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Pandas at San Diego Zoo successfully mate
Apr 9 2005 10:06PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The two giant pandas at the city's zoo retired to their favorite spot under a few bushes and mated over the past two days _ the only successful natural insemination of a panda this year in the United States, officials said Saturday.
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Test tube gorilla not bonding with newborn
Apr 9 2005 8:47PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The world's first test tube gorilla is not bonding with her new daughter, zoo officials said Saturday. Timu, a 9-year-old Western lowland gorilla, took care of her newborn for a few hours after Friday's birth, but then lost interest, said Dr. Lee Simmons, director of the Henry Doorly Zoo.
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Drug-resistant bacteria persist in chicken
Apr 9 2005 7:26PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Antibiotic-resistant bacteria continued to be found in chickens bought at area supermarkets a year after two large poultry producers stopped using an antibiotic blamed for creating the resistant strains, Johns Hopkins researchers report.
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Los Alamos scientists form think tank
Apr 9 2005 6:17PM (CT)
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) - A group of scientists in Los Alamos has formed a think tank in hopes of contributing to national arms control policy.
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Floridians get only a peek at eclipse
Apr 9 2005 6:11PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Despite intermittent rain, skywatchers here got a peek of what looked like the moon taking a bite out of the sun _ a phenomenon that will not be visible again in the continental United States for seven years.
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Ariz. to use sheep, insects against weeds
Apr 9 2005 6:09PM (CT)
WILLIAMS, Ariz. (AP) - Three of Arizona's national forests will soon be providing a smorgasbord for weevils, flies, moths, beetles and sheep. The critters are expected to be sent in as early as this summer to munch on dangerous and invasive weeds that are harming endangered and threatened native plants and wildlife.
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Jane Goodall defends exotic deer in Calif.
Apr 9 2005 5:48PM (CT)
POINT REYES STATION, Calif. (AP) - Jane Goodall, best known for studying primates in Africa, now wants to save exotic deer in Point Reyes National Seashore.
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Scientists create remote-controlled flies
Apr 9 2005 4:59PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Yale University researchers say their study that used lasers to create remote-controlled fruit flies could lead to a better understanding of overeating and violence in humans.
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