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Science

Vast Bird Study Unveils New Information

Vast Bird Study Unveils New Information

A vast study investigating bird genetics managed to uncover several new facts about the flyers...
» read full story June 27th, 2008 - 13:38
Continental Plane Meets Strange Flying Object In Mid-Air

Continental Plane Meets Strange Flying Object In Mid-Air

A Continental Airlines flight had a close encounter with an unidentified object, which was...
» read full story May 27th, 2008 - 15:34
Human Actions Not Exempted From Climate Change Responsibilities

Human Actions Not Exempted From Climate Change Responsibilities

It’s time for a reality check: the world is changing as we speak! The latest report on global...
» read full story May 15th, 2008 - 12:52
Platypus Holds The Genetic Code To Evolution

Platypus Holds The Genetic Code To Evolution

As science evolved, people started asking questions and developing theories about how evolution on...
» read full story May 08th, 2008 - 10:44
Every Great Song Starts With A Babble, Even For Birds!

Every Great Song Starts With A Babble, Even For Birds!

The first words of a baby are almost always hard to make any sense of, and that behavior is not...
» read full story May 02nd, 2008 - 14:28
Protein Analysis Provides Evidence Linking T. Rex with Birds

Protein Analysis Provides Evidence Linking T. Rex with Birds

The latest research on the mighty predator Tyrannosaurus rex confirms the long-hypothesized theory...
» read full story April 25th, 2008 - 10:44
Study: Primates Moved From Asia To North America 55 M Years Ago

Study: Primates Moved From Asia To North America 55 M Years Ago

The fossil of the earliest known primate to have inhabited the North American continent -...
» read full story March 04th, 2008 - 10:45

Scientists Discover Super-Size Ancient Rodent

The scientists reported the discovery of the largest ever recorded fossil skull of a new species...
» read full story January 16th, 2008 - 22:55
Bald Eagles Threatened to Death by Fish Waste

Bald Eagles Threatened to Death by Fish Waste

What nourishes you might also kill you, especially when it comes to fish slime. However, it...
» read full story January 15th, 2008 - 19:31
Researchers Discovered Two New Species of Mammals in Indonesia

Researchers Discovered Two New Species of Mammals in Indonesia

During an expedition to Indonesia’s remote eastern province of Papua, scientists...
» read full story December 18th, 2007 - 13:18
More than 25 Percent of the U.S. birds at Risk

More than 25 Percent of the U.S. birds at Risk

The Audubon Society and the American Bird Conservancy announced Wednesday that a quarter of all...
» read full story November 29th, 2007 - 14:11
Yellowstone Caldera May Be Filling with Magma

Yellowstone Caldera May Be Filling with Magma

Scientists say the central region of Yellowstone National Park is rising. The area is dubbed the...
» read full story November 08th, 2007 - 21:46
Evidence: Indonesian "Hobbit" Not Diseased Human

Evidence: Indonesian "Hobbit" Not Diseased Human

After a three year long debate, it appears that those scientists claiming that "hobbit"...
» read full story September 21st, 2007 - 10:18
IUCN’s Report Says 16.306 Species Are Facing Extinction

IUCN’s Report Says 16.306 Species Are Facing Extinction

An annual survey published Wednesday by the World Conservation Union, IUCN revealed a sad and...
» read full story September 13th, 2007 - 16:48
DOI Could Overturn MacDonald's Biased Environmental Decisions

DOI Could Overturn MacDonald's Biased Environmental Decisions

The Department of the Interior is expected to overturn politically-biased environmental decisions...
» read full story July 22nd, 2007 - 12:06
Bird Flu in France and Germany Again

Bird Flu in France and Germany Again

French officials announced Thursday that three swans have been found dead and carrying the deadly...
» read full story July 05th, 2007 - 12:24
Ancient Arctic Ponds Threatened by Global Warming

Ancient Arctic Ponds Threatened by Global Warming

Ancient ponds which date back some 6,000 years ago are rapidly drying up due to the effects of the...
» read full story July 03rd, 2007 - 15:48
Czech Republic Confirms New H5N1 Case In Poultry

Czech Republic Confirms New H5N1 Case In Poultry

State Veterinarian Administration confirmed a second case of bird flu among poultry on a farm in a...
» read full story June 27th, 2007 - 17:46
H5N1 Detected at Czech Poultry Farm

H5N1 Detected at Czech Poultry Farm

Laboratory tests have confirmed that the bird flu which affected turkeys at a Czech farm carried...
» read full story June 21st, 2007 - 16:57

Chinese Scientists Discover Giant Bird-like Dinosaur Fossil

The Chinese archeologists have reported the finding of the remains of gigantic bird-like...
» read full story June 14th, 2007 - 18:09
Audubon Society: US’ Common Birds In Decline

Audubon Society: US’ Common Birds In Decline

The Audubon Society has published a worrying study about the decline among America's most common...
» read full story June 14th, 2007 - 16:29

Magpie Infected With H5N1 Virus Found In China

Hong Kong went into alert this week when a dead magpie found in an urban area of the region tested...
» read full story June 08th, 2007 - 15:48
Indonesian Health Officials Still Alert Over Bird Flu Threat

Indonesian Health Officials Still Alert Over Bird Flu Threat

Indonesian health officials say the country’s efforts to contain the deadly H5N1 virus have...
» read full story June 06th, 2007 - 15:49
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World

New York City Becomes Waterfall City

New York City Becomes Waterfall City

An installation art project that debuted this Thursday turned New York City’s historical harbor...
» read full story June 29th, 2008 - 19:16
Justice Department: Pilot’s Lacunose Maneuvers Caused Oil Spill

Justice Department: Pilot’s Lacunose Maneuvers Caused Oil Spill

The pilot of the container ship Cosco Busan that struck a Bay Bridge tower and caused a...
» read full story March 18th, 2008 - 15:12
Bangladesh Culls Thousands of Chickens over Bird Flu Concern

Bangladesh Culls Thousands of Chickens over Bird Flu Concern

The spread of deadly bird flu in Bangladesh has forced health authorities to slaughter about...
» read full story February 19th, 2008 - 14:03
Coast Guard Criticized In Oil Spill Intervention

Coast Guard Criticized In Oil Spill Intervention

The San Francisco Bay oil spill incident that occurred in November came back to the public eye as...
» read full story January 28th, 2008 - 12:24
Bird-Flu Strikes At Ukraine Poultry Farm

Bird-Flu Strikes At Ukraine Poultry Farm

According to the Interfax news agency, 153 birds have died from the H5N1 bird-flu virus, at the...
» read full story January 18th, 2008 - 20:27
Oil Barge Strikes SF Richmond-San Rafael Bridge

Oil Barge Strikes SF Richmond-San Rafael Bridge

A 309-foot barge carrying 63,000 barrels of heavy oil through San Pablo Bay struck the...
» read full story January 11th, 2008 - 13:13
$61 M for San Francisco Bay Oil Spill Cleanup

$61 M for San Francisco Bay Oil Spill Cleanup

On November 7, the container ship Cosco Busan struck a Bay Bridge tower and caused a 58,000-gallon...
» read full story December 21st, 2007 - 12:30
South Korea Struggles to Clean Up Oil Spill

South Korea Struggles to Clean Up Oil Spill

On Saturday South Korean workers armed with oil skimmers and containment fences struggled to clean...
» read full story December 08th, 2007 - 14:41
Pilot in Bay Oil Spill Formally Accused of Misconduct

Pilot in Bay Oil Spill Formally Accused of Misconduct

State Officials issued formal misconduct charges against the pilot of the Cosco Busan cargo ship,...
» read full story December 07th, 2007 - 14:09
13 Killed in a Bomb Attack in Baghdad

13 Killed in a Bomb Attack in Baghdad

A bomb exploded in a popular pet market in central Baghdad on Friday killing 13 people and...
» read full story November 23rd, 2007 - 16:34
The Search Continues in the Black Sea

The Search Continues in the Black Sea

On Tuesday over 700 people worked to find the 20 sailors that are still missing after the Sunday...
» read full story November 13th, 2007 - 17:28
NY City Councilman Proposes $1,000 Fine for Feeding Pigeons

NY City Councilman Proposes $1,000 Fine for Feeding Pigeons

New York Council Member Simcha Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat proposed a $1,000 fine for feeding...
» read full story November 13th, 2007 - 11:45
Bodies of Three Sailors Recovered. The Clean Up Begins.

Bodies of Three Sailors Recovered. The Clean Up Begins.

The bodies of three sailors were recovered on Monday by the rescuers after the Russian freighter...
» read full story November 12th, 2007 - 17:51
U.S. Feds Launch Criminal Investigation into San Francisco Crash

U.S. Feds Launch Criminal Investigation into San Francisco Crash

The U.S. prosecutors opened a criminal investigation about the Chinese container...
» read full story November 12th, 2007 - 11:29
Hundreds Hard at Work to Clean Up SF Bay Area Oil Spill

Hundreds Hard at Work to Clean Up SF Bay Area Oil Spill

Hundreds of people work hard to save wildlife and halt the spread of a large oil spill in the San...
» read full story November 11th, 2007 - 12:18
San Francisco Beaches Threatened by Oil Spill

San Francisco Beaches Threatened by Oil Spill

One fender of the Bay Bridge, a vital transportation route that connects San Francisco to...
» read full story November 08th, 2007 - 10:57
Prince Harry Questioned by Police for Shooting Rare Birds

Prince Harry Questioned by Police for Shooting Rare Birds

British police are investigating the illegal killing of two rare birds on the Queen's royal country...
» read full story November 01st, 2007 - 16:03
UN Warns About Environmental Threats

UN Warns About Environmental Threats

According to a UN report that was issued on Thursday regarding the state of the environment, the...
» read full story October 26th, 2007 - 15:21
Another F-5F Crashes In Taiwan

Another F-5F Crashes In Taiwan

Two Taiwanese pilots were killed while an Air Force F-5F jet fighter crashed during a military...
» read full story May 11th, 2007 - 13:59
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Movies

“Wall-E” Greeted By The Movie Critics With Rave Reviews

“Wall-E” Greeted By The Movie Critics With Rave Reviews

It remains to be seen how “Wall-E”, the latest movie produced by Pixar and Disney, will perform at...
» read full story June 28th, 2008 - 11:51
Freddy Krueger to Spearhead New Franchise

Freddy Krueger to Spearhead New Franchise

Freddy Krueger is set to return to his chilling killing ways as New Line Cinema plans a new...
» read full story January 31st, 2008 - 17:04
Suzanne Pleshette, 'Newhart's' wife, Died

Suzanne Pleshette, 'Newhart's' wife, Died

American actress Suzanne Pleshette, best known for playing Emily Hartley on "The Bob Newhart...
» read full story January 20th, 2008 - 12:54
Carson’s History Lesson for Talk-Show Hosts

Carson’s History Lesson for Talk-Show Hosts

On January 2 history will repeat itself when NBC’s “The Tonight Show” will return without the...
» read full story December 24th, 2007 - 18:06
Borat Is Dead! Long Live Sacha Baron Cohen!

Borat Is Dead! Long Live Sacha Baron Cohen!

In a rare interview as himself, the strange and funny writer, comedian and actor Sacha Baron Cohen...
» read full story December 22nd, 2007 - 04:48
Birds Remake to Star Naomi Watts

Birds Remake to Star Naomi Watts

Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 horror classic “The Birds” will benefit from a remake...
» read full story October 21st, 2007 - 23:18
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Specials

Stay Alert! West Nile Virus Makes Its First Victims in the US

Stay Alert! West Nile Virus Makes Its First Victims in the US

With the return of summer, the risk of getting infected with West Nile virus is higher than in any...
» read full story June 23rd, 2008 - 14:32
PetSmart Faces Suit Over Parrot Fever Death

PetSmart Faces Suit Over Parrot Fever Death

A family from Corpus Christi, Texas filed a suit in Nueces County District Court against...
» read full story June 18th, 2008 - 16:35
West Nile Virus – Facts You Should Know

West Nile Virus – Facts You Should Know

As the warm season is here, the risk for mosquito-borne diseases has increased and West Nile virus...
» read full story June 12th, 2008 - 12:09
Illinois Health Departments Granted Funds to Fight West Nile

Illinois Health Departments Granted Funds to Fight West Nile

Governor Rod Blagojevich revealed Sunday that the state is granting more than $2.8 million in...
» read full story May 19th, 2008 - 13:25
Whitney Biennial 2008 Takes Temperature Of Modern Art

Whitney Biennial 2008 Takes Temperature Of Modern Art

The art exhibited at Whitney Biennial 2008 is inspired by bird excrement and fairy tales and it...
» read full story March 07th, 2008 - 15:52
The 108th Annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count

The 108th Annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count

The annual Audubon Christmas bird count is already tradition. This year, the funny, though...
» read full story December 23rd, 2007 - 20:07
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Music

Rock’n’Roll Pioneer Bo Diddley Died Monday

Rock’n’Roll Pioneer Bo Diddley Died Monday

Bo Diddley, one of the creators of rock’n’roll and a highly influential artist, died Monday of a...
» read full story June 02nd, 2008 - 22:06
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Health

West Nile Spreads Due to Flooding, Threatens 4th of July Celebrations

West Nile Spreads Due to Flooding, Threatens 4th of July Celebrations

West Nile problems are threatening the Fourth of July celebrations in many areas of the United...
» read full story July 04th, 2008 - 17:56
Horse Dies in California of West Nile Complications

Horse Dies in California of West Nile Complications

A horse died in California of West Nile virus complications. This is the first known equine victim...
» read full story June 25th, 2008 - 22:31
Mosquitoes Continue to Spread West Nile Virus

Mosquitoes Continue to Spread West Nile Virus

At least eight Americans have been infected with the West Nile virus, according to U.S. Geological...
» read full story June 22nd, 2008 - 22:36
CDC Head Warns of Complacency and Bird Flu

CDC Head Warns of Complacency and Bird Flu

Dr. Julie Gerberding, head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warned at a...
» read full story June 22nd, 2008 - 18:45
West Nile Warning Stronger than Ever

West Nile Warning Stronger than Ever

Warm weather brings with it not only the joy of living but also waves of mosquitoes that could be...
» read full story June 21st, 2008 - 11:10
Baxter’s New Bird Flu Vaccine May Be Best Choice

Baxter’s New Bird Flu Vaccine May Be Best Choice

Bird flu virus is closer than ever to finding its enemy, as the first experimental bird flu...
» read full story June 12th, 2008 - 13:35
Mass Bird Cull in Hong Kong over Bird Flu Threat

Mass Bird Cull in Hong Kong over Bird Flu Threat

Just days after Hong Kong health workers slaughtered 2,700 poultry after excrement samples tested...
» read full story June 11th, 2008 - 14:43
All Hong Kong Markets to be Inspected for Bird Flu Virus

All Hong Kong Markets to be Inspected for Bird Flu Virus

Hong Kong health workers slaughtered 2,700 poultry on Saturday after excrement samples taken from...
» read full story June 09th, 2008 - 15:37
Bird Flu Strain at Tyson Foods Leads to Killing of 15,000 Hens

Bird Flu Strain at Tyson Foods Leads to Killing of 15,000 Hens

Routine blood tests conducted Friday on hens at Tyson Foods Inc., the world’s largest meat...
» read full story June 04th, 2008 - 13:14
Bangladesh: Child Doing Well after Bird Flu

Bangladesh: Child Doing Well after Bird Flu

Bangladesh reported on Thursday that a child infected with bird flu had recovered...
» read full story May 23rd, 2008 - 15:05
West Nile Alert in Orange County, 13 Birds Test Positive

West Nile Alert in Orange County, 13 Birds Test Positive

West Nile virus began to become more than a problem for the U.S. states. Just days ago, Illinois...
» read full story May 21st, 2008 - 12:13
WHO: ‘Threat of a Pandemic Influenza Has Not Diminished’

WHO: ‘Threat of a Pandemic Influenza Has Not Diminished’

During a conference held in Geneva on May 6, World Health Organization experts warned on the...
» read full story May 08th, 2008 - 16:37
South Korea Confirms Fourth Outbreak of Bird Flu Virus

South Korea Confirms Fourth Outbreak of Bird Flu Virus

A fourth outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus was confirmed by the South Korean government, after...
» read full story April 13th, 2008 - 19:09
NTSB Blames Pilot’s Medication and Alcohol Use for SF Oil Spill

NTSB Blames Pilot’s Medication and Alcohol Use for SF Oil Spill

Cosco Busan pilot Capt. John Cota whose container struck a Bay Bridge tower on November 7, causing...
» read full story April 10th, 2008 - 11:53
Human-to-Human Transmission of Bird Flu Confirmed in China

Human-to-Human Transmission of Bird Flu Confirmed in China

Chinese health officials confirmed the first case of human-to-human transmission of bird flu....
» read full story April 08th, 2008 - 13:29
Thousands of Chickens to Be Culled in S Korea amid Bird Flu Alarm

Thousands of Chickens to Be Culled in S Korea amid Bird Flu Alarm

South Korean authorities have started culling thousands of chickens following a bird flu outbreak,...
» read full story April 04th, 2008 - 15:54
Mississippi Confirms First West Nile Virus Case for 2008

Mississippi Confirms First West Nile Virus Case for 2008

The state Health Department confirmed Monday, in a press release, Mississippi’s first human...
» read full story April 01st, 2008 - 16:10
Indonesia Reports Two More Bird Flu Victims

Indonesia Reports Two More Bird Flu Victims

Two Indonesian children have died from bird flu, taking the confirmed death toll in the country...
» read full story March 31st, 2008 - 11:36
China Reports Its Third Bird Flu Victim for 2008

China Reports Its Third Bird Flu Victim for 2008

A 44-year-old woman has died of the H5N1 bird flu virus in the southern Chinese province of...
» read full story February 25th, 2008 - 11:16
Indonesia Reports Its 105th Bird Flu Victim

Indonesia Reports Its 105th Bird Flu Victim

A three-year-old boy from the Indonesian capital Jakarta died last week of bird flu, the Health...
» read full story February 18th, 2008 - 14:58
Bird Flu Death Toll on the Rise in Indonesia

Bird Flu Death Toll on the Rise in Indonesia

Indonesia’s Health Ministry has added a new victim to the growing toll of bird flu deaths, as...
» read full story February 05th, 2008 - 11:11
Half of Bangladesh Districts Affected by Bird Flu

Half of Bangladesh Districts Affected by Bird Flu

Three more districts of Bangladesh have been affected by the avian influenza, raising the number...
» read full story February 04th, 2008 - 10:13
Another Indonesian Dies of Bird Flu; Threat Spreads in Asia

Another Indonesian Dies of Bird Flu; Threat Spreads in Asia

Another person has died of bird flu in Indonesia, bringing the country’s toll to 102, health...
» read full story February 01st, 2008 - 15:14
More than 100 Deaths From Bird Flu in Indonesia

More than 100 Deaths From Bird Flu in Indonesia

Indonesia reported its 101st death from bird flu on Wednesday, when a health ministry official...
» read full story January 30th, 2008 - 14:17
Indonesia Reports Its 100th Bird Flu Victim

Indonesia Reports Its 100th Bird Flu Victim

An Indonesia woman, 23, from East Jakarta has died from bird flu, raising the country’s death toll...
» read full story January 28th, 2008 - 17:43
Bird Flu Spreading Among Poultry in Bangladesh, India

Bird Flu Spreading Among Poultry in Bangladesh, India

Veterinary workers are hard at work in India and Bangladesh to collect and slaughter hundreds of...
» read full story January 17th, 2008 - 17:02
Pet Birds in PetSmart Stores Tested Positive for Bacterial Infection

Pet Birds in PetSmart Stores Tested Positive for Bacterial Infection

The Washington State Department of Health has issued a warning on Friday saying that some recently...
» read full story December 29th, 2007 - 19:36
Immune Responses in Sinovac Bird-Flu Vaccine

Immune Responses in Sinovac Bird-Flu Vaccine

This Monday, the Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech Ltd. announced that its H5N1 flu vaccine...
» read full story December 24th, 2007 - 20:36
Epidemiologists on Alert: Bird Flu Strikes Africa

Epidemiologists on Alert: Bird Flu Strikes Africa

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Monday that bird flu is starting to spread again,...
» read full story December 17th, 2007 - 16:10
Victim’s Father Recovers from Bird Flu

Victim’s Father Recovers from Bird Flu

According to official Xinhua news agency, the father of the 24-year-old Chinese man who died...
» read full story December 08th, 2007 - 13:38
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People

Tiger Attacks Caretaker at Tippi Hedren's Preserve

Tiger Attacks Caretaker at Tippi Hedren's Preserve

A tiger living in Tippi Hedren’s animal sanctuary, Shambala Preserve, bit a caretaker who was...
» read full story December 04th, 2007 - 11:03
Hulk Hogan's Wife Seeking Half of Assets

Hulk Hogan's Wife Seeking Half of Assets

Linda Bollea, wife of pro-wrestler Hulk Hogan, filed for divorce last Wednesday and is seeking half...
» read full story November 27th, 2007 - 13:24
Colin Farrell, The Father Behind the Wild Man

Colin Farrell, The Father Behind the Wild Man

Rebellious actor Colin Farrell made a heartwarming confession this week, revealing that his...
» read full story October 16th, 2007 - 16:30
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Business

Metz Fresh Issues Voluntary Spinach Recall, No People Infected

Metz Fresh Issues Voluntary Spinach Recall, No People Infected

Metz Fresh, LLC announced it found traces of Salmonella bacteria in its spinach bags and is...
» read full story September 02nd, 2007 - 20:55
Spinach Recall Due to Salmonella Threat

Spinach Recall Due to Salmonella Threat

More than 68,000 pounds of bagged spinach are to be withdrawn from market by a Monterey County...
» read full story August 30th, 2007 - 16:38
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