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Report: Primates in danger of extinction
Oct 25 2007 10:02PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Almost a third of all apes, monkeys and other primates are in danger of extinction because of rampant habitat destruction, the commercial sale of their meat and the trade in illegal wildlife, a report released Friday said.
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Report: Primates in danger of extinction
Oct 25 2007 10:02PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Almost a third of all apes, monkeys and other primates are in danger of extinction because of rampant habitat destruction, the commercial sale of their meat and the trade in illegal wildlife, a report released Friday said.
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Report: Primates in danger of extinction
Oct 25 2007 10:02PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Almost a third of all apes, monkeys and other primates are in danger of extinction because of rampant habitat destruction, the commercial sale of their meat and the trade in illegal wildlife, a report released Friday said.
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Report: Primates in danger of extinction
Oct 25 2007 10:02PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Almost a third of all apes, monkeys and other primates are in danger of extinction because of rampant habitat destruction, the commercial sale of their meat and the trade in illegal wildlife, a report released Friday said.
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Report: Primates in danger of extinction
Oct 25 2007 10:02PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Almost a third of all apes, monkeys and other primates are in danger of extinction because of rampant habitat destruction, the commercial sale of their meat and the trade in illegal wildlife, a report released Friday said.
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Report connects red hair to Neanderthals
Oct 25 2007 8:16PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The image of Neanderthals may be in need of a makeover: scientists say at least some of these extinct hominids could have had fair skin and red hair.
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Scientist retires from NY research lab
Oct 25 2007 8:15PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - James Watson, famous for DNA research but widely condemned for recent comments about intelligence levels among blacks, retired Thursday from his post at a prestigious research institution.
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Astronauts begin space construction job
Oct 25 2007 8:15PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Astronauts aboard space shuttle Discovery and the international space station joined forces Thursday, linking their ships and kicking off the biggest construction job ever attempted by a single team in orbit.
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Astronauts begin space construction job
Oct 25 2007 8:15PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Astronauts aboard space shuttle Discovery and the international space station joined forces Thursday, linking their ships and kicking off the biggest construction job ever attempted by a single team in orbit.
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Astronauts begin space construction job
Oct 25 2007 8:15PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Astronauts aboard space shuttle Discovery and the international space station joined forces Thursday, linking their ships and kicking off the biggest construction job ever attempted by a single team in orbit.
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Experts find shipwreck evidence in river
Oct 25 2007 5:36PM (CT)
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Captured by Confederate sailors in a bloody midnight sneak attack in 1864, the gunboat Water Witch became one of the few Civil War ships to sail under the flags of both the Confederate and Union navies. Archaeologists say they found strong evidence Thursday they've located the Water Witch's wreckage buried under more than 10 feet of mud in the Vernon River south of Savannah.
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Grizzly bears face high mortality rates
Oct 25 2007 4:21PM (CT)
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - Grizzly bears in the region in and around Yellowstone National Park have suffered unusually high mortality rates so far this year, likely because of a dearth of natural food sources, a researcher said.
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Canada to have large marine area at lake
Oct 25 2007 4:12PM (CT)
TORONTO (AP) - A large stretch of the rugged, pristine northern shore of Lake Superior will become the world's largest freshwater marine protected area, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Thursday.
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Climate change seen hurting poor regions
Oct 25 2007 4:04PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Latin America and other poor regions of the world will bear the brunt of climate change, a top official from the organization that shared this year's Nobel Peace Prize said Thursday.
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UN agency urges tackling climate change
Oct 25 2007 3:22PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - The international community must respond more quickly to climate change, species extinction, dwindling supplies of fresh water and other threats to the planet, the U.N. Environment Program warned Thursday.
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Coast Guard plans to set up arctic base
Oct 25 2007 3:12AM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A Coast Guard reconnaissance team is heading to the far north this week to scope out a new frontier that the warming Arctic climate is opening to ship traffic.
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