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Gov't extends comment period on bear plan
Feb 15 2006 11:37PM (CT)
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (AP) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Wednesday that it will give the public more time to comment on the agency's proposal to lift special protections for grizzly bears around Yellowstone National Park.
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Tangled whale freed off Hawaiian island
Feb 15 2006 9:53PM (CT)
LANAI CITY, Hawaii (AP) - A 40-foot humpback whale wiggled off into the deep without a look back after ocean researchers and volunteers freed it from a tangle of abandoned fishing lines and other debris, possibly saving its life.
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EPA lifts gas requirements for states
Feb 15 2006 7:56PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - States no longer will have to add corn-based ethanol or MTBE to gasoline to fight pollution _ a requirement that costs as much as 8 cents a gallon _ under rules announced Wednesday by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Official: Irrawaddy dolphins may disappear
Feb 15 2006 6:48PM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Cambodia's population of Irrawaddy dolphins could vanish within a decade unless strict enforcement is undertaken to protect the endangered species, a conservation official warned Wednesday.
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Alaska ordinance to prevent eagle feeding
Feb 15 2006 6:46PM (CT)
HOMER, Alaska (AP) - Hundreds of bald eagles that gather at the Homer spit each winter for handouts won't be so lucky now that the city council has passed an ordinance barring the feeding of eagles.
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Fla. sees record manatee deaths in Jan.
Feb 15 2006 6:23PM (CT)
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) - Manatee deaths jumped by a third in January compared with the same month last year, but exactly what killed half the animals remains unknown, state wildlife officials said.
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Scientists may have found new fish species
Feb 15 2006 5:17PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Scientists have discovered what they believe is a new fish species and at least 20 types of previously unknown seaweeds during a recent expedition to one of the Caribbean's most diverse marine areas _ a coral-covered underwater mountain off the Dutch island of Saba.
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Brazil's president creates forest reserves
Feb 15 2006 9:47AM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has created two new national parks in the Amazon rain forest and expanded another to protect an environmentally sensitive region where the government plans a major highway project.
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Scientists studying Saturn lightning storm
Feb 15 2006 9:47AM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Researchers are tracking a gigantic storm on Saturn that is unleashing lightning bolts more than 1,000 times stronger than those found on Earth.
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Parents, students fine with math, science
Feb 15 2006 4:10AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Science and math have zoomed to the top of the nation's education agenda. Yet Amanda Cook, a parent of two school-age girls, can't quite see the urgency.
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