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Gray seal spending time on NC beaches

Fri, 24 May 2013 06:07:30 -0400

CAROLINA BEACH, North Carolina - Beachgoers in North Carolina this holiday weekend may get a rare opportunity to spot a gray seal.

Officials to remind boaters about zebra mussels

Fri, 24 May 2013 04:23:13 -0400

DALLAS - Wildlife officials are reminding boaters headed to some Texas lakes for the Memorial Day weekend to drain, clean and dry their watercraft to help prevent the spread of zebra mussels.

Gretna man fined $62K for illegal longline fishing

Fri, 24 May 2013 04:21:37 -0400

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana - Federal authorities have fined a Gretna fishing captain $62,500 for allegedly using live bait on longline gear and possessing J-hooks and a permit to catch highly migratory species.

2 cited for poaching abalone near Laguna Beach

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:07:03 -0400

LAGUNA BEACH, California - California Fish and Wildlife officials say they cited two men for poaching abalone from a protected area near Laguna Beach.

Wyden zeros in on plan to boost logging revenue

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:52:11 -0400

GRANTS PASS, Oregon - Sen. Ron Wyden is zeroing in on his plan for boosting logging on federal lands in Western Oregon and helping rural counties beset by money problems.

Groups join Wyoming in opposing end to wolf suit

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:52:23 -0400

CHEYENNE, Wyoming - Lawyers for the federal government and several pro-hunting organizations have joined the state of Wyoming in urging a federal judge not to allow a coalition of environmental groups to drop a lawsuit challenging recent federal action turning wolf management over to Wyoming.

Clemson hosting statewide naturalist conference

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:29:04 -0400

CLEMSON, South Carolina - Clemson University is hosting a statewide conference for the state's naturalists.

Gulf anglers get longer red snapper season

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:16:07 -0400

NEW ORLEANS - Gulf of Mexico anglers will have a longer red snapper season than they thought. A week before opening, regulators announced that the recreational season in federal waters for the popular game fish will be 17 to 34 days instead of nine to 28.

Oil and gas group sues over bearded seal listing

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:05:46 -0400

JUNEAU, Alaska - The Alaska Oil and Gas Association is suing over a federal decision to list certain populations of Arctic bearded seals as threatened.

Feds keep Preble's mouse on threatened list

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:05:21 -0400

CHEYENNE, Wyoming - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Thursday it would continue to protect as a threatened species a mouse that lives along streams in Colorado and eastern Wyoming, saying human development continues to threaten the animal's riparian habitat.

4 of 8 California condors died from lead poisoning

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:54:00 -0400

PHOENIX - Authorities say lead poisoning killed half of the eight California condors that died last winter in Arizona and Utah.

Storm took town's youngest as it swept through

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:38:40 -0400

MOORE, Oklahoma - One loved the spotlight. Another was nicknamed "The Wall" because of the force he brought to the soccer field.

Family Glance: 'Fast & Furious 6,' 'Star Trek Into...

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:55:15 -0400

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Black bear spotted in Forsyth shot by rancher

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:05:43 -0400

BILLINGS, Montana - State wildlife officials say no charges will be filed against a Forsyth-area rancher who shot a black bear he believed was threatening his livestock.

Study: Amphibians disappearing at alarming rate

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:46:13 -0400

GRANTS PASS, Oregon - A new study has determined for the first time just how quickly frogs and other amphibians are disappearing around the United States, and the news is not good.

Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:07:11 -0400

NEW YORK - For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went very wrong.

Largest captured Fla. black bear is relocated

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:51:30 -0400

PAISLEY, Florida - The largest Florida black bear ever captured has been relocated.

Quagga mussels found on boat entering E. Oregon

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:59:05 -0400

ONTARIO, Oregon - An Eastern Oregon checkpoint aimed at keeping invasive species from hitchhiking into Oregon on boats has opened for the spring, and it found an infested boat the next day.

3rd student in Vegas exotic bird death takes plea

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:23:22 -0400

LAS VEGAS - A University of California, Berkeley, law school graduate has taken a plea deal in the beheading of an exotic bird last October at a Las Vegas Strip resort

Indiana native, family escape Oklahoma tornado

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:32:50 -0400

VALPARAISO, Indiana - Picking through the debris of his tornado-demolished home Wednesday in Moore, Oklahoma, Valparaiso native Jacob Schroeder hoped he might find things like baby books, the computer with the family's stored pictures or his daughter's favorite stuffed toy.

2 brown bears rescued from captivity in Kosovo

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:12:04 -0400

MRAMOR, Kosovo - Two brown bears have been released into a special sanctuary after being held in a 20-square-meter cage almost their entire lives to amuse visitors at a Kosovo restaurant.

Dutch arrest meat works owner in horse meat probe

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:07:11 -0400

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Dutch authorities on Thursday arrested the director of a meat-processing and wholesale company whose business is at the center of an investigation into undeclared mixing of horse meat with beef.

For Philadelphia bicyclist, a cat is his co-pilot

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:01:31 -0400

PHILADELPHIA - For bicyclist Rudi Saldia, you could say a cat is his co-pilot.

Omaha zoo has new Komodo dragon on display

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:52:22 -0400

OMAHA, Nebraska - The award-winning Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha has added a dragon to its array of exotic animals.

Cicadas arriving in NJ in time for holiday weekend

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:35:13 -0400

TRENTON, New Jersey - New Jersey's invasion of cicadas has started in the wake of two days of warm weather.