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Professor says Mo. should protect caves
Mar 7 2007 7:12PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Save the caves? A Washington University professor in St. Louis warned Wednesday that Missouri, often called the Cave State, is losing too many of its caves to development. "A lot of caves have been filled in, or entrances blocked, or bulldozed over," said Earth and Planetary Sciences Professor Robert Criss. "As we develop, I just wish we'd give a little more thought to what we're doing to the natural world."
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Rare vulture to be flown to Mongolia
Mar 7 2007 6:34PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - The next time you take a Thai Airways flight to China, a passenger with a wingspan of 9.2 feet and a taste for rotting carcasses may also be on board. The country's national carrier announced Wednesday that it will transport a juvenile cinereous vulture to Beijing on March 21 to help return the rare bird to its natural environment in Mongolia.
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Rare vulture to be flown to Mongolia
Mar 7 2007 6:34PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - The next time you take a Thai Airways flight to China, a passenger with a wingspan of 9.2 feet and a taste for rotting carcasses may also be on board. The country's national carrier announced Wednesday that it will transport a juvenile cinereous vulture to Beijing on March 21 to help return the rare bird to its natural environment in Mongolia.
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Rare vulture to be flown to Mongolia
Mar 7 2007 6:34PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - The next time you take a Thai Airways flight to China, a passenger with a wingspan of 9.2 feet and a taste for rotting carcasses may also be on board. The country's national carrier announced Wednesday that it will transport a juvenile cinereous vulture to Beijing on March 21 to help return the rare bird to its natural environment in Mongolia.
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Live on the Internet: Eagle protects egg
Mar 7 2007 6:29PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Blustery winds and frigid temperatures couldn't shake the maternal instincts of a bald eagle caught on a 24-hour camera while protecting her newly laid egg in a nest perched 70 feet above the Down East coast. For the second year in a row, images from the camera mounted on another pine tree 45 feet away are allowing online viewers worldwide to peek in on the eagle's soon-to-be growing family by logging onto http://www.briloon.org.
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Scientists study Earth's missing crust
Mar 7 2007 6:29PM (CT)
SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Canary Islands (AP) - British scientists have embarked on a mission to study a huge area on the Atlantic seabed where the Earth's crust is mysteriously missing and instead is covered with dark green rock from deep inside the planet.
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Wetland bird rediscovered in Thailand
Mar 7 2007 6:29PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A wetland bird that eluded scientists for nearly 130 years has been rediscovered at a wastewater treatment plant in Thailand, Birdlife International announced Wednesday.
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Wetland bird rediscovered in Thailand
Mar 7 2007 6:29PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A wetland bird that eluded scientists for nearly 130 years has been rediscovered at a wastewater treatment plant in Thailand, Birdlife International announced Wednesday.
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Wetland bird rediscovered in Thailand
Mar 7 2007 6:29PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A wetland bird that eluded scientists for nearly 130 years has been rediscovered at a wastewater treatment plant in Thailand, Birdlife International announced Wednesday.
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Wetland bird rediscovered in Thailand
Mar 7 2007 6:29PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A wetland bird that eluded scientists for nearly 130 years has been rediscovered at a wastewater treatment plant in Thailand, Birdlife International announced Wednesday.
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Lawmakers tout Great Lakes cleanup plan
Mar 7 2007 6:25PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A massive cleanup plan to restore the Great Lakes for future generations needs to be a priority in Congress this year, lawmakers and environmental activists said Wednesday. Members of Congress representing Great Lakes states outlined a $20 billion plan to improve water quality, restore fish and wildlife around the lakes and guard against invasive species that could inflict economic pain on the region.
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