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Bald eagle hatches on Santa Cruz Island
Apr 13 2006 9:53PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - For the first time in more than 50 years, a pair of bald eagles hatched a chick on Santa Cruz Island, wildlife biologists said Thursday.
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Scientists release new Venus images
Apr 13 2006 9:48PM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - European scientists released new photos of Venus' south pole Thursday, revealing a swirling mass of sulfuric acid clouds powered by 220 mph winds.
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Ore. commision OKs plan to control cougars
Apr 13 2006 9:48PM (CT)
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon wildlife officials are going to start hunting more cougars _ at least in areas where high densities of the big cats threaten people and livestock.
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Fla. island town overrun with iguanas
Apr 13 2006 8:19PM (CT)
BOCA GRANDE, Fla. (AP) - Death and taxes may be life's only certainties, but for folks in this upscale island town, add iguanas. And another tax.
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Toxic algae poisoning Los Angeles pelicans
Apr 13 2006 8:19PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Pelicans are falling ill and dying from the same toxic algae bloom that is sickening sea lions and making shellfish unsafe for human consumption, wildlife rescuers said.
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Habitat for the red-legged frog reduced
Apr 13 2006 8:18PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced on Thursday that it reduced its protected habitat designation for the California red-legged frog to about 450,000 acres _ down 40 percent from its previous proposal and a number environmentalists decried as far too low.
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2 reach deal in Harvard science data theft
Apr 13 2006 7:36PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Two researchers admitted on Thursday that they took scientific material from a Harvard University lab without permission and transported it to a new research job one of them had accepted in Texas.
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Hawaii crews vacuum up invasive algae
Apr 13 2006 6:09PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Marine researchers in Hawaii discovered a new way to clean ocean water from invasive algae _ sucking them up with an underwater vacuum.
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