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Arctic terns' flying feat: same as 3 trips to Moon

Reuters Environmental Online Report 29 days ago

OSLO (Reuters) - Arctic terns can fly more than 80,000 km (49,700 miles) a year, beating past estimates of the seabirds' record migrations and equivalent to three round trips to the Moon over a lifetime, a study showed Monday. Tiny tracking devices ...

Winter Weather

AP News 32 days ago

Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens Penguins walk around in there new outdoor home next to the bird house Friday Jan. 8, 2010 duirng Penguin days at the zoo. The unyielding cold spell gripping much of the nation was expected to hang on ...

Industry: Grouse measures could mean delays, costs

AP News 32 days ago

Wyoming oil, gas group says sage grouse measures could mean drilling delays, higher costs Oil and gas companies face more drilling delays and higher costs because of a new U.S. Bureau of Land Management policy for protecting sage grouse in Wyoming, according ...

Britain Zoo Stocktaking

AP News 35 days ago

Ricky the Rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) is counted during the annual stocktaking at London Zoo, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010. More than 750 different species are tallied up in the count. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) Copyright 2010 AP News

Travel Trip Minnesota Tourist Questions

AP Features 36 days ago

This undated photo provided by Explore Minnesota Tourism shows great grey owls in northeastern Minnesota. (AP Photo/ Explore Minnesota Tourism,Paul Sundberg) Copyright 2010 AP Features

Warm Winters Affect Migratory Birds Population In Kashmir

Getty Images 44 days ago

SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, INDIA - DECEMBER 27: A flock of migratory birds fly at the Hokersar wetlands, on December 27, 2009 in Srinagar, Kashmir, India. Glaciers are melting fast in Kashmir as a result of global warming; causing water levels of regional streams, ...

BLM to field offices: Mark fences for sage grouse

AP News 55 days ago

BLM to field offices: Mark fences to make them more visible to sage grouse, other species The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is telling its field offices to mark certain fences and guy wires to make them more visible to sage grouse, ...

Antarctic researcher commutes across continents for work

Reuters Life! Online Report 58 days ago

ON BOARD THE ASTROLABE, Southern Ocean, Dec 14 (Reuters Life!) - Getting to and from work can be annoying if you hit traffic, but for Mireille Raccurt, it takes more than 10 days of flying and sailing through treacherous seas to get ...

Experiment to test killing 1 owl to help another

AP News 62 days ago

Experiment in Northwest could test if killing barred owl helps protected spotted owl Federal biologists are designing an experiment to see if killing the aggressive barred owl that has invaded old growth forests of the Northwest would help the spotted owl, which ...

Nonprofit Bird Sanctuary Struggles To Survive Economic Downturn

Getty Images 63 days ago

TAVERNIER, FL - DECEMBER 08: Laura Quinn the founder of the Florida Keys Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center talks to a pelican as she walks through the center on December 8, 2009 in Tavernier, Florida. The center which cares for sick and injured ...

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