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Feds propose habitat for bighorn sheep
Jul 25 2007 10:12PM (CT)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - More than 400,000 acres of wildlands in the Eastern Sierra Nevada should be made protected habitat for an endangered mountain sheep rebounding from the threat of extinction, the federal government said Wednesday.
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Study: Nevada has big temperature gains
Jul 25 2007 9:30PM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Nevada is among the states with the most dramatic increase in average temperatures the last 30 years, according to a new study that examines the impact of global warming across the country.
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Study: Nevada has big temperature gains
Jul 25 2007 9:30PM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Nevada is among the states with the most dramatic increase in average temperatures the last 30 years, according to a new study that examines the impact of global warming across the country.
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Study: Rural students better in science
Jul 25 2007 8:09PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rural students perform better in science than their urban counterparts, and rural teachers are generally happy with their schools, a federal study says.
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Scientists celebrate butterfly return
Jul 25 2007 7:39PM (CT)
REDONDO BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Though the surfers, skaters and beachgoers might not notice the butterflies fluttering by, conservationists are celebrating the return of the endangered El Segundo blue to its native habitat along Santa Monica Bay.
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Falling mice population concerns experts
Jul 25 2007 5:20PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Some might think fewer rodents would be a good thing, but scientists are concerned about the dwindling populations of two small fury creatures on New Mexico's list of endangered mammals.
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Climate change to dominate APEC summit
Jul 25 2007 5:19PM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - Crafting a regional response to climate change will top the agenda at a summit of Asia-Pacifc leaders in September, but they are unlikely to come up with a one-size-fits-all solution, an official said Wednesday.
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Forests experience resurgence in fungus
Jul 25 2007 5:19PM (CT)
ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) - Coastal state forests are experiencing a resurgence in Swiss needle cast disease, a fungus that kills the evergreen needles on Douglas fir trees by interrupting the process of photosynthesis.
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Expedition to stake Arctic claim delayed
Jul 25 2007 5:09PM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - An ambitious Russian naval expedition that set off for the North Pole to explore the bottom of the Arctic Ocean and stake Moscow's claim to oil and natural gas riches under the seabed ground to a sudden halt Wednesday when a ship broke down.
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WIPP clean rooms set up for experiments
Jul 25 2007 1:44PM (CT)
CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) - Two multi-ton clean rooms have been lowered into the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant for eventual physics experiments that need to be shielded from cosmic rays and naturally occurring radiation on the surface of the Earth.
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Hahn to oversee research at Grand Canyon
Jul 25 2007 1:36PM (CT)
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - A leader of an environmental group has been named to a post overseeing scientific research at Grand Canyon National Park.
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Volunteers sought to be stung by jellyfish
Jul 25 2007 12:10PM (CT)
OSLO, Norway (AP) - Norwegian researchers are calling for bold, non-hairy humans to bare their arms and be stung by jellyfish _ in the name of science.
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Voracious jumbo squid invade California
Jul 25 2007 7:15AM (CT)
MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) - Jumbo squid that can grow up to 7 feet long and weigh more than 110 pounds are invading central California waters and preying on local anchovy, hake and other commercial fish populations, according to a study published Tuesday.
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