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Philadelphia ecologist receives top Mongolia honor
PHILADELPHIA The land of legendary warrior Ghengis Khan has bestowed its Friendship Medal on a veteran scientist whose climate-change studies have contributed to the growing understanding of global warming.... Dr. Clyde Goulden, Director of The Academy of Natural Sciences Institute for Mongolian Biodiversity and Ecological Studies, received Mongolias highest honor for foreigners who have made o...
Bird samples from Mongolia confirmed as H5N1 avian flu
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has positively identified the pathogenic form of avian flu--H5N1--in samples taken from birds last week in Mongolia by field veterinarians from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). It is the first instance of this viral strain occurring in wild migratory birds with no apparent contact to domestic poultry or waterfowl. ... ...Present in Mongo...