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Detroit Zoo breeds rare Panamanian frogs
May 3 2006 6:55PM (CT)
ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) - The Detroit Zoo reports success in breeding the scarce Panamanian golden frog, threatened with extinction in the wild. Five pairs of the frogs, with distinctive black blotches, have mated and produced large numbers of eggs. Some have hatched into tadpoles.
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Global warming cited in wind shift
May 3 2006 6:51PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An important wind circulation pattern over the Pacific Ocean has begun to weaken because of global warming caused by human activity, something that could alter climate and the marine food chain in the region, new research suggests.
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Invasive snail found in Minn. harbor
May 3 2006 6:51PM (CT)
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) - A small, spiral-shaped snail that clones itself and is native to New Zealand has been discovered in Duluth-Superior Harbor and the St. Louis River estuary, raising concerns about the impact of another invasive species.
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Zanzibar dolphin deaths puzzle scientists
May 3 2006 6:51PM (CT)
ZANZIBAR, Tanzania (AP) - Preliminary investigations have failed to yield an explanation of why hundreds of dolphins left their deep offshore habitat, got stranded in shallow waters and later washed up dead on Zanzibar's northern coast, a scientist said Tuesday.
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Red tide fears broaden shellfishing ban
May 3 2006 6:51PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A partial ban on shellfishing has been imposed along the southern Maine coast in response to red tide concerns.
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500-pound loggerhead sea turtle rescued
May 3 2006 6:50PM (CT)
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - Georgia wildlife officials rescued an injured 500-pound loggerhead sea turtle and sent it to Florida with the hopes experts there could nurse it back to health.
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Two missing vials of anthrax are found
May 3 2006 9:42AM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Two vials of anthrax reported missing recently were discovered this week mislabeled at a state lab, and officials blame a clerical error.
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