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Chinese photograph elusive snow leopards
Feb 16 2006 11:07PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Chinese researchers have photographed elusive snow leopards using cameras installed on a remote mountain, catching the first clear sightings after a year of tracking the endangered big cats, a report said Friday.
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Greenland glaciers dumping more ice
Feb 16 2006 11:06PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Warmer temperatures over the past decade have sped up the march of Greenland's southern glaciers to the Atlantic Ocean, where the ice and water they spill contribute more to the global rise in sea levels than previously thought.
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New joint venture joins space tourism race
Feb 16 2006 9:36PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A company that has sent three space tourists into orbit has partnered with an investment firm founded by major sponsors of the Ansari X Prize to develop rocket ships for suborbital flights.
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Groups sue feds over Colorado River fish
Feb 16 2006 9:34PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Five environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the federal government Thursday, saying it has failed to protect endangered fish in the Colorado River.
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World's largest scientific society to meet
Feb 16 2006 9:28PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - If a science issue has made headlines, chances are that scientists will be talking about it as the world's largest scientific society meets in St. Louis.
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EPA launches effort to reduce emissions
Feb 16 2006 9:26PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency launched an effort Thursday to reduce emissions in a string of central states, in part through voluntary corporate changes.
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Congress leaders ask NASA for openness
Feb 16 2006 9:22PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Congressional leaders asked NASA Thursday to guarantee scientific openness at the agency following accusations that a public affairs officer changed or filtered information on global warming and the Big Bang.
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Tangled whale freed off Hawaiian island
Feb 16 2006 10:52AM (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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Wash. orcas listed as endangered species
Feb 16 2006 10:49AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Already designated a depleted species under one federal act, Washington state's killer whale population is getting more federal protection under another.
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