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Expert blames dog disease for Wolf decline
Jan 5 2006 9:10PM (CT)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Most of the gray wolf pups born in Yellowstone National Park last year have died, a federal wolf expert says, and he believes a dog disease _ parvo virus _ may be behind the dramatic loss.
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U.S. tsunami alert system streamlined
Jan 5 2006 6:54PM (CT)
PALMER, Alaska (AP) - When word of a big earthquake comes in the middle of the night, geophysicist Bruce Turner takes five minutes to fumble for his beeper, throw on a coat, scrape the ice off his windshield, drive a mile to work and transmit a tsunami alert.
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Fla. manatee deaths jump 30 pct. in 2005
Jan 5 2006 6:53PM (CT)
ORANGE CITY, Fla. (AP) - Sweet Gum was fatally injured by a racing boater. Her calf, Rachel, was also killed by a boat near Lake Monroe, and so was her granddaughter, Ruby.
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Study lends support to opponents of logging
Jan 5 2006 6:51PM (CT)
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - New research indicates that forests don't need to be replanted after wildfires and that cutting the burned trees for timber increases the short-term danger of new fires.
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Aquarium opens invasive species exhibit
Jan 5 2006 6:50PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The huge Asian carp are real, the gape-mouthed round gobies are real, but organizers of a new exhibit that opened Thursday at the Shedd Aquarium decided not to mess with real zebra mussels _ they're just replicas.
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Conservationists sue over Nev. butterfly
Jan 5 2006 6:49PM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Conservationists filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday, seeking federal protections for a rare Nevada butterfly against off-road vehicles at one of the largest sand dunes in the West.
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Study: Boaters damaging seagrass in Fla.
Jan 5 2006 6:44PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Negligent and inexperienced boaters are damaging fragile seagrass in the shallow Florida Bay, destroying habitat crucial to the state's fishing industry, a conservation advocacy group said Thursday.
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Researchers explore timber aroma 'tags'
Jan 5 2006 10:45AM (CT)
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - Timber researchers hope to create wood sniffers that could track lumber from forest to front-room furniture the way bloodhounds track criminals _ by their scent.
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Ancient village discovery raises questions
Jan 5 2006 10:45AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Discovery of an ancient village just outside Jerusalem has brought into question one of the strongest images of biblical times _ the wholesale flight of Jews running for their lives after the Roman destruction of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem in 70 A.D.
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