Showing posts with label USA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USA. Show all posts
Monday, February 20, 2012

DogTV is the cat’s meow

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Test Subject:  DogTV, the television channel for dogs. The big picture:  Making its cable-TV debut in San Diego, the recently launched DogTV...
Sunday, February 19, 2012

Bugs at North Mianus school weren't bedbugs

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The bugs found last month at North Mianus School weren't bedbugs after all, but instead a rare, closely related type of insect that feas...
Monday, January 9, 2012

Like magic, Harry Potter's owl spotted across US

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LAKE ANDES, S.D. (AP) — Famous for its role as Harry Potter's companion in the books and movies, a species of majestic, mostly white owl...
Saturday, January 7, 2012

27 wolves confirmed in Washington State

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Annual survey confirms 27 wolves, including three breeding pairs, in Washington - Possibly more January 2012. The Washington Department of F...
Sunday, January 1, 2012

Dead blackbirds fall again in Arkansas town

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Thousands of dead blackbirds rained down on a town in central Arkansas last New Year's Eve after revelers set o...
Saturday, December 31, 2011

Lone Gray Wolf On The Move

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A lone gray wolf, fitted with a GPS collar by Oregon Department of Fish and Game, has been tracked crossing into northern California, report...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Lone wolf outfoxes hunters in 1,000km quest for mate

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A young wolf has become a US celebrity while evading capture – dead or alive – in an epic search for a mate. The animal has traced a zigzag ...
Thursday, October 27, 2011

Bat killer cause confirmed as fungus (via Dawn Holloway)

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White-nose syndrome (WNS), the disease rampaging its way through the bats of North America, is caused by a fungus, scientists have confirm...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Genetic study of cave millipedes reveals isolated populations and ancient divergence between species

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Last week the International Journal of Myriapodology published the first population genetic study of cave millipedes. This research highlig...
Monday, September 19, 2011

Endangered species: Mystery as New England cottontail rabbits disappear from East Coast

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The New England cottontail rabbit, in sharp decline for decades throughout the Northeast, is on the verge of disappearing from several sta...
Sunday, September 4, 2011

Documents Show Feds Believed in the Yeti (via Chad Arment)

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Paul Bedard, Lauren Fox September 2, 2011 Newly unearthed State Department documents confirm for the first time Uncle Sam's belief tha...
Saturday, September 3, 2011

Verified cougar in Louisiana (via Chad Arment)

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Verified Cougar Sighting in Vernon Parish, Louisiana August 31, 2011 In this age of trail cams and cell phone cameras, it's getting mor...
Sunday, August 28, 2011

Bryan’s shearwater, new Hawaiian seabird species, discovered (via Chad Arment)

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For the first time in decades, researchers have found a new bird species in the United States. Based on a specimen collected in 1963 on Mid...
Thursday, August 18, 2011

First vampire bat bite death in U.S. reported

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The United States has now recorded its first death from a vampire bat bite, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.    ...
Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Another Mountain Lion Sighting Reported In Greenwich (via Chad Arment)

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By DAVID OWENS, The Hartford Courant http://www.courant.com/community/greenwich/hc-greenwich-mountain-lion-0812-20110811,0,2187802.story ...
Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Stimulus money spent on monkeys?

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IMMOKALEE, Fla. - Stimulus money being spent on monkeys? A Fox 4 investigation has one lawmaker taking action after we discovered the govern...
Thursday, July 21, 2011

Great white sharks amass off Martha's Vineyard

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Gathering by the shores of Monomoy Island near Martha's Vineyard, where much of the movie "Jaws" was filmed, great white shark...