. From those original 18 animals, approximately 250 ferrets reside in breeding facilities and about 800 animals are now in the wild. (Evelyn Hockstein/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Smithsonian breeds endangered species
July 24, 2014 - Front Royal, Virginia, United States: Przewalski horses feed at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. The horses were considered extinct in the wild until 2008, when the World Conservation Union reclassified them as critically endangered. Scientists at the Zoo are working to increase the genetic diversity of Przewalski's horses. (Evelyn Hockstein/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Smithsonian breeds endangered species
July 24, 2014 - Front Royal, Virginia, United States: Seven newborn black-footed ferrets at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. The black-footed ferret is one of the most endangered animals in the world. Once inhabiting the grasslands of the western Great Plains, the black-footed ferret declined with the loss of the North American prairie ecosystem.
The black-footed ferret breeding program depends on computerized matchmaking, ensuring that the most genetically appropriate individuals are mated together. This genetic management occurs through a Species Survival Plan, a group of zoos and conservation organizations working together to save the species. From those original 18 animals, approximately 250 ferrets reside in breeding facilities and about 800 animals are now in the wild. (Evelyn Hockstein/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Smithsonian breeds endangered species
July 24, 2014 - Front Royal, Virginia, United States: Paul Marinari, the senior curator of animal operations at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, holds new born black-footed ferrets, July 24, 2014. The black-footed ferret is one of the most endangered animals in the world. Once inhabiting the grasslands of the western Great Plains, the black-footed ferret declined with the loss of the North American prairie ecosystem.
The black-footed ferret breeding program depends on computerized matchmaking, ensuring that the most genetically appropriate individuals are mated together. This genetic management occurs through a Species Survival Plan, a group of zoos and conservation organizations working together to save the species. From those original 18 animals, approximately 250 ferrets reside in breeding facilities and about 800 animals are now in the wild. (Evelyn Hockstein/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Smithsonian breeds endangered species
July 24, 2014 - Front Royal, Virginia, United States: Black-footed ferrets peek out of their enclosure at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, in Front Royal, VA, July 24, 2014. The black-footed ferret is one of the most endangered animals in the world. Once inhabiting the grasslands of the western Great Plains, the black-footed ferret declined with the loss of the North American prairie ecosystem. The black-footed ferret breeding program depends on computerized matchmaking, ensuring that the most genetically appropriate individuals are mated together. This genetic management occurs through a Species Survival Plan, a group of zoos and conservation organizations working together to save the species. From those original 18 animals, approximately 250 ferrets reside in breeding facilities and about 800 animals are now in the wild. (Evelyn Hockstein/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Sperm whale carcass washed up on Portobello beach, Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain - 11 Jan 2014
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alistair Linford/REX (3497470l)
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Sperm whale carcass washed up on Portobello beach, Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain
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Sperm whale carcass washed up on Portobello beach, Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain - 11 Jan 2014
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alistair Linford/REX (3497470g)
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Sperm whale carcass washed up on Portobello beach, Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain
- 11 Jan 2014
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Sperm whale carcass washed up on Portobello beach, Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain - 11 Jan 2014
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alistair Linford/REX (3497470j)
Sperm whale carcass
Sperm whale carcass washed up on Portobello beach, Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain
- 11 Jan 2014
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Sperm whale carcass washed up on Portobello beach, Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain - 11 Jan 2014
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alistair Linford/REX (3497470f)
Sperm whale carcass
Sperm whale carcass washed up on Portobello beach, Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain
- 11 Jan 2014
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Sperm whale carcass washed up on Portobello beach, Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain - 11 Jan 2014
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alistair Linford/REX (3497470a)
Sperm whale carcass
Sperm whale carcass washed up on Portobello beach, Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain
- 11 Jan 2014
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Images created from spent matches, smoke and fire, Ekaterinburg, Russia - 05 Dec 2012
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Stanislav Aristov / Rex Features (2014093j)
Sperm travelling to the egg made from spent matches, smoke and fire.
Hot Stuff: Art That's Literally On Fire
Some bright spark has set the art world alight and created these amazing images using spent matches and fire.
Stanislav Aristov, 30, makes the miniature sculptures by bending the matches into the desired shape while they are burning and then using a macro lens and studio flash he shoots the fire, matches and smoke.
Highlights include seasonal sculptures of a brightly lit Christmas tree and a burning star.
As well as a host of fiery animals including a matchstick dragonfly, a glowing butterfly and a tail-blazing lizard made out of the charred remains of matches.
The artist from Yekaterinburg in Russia said: "I came across this type of art by accident.
"I was playing with a pack of matches while I was deciding what to photograph for a competition.
"It was while I was watching the match that I began to think of how it represents life.
"There is the burnt part representing the past, the smoke of memories left and the untouched part of the match the future.
"The fire is the life. Matches of course are quite normal objects but it turned out they can be presented in very unusual ways."
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For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/CEWWXDTUW (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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New Royal Mail stamps released to highlight the UK mammal population's struggle for survival, Britain - Apr 2010
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New Royal Mail stamps released to highlight the UK mammal population's struggle for survival, Britain - Apr 2010
UK MAMMALS GET STAMP OF APPROVAL
Wildcats, whales and water voles are all stars of a new set of Royal Mail stamps aimed at highlighting the UK mammal population's struggle for survival.
Dormice, bats, otters and polecats all also appear on the ten 1st Class stamps that have been released to celebrate the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB) in 2010.
The new collection, entitled 'Mammals', is the fourth in Royal Mail's Action For Species series, which has previously featured birds, insects and plants.
The UK and its coastline is home to more than 60 species of mammals, and while many are thriving others have seen their populations decline.
Even the seemingly prevalent hedgehog has been harmed due to loss of habitat from more intensively managed farmland, pollution and growth in roads and housing.
Dr Robert Bloomfield, UK co-ordinator of the IYB, said: "These stamps illustrate that even some of the most loved UK species, which we consider common or familiar, are under threat".
Royal Mail head of special stamps, Julietta Edgar, said the images were designed to deliver "an important conservation message through millions of letter boxes".
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Royal Mail / Solent / Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ENBZDIOCG (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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MARINE WILDLIFE
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Christopher Swann / SplashdownDirect / Rex Features ( 842636a )
Sperm whale (physeter macrocephalus) . A sperm whale tail. Eastern Caribbean
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