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Bird brain dies after years of research
Sep 11 2007 10:22PM (CT)
WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) - Alex, a parrot that could count to six, identify colors and even express frustration with repetitive scientific trials, has died after 30 years of helping researchers better understand the avian brain.
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NASA rover begins drive into huge crater
Sep 11 2007 10:14PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two months after surviving a giant dust storm, one of NASA's robotic rovers on Mars began a risky drive Tuesday into a crater blasted open by a meteor eons ago.
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Experts: Spiders spin giant web in Texas
Sep 11 2007 8:29PM (CT)
WILLS POINT, Texas (AP) - A variety of spider species built on one another's work to create a sprawling web that blanketed hundreds of yards of trees and shrubs at a North Texas park, according to entomologists who studied the unusual formation.
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Crist urges delay on manatee decision
Sep 11 2007 8:29PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Wildlife officials should hold off before deciding whether to downgrade the manatee's status from endangered to threatened, Gov. Charlie Crist said Tuesday.
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More herring said seen in Gulf of Maine
Sep 11 2007 3:55PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Fishermen say they are seeing more herring returning to the Gulf of Maine, where a ban on trawlers that drag nets through the water has been in effect through the summer.
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Officials rid Ind. lake of invasive weed
Sep 11 2007 3:46PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, Ind. (AP) - State wildlife officials are declaring success in their chemical campaign against an invasive weed that had threatened to overwhelm a northern Indiana lake.
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Gifted research parrot Alex found dead
Sep 11 2007 10:43AM (CT)
WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) - A gifted parrot that could count to six, identify colors and even express frustration with repetitive scientific trials has died after 30 years of helping researchers better understand the avian brain.
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