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Survey: Sandpiper on brink of extinction
Oct 11 2007 8:45PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A rare bird that breeds in a remote Russian province is facing extinction, conservationists warned Friday, after a survey found that the numbers of the spoon-billed sandpiper had dropped dramatically.
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Survey: Sandpiper on brink of extinction
Oct 11 2007 8:45PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A rare bird that breeds in a remote Russian province is facing extinction, conservationists warned Friday, after a survey found that the numbers of the spoon-billed sandpiper had dropped dramatically.
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Survey: Sandpiper on brink of extinction
Oct 11 2007 8:45PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A rare bird that breeds in a remote Russian province is facing extinction, conservationists warned Friday, after a survey found that the numbers of the spoon-billed sandpiper had dropped dramatically.
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Researchers display shipwreck artifacts
Oct 11 2007 8:41PM (CT)
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - In 1559, a hurricane plunged as many as seven Spanish sailing vessels to the bottom of Pensacola Bay, hampering explorer Don Tristan de Luna's attempt to colonize this section of the Florida Panhandle.
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Researchers display shipwreck artifacts
Oct 11 2007 8:41PM (CT)
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - In 1559, a hurricane plunged as many as seven Spanish sailing vessels to the bottom of Pensacola Bay, hampering explorer Don Tristan de Luna's attempt to colonize this section of the Florida Panhandle.
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Climate change likely to increase fires
Oct 11 2007 7:26PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Climate change is likely to increase the number of wildfires fueled by invasive weeds that are spreading throughout the Great Basin, researchers told a U.S. Senate subcommittee Thursday.
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Researchers display shipwreck artifacts
Oct 11 2007 6:11PM (CT)
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - In 1559, a hurricane sent up to seven Spanish sailing vessels to the bottom of Pensacola Bay, hampering Don Tristan de Luna's attempt to colonize this section of the Florida Panhandle. Now, almost 500 years later, a second of those ships has been found, helping archaeologists learn about the settlement, which ended in 1561.
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Researchers display shipwreck artifacts
Oct 11 2007 6:11PM (CT)
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - In 1559, a hurricane sent up to seven Spanish sailing vessels to the bottom of Pensacola Bay, hampering Don Tristan de Luna's attempt to colonize this section of the Florida Panhandle. Now, almost 500 years later, a second of those ships has been found, helping archaeologists learn about the settlement, which ended in 1561.
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Zebra mussels found in Kansas reservoir
Oct 11 2007 3:49PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Zebra mussels have been found in northeast Kansas and biologists fear the invasive species could soon make their way to the Kansas City area.
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Experts regroup on restoring rare fish
Oct 11 2007 3:40PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - State and federal biologists, still smarting from research showing that they may have been protecting the wrong fish the past 20 years, are regrouping in their efforts to restore the rare greenback cutthroat trout to Colorado waters.
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Saturn moon forecast said drizzle of gas
Oct 11 2007 2:59PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Talk about cold, miserable weather! When dawn comes on Titan it's nearly 300 degrees below zero with a steady drizzle. And the drizzle is methane _ an explosive gas on Earth that is chilled into a liquid on that moon of Saturn, astronomers report in Thursday's online edition of the journal Science.
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Scientists study frogs' toe-pad adhesion
Oct 11 2007 2:57PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Now here's a sticky situation. How do you make a tape that doesn't lose its grip when it is peeled off and reused? Tree frogs, crickets and some other animals have mastered the problem. So researchers in India thought they ought to be able to figure it out too, and they did, they report in Friday's issue of the journal Science.
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New scanner may replace metal detectors
Oct 11 2007 6:58AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government will begin testing a body-scanning machine that could eventually be used instead of the metal detectors passengers walk through at airports.
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Rocket carrying U.S. satellite launched
Oct 11 2007 5:43AM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. (AP) - A rocket carrying a satellite used for communication by the United States Air Force lifted off Wednesday night.
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