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Underwater robot tested at Mexican lake
May 15 2007 11:08PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - U.S. researchers have begun testing an underwater robot at a Mexican sinkhole lake as part of a NASA-funded project to develop techniques for exploring possible signs of life on other planets.
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Veterinarians seek new home for sea lion
May 15 2007 8:10PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Veterinarians are seeking a new home for Astro, the young sea lion who crashed a walk-a-thon last week and completed one lap in the elementary school fundraiser.
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Veterinarians seek new home for sea lion
May 15 2007 8:10PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Veterinarians are seeking a new home for Astro, the young sea lion who crashed a walk-a-thon last week and completed one lap in the elementary school fundraiser.
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Veterinarians seek new home for sea lion
May 15 2007 8:10PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Veterinarians are seeking a new home for Astro, the young sea lion who crashed a walk-a-thon last week and completed one lap in the elementary school fundraiser.
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Officials try to halt spread of beetle
May 15 2007 8:10PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Agriculture officials are hoping to stop the eastward spread of the emerald ash borer beetle, an invasive, hard-to-control insect that has killed more than 20 million trees in the Midwest and Canada and is heading toward Virginia.
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Loggerhead sea turtle returns to wild
May 15 2007 8:05PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A loggerhead sea turtle that was a popular attraction at the city aquarium departed Tuesday on a trip back to the Georgia coast where the reptile was hatched.
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Loggerhead sea turtle returns to wild
May 15 2007 8:05PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A loggerhead sea turtle that was a popular attraction at the city aquarium departed Tuesday on a trip back to the Georgia coast where the reptile was hatched.
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Mayors address global warming at summit
May 15 2007 8:05PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - City leaders from around the world declared at an environmental summit Tuesday that they can no longer wait for national governments to reverse global warming and instead must find solutions on their own.
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Mayors address global warming at summit
May 15 2007 8:05PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - City leaders from around the world declared at an environmental summit Tuesday that they can no longer wait for national governments to reverse global warming and instead must find solutions on their own.
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LA zoo elephant off to animal sanctuary
May 15 2007 4:53PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ruby, the Los Angeles Zoo's oldest elephant, left for an animal sanctuary Tuesday to live out her retirement following years of lobbying by animal-rights activists.
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Mo. joins multistate climate registry
May 15 2007 4:35PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Missouri has joined a multistate climate registry to measure and track greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to the Earth's warming.
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Wis. agency to boost hunt for fish virus
May 15 2007 3:59PM (CT)
MADSION, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources intends to step up the hunt for a deadly fish virus discovered in the Lake Winnebago system, particularly looking in lakes and rivers that attract anglers from long distances, an agency official says.
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Bald eagles in Wyoming soar to 185 pairs
May 15 2007 3:31PM (CT)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The number of bald eagles in Wyoming has grown to 185 breeding pairs, a population recovery that has exceeded expectations from ornithologists who predicted much lower recovery rates when the birds were first granted federal protection in 1967.
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Shuttle rolls back out to launch pad
May 15 2007 1:44PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Atlantis returned to the launch pad Tuesday with white spots on its external fuel tank the only evidence of 2 1/2 months of repairs from hail damage that postponed the year's first space shuttle flight until June.
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New test tells fetus sex after 6 weeks
May 15 2007 1:36PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - A new test dubbed "Pink or Blue" promises to tell parents the sex of their fetus just six weeks into pregnancy, but critics question its reliability and say it could pose an array of ethical issues.
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