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Fix extends shuttle mission to 13 days
Jun 11 2007 10:04PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Astronauts will try to fix a thermal blanket that peeled back during Atlantis' launch, extending the space shuttle's mission from 11 to 13 days, NASA managers said Monday.
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Fix extends shuttle mission to 13 days
Jun 11 2007 10:04PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Astronauts will try to fix a thermal blanket that peeled back during Atlantis' launch, extending the space shuttle's mission from 11 to 13 days, NASA managers said Monday.
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Fix extends shuttle mission to 13 days
Jun 11 2007 10:04PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Astronauts will try to fix a thermal blanket that peeled back during Atlantis' launch, extending the space shuttle's mission from 11 to 13 days, NASA managers said Monday.
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Study: Salvage logging, replanting worse
Jun 11 2007 10:02PM (CT)
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - Logging dead trees after a wildfire and planting new ones can make future fires worse, at least for a decade or two while the young trees create a volatile source of fuel, scientists found in a study that contradicts conventional practices.
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Researchers seek DNA link to Lost Colony
Jun 11 2007 8:54PM (CT)
ROANOKE ISLAND, N.C. (AP) - Researchers believe they may be able to use DNA to help uncover the fate of the Lost Colony, which vanished a few years after more than 100 people settled on Roanoke Island in 1587.
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Deaf Dolphin gives birth to healthy calf
Jun 11 2007 8:46PM (CT)
KEY LARGO, Fla. (AP) - A stranded deaf Atlantic bottlenose dolphin delivered her calf Monday at a marine mammal rehabilitation center in the Florida Keys. The unnamed calf is approximately 42 inches long and weighs about 30 pounds, according to officials at the Marine Mammal Conservancy.
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Deaf, stranded dolphin gives birth
Jun 11 2007 8:42PM (CT)
KEY LARGO, Fla. (AP) - A stranded, deaf dolphin delivered her calf Monday at a marine mammal rehabilitation center, and officials hope a dolphin "chat line" they've installed will teach the baby dolphin to vocalize normally.
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U.N.: Orangutans' survival faces threat
Jun 11 2007 4:22PM (CT)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Indonesia's tropical rain forests are disappearing 30 percent faster than previously estimated as illegal loggers raid national parks, threatening the long-term survival of orangutans, according to a U.N. report released Monday.
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Hawaii study examines monk seal deaths
Jun 11 2007 4:21PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - More endangered Hawaiian monk seals are trapped and killed by marine debris during years when the El Nino phenomenon warms tropical Pacific waters, according to University of Hawaii researchers.
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U.N. seeks to conserve genetic resources
Jun 11 2007 3:33PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - The United Nations is stepping up its campaign to conserve the world's genetic resources so crops and animals can adapt to global warming and other challenges, focusing on fish for the first time since fish are increasingly being bred to meet the world's food needs.
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Md. agency unveils bay's health forecast
Jun 11 2007 3:30PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - It's the same old, same old for the Chesapeake Bay this summer _ poor water quality and no prospects of likely recovery in key indicators of the bay's health.
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CITES bans trade of endangered sawfish
Jun 11 2007 3:17PM (CT)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - An international conference on endangered species banned almost all trade Monday in sawfish _ large shark-like rays whose long snouts bristling with teeth are in high demand among collectors.
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