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London Zoo opens new gorilla enclosure
Mar 29 2007 7:57PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Heated waterfalls and a private gym sound like amenities one would expect at a swank hotel, not the new gorilla enclosure at the London Zoo, which opened on Thursday. Zookeepers are hoping the new luxuries and the mock Gabonese rain forest clearing will encourage two of their residents, Effie and Bongo Junior, to mate.
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Shark deaths endanger scallop population
Mar 29 2007 7:15PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Overfishing of powerful sharks _ a top predator in the ocean _ may endanger bay scallops, a gourmet delicacy. With fewer sharks to devour them, skates and rays have increased sharply along the East Coast and they are gobbling up shellfish, particularly bay scallops, researchers report in Friday's issue of the journal Science.
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Space station crew takes short trip
Mar 29 2007 6:46PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The three crew members of the international space station took a brief trip outside Thursday, relocating a Russian Soyuz vehicle to make room for another spacecraft to dock next month.
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Agency to consider salamander protection
Mar 29 2007 4:15PM (CT)
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - Under court order, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed Thursday to take another look at protecting two rare salamanders that live in old-growth forests in Oregon and California.
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Many large cities at risk of rising seas
Mar 29 2007 5:13AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - More than two-thirds of the world's large cities are in areas vulnerable to global warming and rising sea levels, and millions of people are at risk of being swamped by flooding and intense storms, according to a new study released Wednesday.
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