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Populations of 20 common birds declining
Jun 14 2007 11:38PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The populations of 20 common American birds _ from the fence-sitting meadowlark to the whippoorwill with its haunting call _ are half what they were 40 years ago, according to an analysis released Thursday.
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Populations of 20 common birds declining
Jun 14 2007 11:38PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The populations of 20 common American birds _ from the fence-sitting meadowlark to the whippoorwill with its haunting call _ are half what they were 40 years ago, according to an analysis released Thursday.
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Populations of 20 common birds declining
Jun 14 2007 11:38PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The populations of 20 common American birds _ from the fence-sitting meadowlark to the whippoorwill with its haunting call _ are half what they were 40 years ago, according to an analysis released Thursday.
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Populations of 20 common birds declining
Jun 14 2007 11:38PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The populations of 20 common American birds _ from the fence-sitting meadowlark to the whippoorwill with its haunting call _ are half what they were 40 years ago, according to an analysis released Thursday.
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Populations of 20 common birds declining
Jun 14 2007 11:38PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The populations of 20 common American birds _ from the fence-sitting meadowlark to the whippoorwill with its haunting call _ are half what they were 40 years ago, according to an analysis released Thursday.
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Populations of 20 common birds declining
Jun 14 2007 11:38PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The populations of 20 common American birds _ from the fence-sitting meadowlark to the whippoorwill with its haunting call _ are half what they were 40 years ago, according to an analysis released Thursday.
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No quick answer in whale shark death
Jun 14 2007 11:04PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Early results from a necropsy performed on a whale shark that died at the Georgia Aquarium this week produced no conclusive findings on the cause of death, aquarium officials said late Thursday.
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Experts: Endangered rabbits bred in wild
Jun 14 2007 9:55PM (CT)
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - The only surviving pair of endangered pygmy rabbits released as part of a program to increase their numbers in the wild have dodged coyotes, badgers, hawks and owls and found time for love. Proud scientists announced Thursday that the rabbits have successfully bred.
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Atlantis saves power, may stay extra day
Jun 14 2007 9:51PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Engineers tested Thursday whether a bad power feed going into the Russian side of the international space station was causing failures in computers that control the outpost's orientation and produce oxygen.
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Rare condor chick hatches at Denver Zoo
Jun 14 2007 9:29PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A rare Andean condor has hatched at the Denver Zoo, becoming only the second such bird to hatch at a zoo anywhere in the world in the past year, zoo officials said Thursday.
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Israeli satellite transmits space images
Jun 14 2007 8:13PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's sophisticated new spy satellite has begun transmitting images from space, the Defense Ministry said Thursday.
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Pentagon spy rocket launch delayed
Jun 14 2007 8:13PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The launch of a rocket carrying intelligence-gathering technology for the Defense Department was postponed Thursday for a day.
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Human sacrifice in prehistoric Europe?
Jun 14 2007 8:07PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Investigations of prehistoric burial sites in Europe indicate that the region's population may have practiced ritual human sacrifice, according to a new study.
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Rainfall boosts tick population in Okla.
Jun 14 2007 8:05PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Abundant rainfall has increased the population of ticks in Oklahoma this year, meaning more people are likely to catch diseases from the bloodsucking insect.
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Report: Archaeologists find sunken ship
Jun 14 2007 8:04PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Archaeologists have discovered a sunken ship laden with Ming Dynasty porcelain, tipped off by local police who learned that fishing boats were carrying out illegal salvage operations off the south China coast, state media reported.
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Pluto isn't even largest dwarf planet
Jun 14 2007 8:04PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pity poor Pluto, the puny former planet is facing yet another indignity. Demoted from planethood a year ago into a new category of dwarf planet, it now turns out that it isn't even the biggest one of those.
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Scientists examine cause of bee die-off
Jun 14 2007 8:03PM (CT)
LEWISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Scientists investigating a mysterious ailment that killed many of the nation's honeybees are concentrating on pesticides and a new pathogen as possible culprits, and some beekeepers are already trying to keep their colonies away from pesticide-exposed fields.
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Scientists examine cause of bee die-off
Jun 14 2007 8:03PM (CT)
LEWISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Scientists investigating a mysterious ailment that killed many of the nation's honeybees are concentrating on pesticides and a new pathogen as possible culprits, and some beekeepers are already trying to keep their colonies away from pesticide-exposed fields.
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Gypsy moths attack mid-Atlantic forests
Jun 14 2007 8:02PM (CT)
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Picnickers in East Coast woods may get some hungry visitors this summer. But at least they won't ask for sandwiches.
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Gypsy moths attack mid-Atlantic forests
Jun 14 2007 8:02PM (CT)
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Picnickers in East Coast woods may get some hungry visitors this summer. But at least they won't ask for sandwiches.
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Gypsy moths attack mid-Atlantic forests
Jun 14 2007 8:02PM (CT)
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Picnickers in East Coast woods may get some hungry visitors this summer. But at least they won't ask for sandwiches.
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Pollution, ships harm Fla. coral reefs
Jun 14 2007 6:38PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Just below the sea's surface off Florida's southeast coast lies a virtual gold mine. It's not sunken treasure or some Spanish galleon but instead nature's bounty, rows of coral reefs that generate billions of dollars a year in tourism spending.
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Pollution, ships harm Fla. coral reefs
Jun 14 2007 6:38PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Just below the sea's surface off Florida's southeast coast lies a virtual gold mine. It's not sunken treasure or some Spanish galleon but instead nature's bounty, rows of coral reefs that generate billions of dollars a year in tourism spending.
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Pollution, ships harm Fla. coral reefs
Jun 14 2007 6:38PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Just below the sea's surface off Florida's southeast coast lies a virtual gold mine. It's not sunken treasure or some Spanish galleon but instead nature's bounty, rows of coral reefs that generate billions of dollars a year in tourism spending.
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Pollution, ships harm Fla. coral reefs
Jun 14 2007 6:38PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Just below the sea's surface off Florida's southeast coast lies a virtual gold mine. It's not sunken treasure or some Spanish galleon but instead nature's bounty, rows of coral reefs that generate billions of dollars a year in tourism spending.
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Study: Escaping prey may harm species
Jun 14 2007 6:20PM (CT)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - It hardly seems fair, but new research suggests that water creatures nimble enough to avoid being gobbled up by predators may harm their species more than help.
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Fla. OKs moratorium for gopher tortoises
Jun 14 2007 2:55PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Developers will no longer be allowed to bury gopher tortoises alive during construction under a moratorium approved Wednesday by state wildlife commissioners.
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Birds in decline, on rise
Jun 14 2007 9:22AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Audubon Society examined 40 years of U.S. winter and summer bird count records and found which common bird populations are decreasing most and which are increasing most:
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Remains of giant dinosaur found in China
Jun 14 2007 2:19AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The remains of a giant, birdlike dinosaur as tall as the formidable tyrannosaur have been found in China, a surprising discovery that indicates a more complicated evolutionary process for birds than originally thought, scientists said Wednesday.
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Remains of giant dinosaur found in China
Jun 14 2007 2:19AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The remains of a giant, birdlike dinosaur as tall as the formidable tyrannosaur have been found in China, a surprising discovery that indicates a more complicated evolutionary process for birds than originally thought, scientists said Wednesday.
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Remains of giant dinosaur found in China
Jun 14 2007 2:19AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The remains of a giant, birdlike dinosaur as tall as the formidable tyrannosaur have been found in China, a surprising discovery that indicates a more complicated evolutionary process for birds than originally thought, scientists said Wednesday.
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Remains of giant dinosaur found in China
Jun 14 2007 2:19AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The remains of a giant, birdlike dinosaur as tall as the formidable tyrannosaur have been found in China, a surprising discovery that indicates a more complicated evolutionary process for birds than originally thought, scientists said Wednesday.
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