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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.

IU film shows lessons learned from common bird

Thu, 23 May 2013 04:01:15 -0400

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - A documentary by Indiana University biologists about the scientific lessons that can be learned from a common backyard bird is now available online for classroom use.

UH researchers studying shark behavior

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:11:18 -0400

HONOLULU - University of Hawaii researchers are using new technologies to study shark behavior.

NH could face a challenging mosquito season

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:44:24 -0400

PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire - Some mosquito experts say New Hampshire is in for a challenging season this year.

Thailand urged to explore edible insect market

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:22:03 -0400

BANGKOK - Researchers say Thailand is showing the world how to respond to the global food crisis: by raising bugs for eating.

Rare island fox rebounds on California islands

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:33:16 -0400

LOS ANGELES - A rare and tiny island fox is on the verge of making a comeback from near-extinction in the Channel Islands, a rugged and wind-swept chain off Southern California, officials said Monday.

South Bend considers easing beekeeping rules

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:49:07 -0400

SOUTH BEND, Indiana - Proposed changes would make it easier for South Bend residents to keep bee hives in the city.

Mice return from a month in space

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:05:05 -0400

MOSCOW - A Russian capsule carrying mice, lizards and other small animals returned to Earth on Sunday after spending a month in space for what scientists said was the longest experiment of its kind.

Stink bug threatens Mich. fruit, vegetable crops

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:59:16 -0400

DETROIT - A tiny insect could cause big problems for Michigan's fruit and vegetable crops, farmers and experts say.

Sacred Heart, Mystic Aquarium collaborate on crabs

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:07:15 -0400

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut - With their spiky, armor-plated shells, they look like miniature tanks mounting a surprise invasion on local beaches - except they have been at it for nearly a half-billion years.

Researchers begin collaring Minn. moose calves

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:45:10 -0400

DULUTH, Minnesota - Biologists have begun collaring moose calves in the second phase of an ambitious study to determine why Minnesota's moose population is declining so rapidly.

Cicadas: "The Shrimp of the Land"

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:34:15 -0400

PHILADELPHIA - Billions of bite-sized snacks are about to appear in your backyard.

AP IMPACT: Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:30:47 -0400

CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyoming - It's the not-so-green secret of the nation's wind-energy boom: Spinning turbines are killing thousands of federally protected birds, including eagles, each year.

Endangered beetles to be released in SW Ohio

Sun, 12 May 2013 04:29:14 -0400

CINCINNATI - An eastern Ohio conservation center will release more federally protected American burying beetles at a nature preserve near Cincinnati as part of an effort to save the endangered species.

ISU Department of Animal Science chairman retiring

Sat, 11 May 2013 06:13:05 -0400

AMES, Iowa - The chairman of Iowa State University's Department of Animal Science plans to retire after 10 years in the role.

Big-headed ant intercepted at Charleston port

Wed, 08 May 2013 06:14:01 -0400

CHARLESTON, South Carolina - Officials at the Port of Charleston have intercepted a dangerous intruder.

Indiana's honey bee colonies see 30 percent drop

Wed, 08 May 2013 04:03:12 -0400

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana - Indiana's honey bee populations are taking a hit from a mysterious disorder that's devastating bee colonies across the nation.

FL wildlife officials say they've found a new fish

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:22:49 -0400

TALLAHASSEE, Florida - Florida wildlife officials say they've discovered a new species of fish in the Southeast.

Critter cams provide peek into the lives of bears

Tue, 07 May 2013 13:12:08 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Biologists at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game are getting a peek into what city bears do all day.

Voyageurs moose population holding steady

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:32:16 -0400

INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minnesota - Wildlife biologists say the moose population is holding relatively steady in Voyageurs National Park in north-central Minnesota.

East about to be overrun by billions of cicadas

Tue, 07 May 2013 00:11:27 -0400

WASHINGTON - Any day now, billions of cicadas with bulging red eyes will crawl out of the earth after 17 years underground and overrun the East Coast. The insects will arrive in such numbers that people from North Carolina to Connecticut will be outnumbered roughly 600-to-1. Maybe more.

Protections for wolverines draw states' opposition

Mon, 06 May 2013 20:46:25 -0400

BILLINGS, Montana - State officials in the Northern Rockies on Monday lined up against a federal proposal to give new protections to the carnivorous wolverine, as climate change threatens to melt the species' snowy mountain strongholds.

Georgia bat population under threat

Sat, 04 May 2013 13:08:20 -0400

ATLANTA - Some evenings, Frank Bibin takes a chair, sets it under the pecan trees that grow outside his home and makes himself comfortable. In one hand he holds a flashlight; the other grasps a device no larger than a cell phone. He waits.

Herpetology group conducts survey of Kan. sites

Sat, 04 May 2013 11:02:15 -0400

GALENA, Kansas - Pouring rain and cool weather put a damper on most outdoor excursions, but members of the Kansas Herpetological Society said that was prime weather for their prey.