Much of Madagascar's flora and fauna, including its famous lemurs, are unique to the island.
The hope now is to learn more about the fauna during this period and attract further research.
Some, though not all, of the more exotic fauna in Brazil's political jungle seem headed for extinction.
Rather, the unit would bob in gentler waterways, taking advantage of views of marine flora and fauna.
You'll be hot on the trail of tropical flora and fauna on an included half-day cloud forest safari.
The area is rich in plant and animal life with over 38 threatened species of flora and fauna.
The 86-lot sale includes an exotic range of legendary beasts, petrified woods, fossilized fauna, translucent crystals and sculpture-like shells.
Destructive fishing methods have been used on the rich fauna of seamounts for several years now, including bottom trawling.
The Trust says Trantershill Wood, in the Slad Valley, is an ancient woodland abundant in native flora and fauna.
But it would help fish, and other marine fauna, breathe a bit easier.
Modern-day Maya still live in the region, and stopping to chat about the local flora and fauna is always a welcome break.
The area falls within an SSSI for its fauna and flora and was monitored by the Countryside Council for Wales.
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What will that mean for the salmon, the whales and the rest of Sakhalin's beautiful but fragile flora and fauna?
The best place for guaranteed sighting of a great range of the Top End's fauna is the excellent Territory Wildlife Park, outside Darwin.
The characteristic Palaeocene fauna seems to have come and gone with the ancestors of modern mammals still skulking unchanged in their burrows.
The show ended with a flora and fauna theme with the angels wearing lingerie embellished with oversized flowers like poppy and orchids.
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As at many shows during New York Fashion Week, Galliano included color blocking with heavy felts and printed fauna and flora.
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One reason that certain foods carry so much local meaning is that they capture something essential about a region's flora and fauna.
We traversed the top of a crumbled aqueduct for a few hundred yards, then reached steep rocks devoid of flora or fauna.
While passengers merrily slurped their cones and ice cream sandwiches, Captain Max Perkins discussed local fauna and, just as knowledgably, local politics.
One of the traits which allowed dinosaurs to dominate the fauna of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods was that they grew rapidly.
For years, ecologists have given warning that the development of Kazakhstan's oil deposits in the Caspian threatens the sea's flora and fauna.
Despite threats to the ecosystem caused by drought and human activities, it is home to a remarkable variety of flora and fauna.
Their knowledge about the local flora and fauna is extensive and in-depth.
The natural setting, on the eastern slopes of the Andes, encompasses the upper Amazon basin with its rich diversity of flora and fauna.
"Our biological surveys have shown there is likely to be a long-term impact on the flora and fauna of the river, " Mr Robinson said.
The countries who now adhere to the treaty undertake not to pursue territorial claims in Antarctica and to protect the continent's flora and fauna.
Stoecklein effectively takes the reader on a tour of the Ranch, capturing flora, fauna, and landscapes from the shore to the interior mountain ranges.
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Lower river levels would disrupt the habitats of flora and fauna there, and impact the lives of river dwelling tribes, according to government studies.
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It is the first time Lebanon has faced an environmental catastrophe on such a large scale, with marine fauna and flora also badly affected.
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