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Warmer winters change Washington foliage
Dec 26 2006 7:42PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Fifteen years of warm winter weather is beginning to change the Washington area's landscape _ with Southern species like crape myrtles having an easier time and northern types feeling less welcome, according to findings by the National Arbor Day Foundation.
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STD may be to blame for lions' blindness
Dec 26 2006 7:42PM (CT)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Researchers are trying to determine whether a sexually transmitted disease might have caused the blindness found in at least two mountain lions in the Black Hills.
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Russia won't transfer space technology
Dec 26 2006 7:41PM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia will cooperate with China on space projects, but will not transfer sensitive technologies that could enable Beijing to become a rival in a future space race, the head of Russia's space agency said Tuesday.
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Researchers: Baking impacts Puget Sound
Dec 26 2006 7:41PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Researchers at the University of Washington say all that holiday baking and eating has an environmental impact _ Puget Sound is being flavored by cinnamon and vanilla. "Even something as fun as baking for the holiday season has an environmental effect," said Rick Keil, an associate professor of chemical oceanography. "When we bake and change the way we eat, it has an impact on what the environment sees. To me it shows the connectedness."
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Study links fires to ocean temperatures
Dec 26 2006 7:41PM (CT)
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - Using fire scars on nearly 5,000 tree stumps dating back 450 years, scientists have found that extended periods of major wildfires in the West occurred when the North Atlantic Ocean was going through periodic warming.
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Scientists get OK for engineered peanuts
Dec 26 2006 7:40PM (CT)
ALBANY, Ga. (AP) - A leading industry group has given scientists the go-ahead to build genetically engineered peanuts that could be safer, more nutritious and easier to grow than their conventional version.
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Tortoises wait out winter at N.M. ranch
Dec 26 2006 12:22PM (CT)
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. (AP) - Mexican gray wolves, black-footed ferrets, and aplomado falcons are among the endangered species who have found homes and a chance for survival on Ted Turner's ranches in New Mexico. Now, Turner's Armendaris Ranch is doing the same for a group of bolson tortoises.
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Lobstermen dispute conservation practice
Dec 26 2006 12:05PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Lobstermen in Rhode Island are debating the practice of clipping the tails of female lobsters, with some saying stricter regulations are needed to protect a declining population.
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JAXA unfolds key antenna on satellite
Dec 26 2006 11:51AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's space agency successfully unfolded a key antenna on a newly launched satellite _ the country's largest _ after a technical glitch hampered previous attempts, officials said.
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Panda gives birth to twins in Japan
Dec 26 2006 11:27AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Mei Mei, a giant panda from China, gave birth to twins at a zoo in western Japan, and the mother and babies were in good condition, a zoo official said Sunday.
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Settlers eyed in Australia extinctions
Dec 26 2006 6:51AM (CT)
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australia's giant prehistoric animals, including 10-foot-tall kangaroos and wombat-like creatures as big as a rhinoceros, were likely wiped out by aboriginal settlers, not climate change, a researcher said Tuesday.
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