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Biologists, amateurs search for woodpecker
Mar 6 2006 11:37PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Biologists and amateurs toting some of the fanciest gear in Congaree National Park are trying to find the rarest of woodpeckers among some of the nation's tallest and oldest trees.
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Scientists say sun's next cycle stronger
Mar 6 2006 11:17PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A new computer model suggests the next solar cycle will be more active than the previous one, potentially spawning magnetic storms that will be more disruptive to communication systems on Earth.
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Researchers identify extinction hotspots
Mar 6 2006 10:15PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - From frigid northern Canada and Alaska to tropical Asian islands, lands where wildlife seems safe today may pose some of the greatest extinction dangers in the future.
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River algae prompts concern for Ark. trout
Mar 6 2006 10:02PM (CT)
BULL SHOALS, Ark. (AP) - Waterway experts say an invasive algae is spreading in Arkansas, and the growth is thriving in one of the state's top trout fishing waterways.
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Fewer bees, resulting fees hurt farmers
Mar 6 2006 9:39PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - With all the sophisticated technology farmers use, little honeybees remain crucial, pollinating billions of dollars of fruit, vegetable and nut crops each year.
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Report: Naples should study Vesuvius blast
Mar 6 2006 9:10PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Bronze-age farmers escaping a massive volcanic eruption abandoned their homes in and around what is today the Italian city of Naples, leaving food and cooking implements on their tables as they fled.
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Mice are key tool in quest for new drugs
Mar 6 2006 2:53PM (CT)
BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) - When it comes to the price of mice, you pay more for defects. A mouse with arthritis runs close to $200; two pairs of epileptic mice can cost 10 times that. You want three blind mice? That'll run you about $250. And for your own custom mouse, with the genetic modification of your choosing, expect to pay as much as $100,000.
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Correction: March 1 Mouse Ranching story
Mar 6 2006 2:52PM (CT)
BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) - In a March 1 story about breeding laboratory mice for scientific research, The Associated Press erroneously reported the first name of the director of the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine. His name is Rick Woychik, not Roy. The corrected version of this story appears below.
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