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New 'Seahorse' sees scallops in new way
A new underwater explorer hit the seas this summer, armed with cameras, strobes and sonar and charged with being a protector of sorts to a ...
Federal government ending Wyoming wolf protections
The federal government will end its protections for wolves in Wyoming, where the species was introduced two decades ago to revive it from near ...
Up to 10,000 Yosemite visitors at risk of virus
Up to 10,000 people who were guests in certain lodging cabins at Yosemite National Park might have been exposed to a deadly mouse-borne virus, park ...
Stowaway cat from China says 'ni hao' to new home
A stowaway kitten who survived a three-week ocean voyage from China to California trapped in a storage container without food or water has found a new ...
400-pound gorilla statue returned to Pa. woman
A Pennsylvania woman says a 400-pound gorilla statue was stolen from her home, used for target practice and then returned. Patricia Rudalavage's ...
Surgery allows blind orangutan to see her babies
A formerly blind Sumatran orangutan can see her baby twins for the first time after undergoing cataract surgery in the first such operation in ...
Basics about hantavirus outbreak in Yosemite
Answers to common questions about mice and the hantavirus linked to death of 2 people who visited Yosemite National Park: ___ How common is hantavirus ...
2 more Yosemite visitors have mouse-borne virus
Two more Yosemite National Park visitors have been found with a mouse-borne virus blamed for the deaths of two people, bringing the total number of ...
Why world markets focus on tiny Jackson Hole, Wyo.
Every August, the world's financial markets shift their attention from the centers of global commerce — New York, London, Tokyo — to a mountain valley ...
Report: Park Service warned about Yosemite rodents
The National Park Service was warned in 2010 that efforts should be stepped up to inspect for rodents in Yosemite and prevent them from entering areas ...
Stray dogs kill 4 kangaroos in Bosnia zoo
Officials say stray dogs entered the Sarajevo zoo, killed four kangaroos and injured another before guards could chase them away. Zoo veterinarian ...
Argentines plan to shoot gulls to save the whales
What began as bizarre bird behavior has turned into something out of a horror film for threatened whales in Argentina, where seagulls have learned ...
Israel's solar power struggles against government
Israel has developed some of the world's most advanced solar energy equipment and enjoys a nearly endless supply of sunshine, but when it comes to ...
CONVENTION WATCH: Romney on his way, polls tight
Around the 2012 Republican National Convention and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details to you: ...
Prehistoric tiny bugs trapped in amber
Scientists have found three well preserved ancient insects frozen in amber — and time — in what is Earth's oldest bug trap. The discoveries of ...
Photos scrutinized in Alaska bear mauling probe
The grizzly bear stares at the camera with a look that appears ominous in the last photograph snapped by Richard White just before the animal mauled ...
British police call off search for supposed lion
So, were the locals lying about the lion? Police said Monday that they've found no evidence to support area residents' claims that they'd spotted a ...
Zimbabwe conservationists: wildlife threatened
Tens of thousands of wild animals face annihilation in a wave of land takeovers in southeastern Zimbabwe by politicians of President Robert Mugabe's ...
Bear kills Calif. man in Denali National Park
A hiker in Alaska's Denali National Park photographed a grizzly bear for at least eight minutes before the bear mauled and killed him in the first ...
Tiger escapes, kills keeper in German zoo
A tiger escaped its enclosure at Cologne Zoo in western Germany on Saturday and killed a female keeper before being shot dead by the zoo's director, ...
A mountain lion in a casino? Don't roulette out
An underage mountain lion has been caught after trying to slip into a casino in downtown Reno, Nev., ahead of the breakfast rush. Nevada Department ...
Caged big cats stuck on Paraguay border 2 months
Imagine being stuck in a cage for two months while going through customs. That's the border limbo 16 tigers and lions have faced in Paraguay because ...
Solly the hippo dies in South Africa rescue effort
What started out as a day of hope for Solly the hippo turned to tragedy when rescuers were unable to save the 3-ton beast from the swimming pool he ...
Wildlife group: politicians threaten animal haven
A new wave of land takeovers and hunting licenses granted to loyalists of President Robert Mugabe is threatening a massive wildlife preserve in ...