| NZ rescuers save 9 whales stranded on beach By 2010-08-22T05:13:04ZWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Crews with bulldozers buried 49 pilot whales in sand dunes on an isolated northern New Zealand beach Sunday after rescuers managed to save only nine from a group that was stranded on the beach for two days.... hosted.ap.org |
Eyewitness: Star turn Photographs from the Guardian Eyewitness series guardian.co.uk |
Florida panthers bound back thanks to Texas mates By LAURAN NEERGAARD 2010-09-23T19:34:37ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- In the quest to save the endangered Florida panther, their Texas cousins were the cat's meow. Wildlife biologists moved eight female panthers from Texas - close relatives yet genetically distinct - into south Florida 15 years ago in hopes of boosting reproduction, and the immigration paid off.... hosted.ap.org |
Whale rider receives warning A boy who climbed on the back of a Southern Right Whale off the coast of Albany last month has received a warning. abc.net.au |
Disfiguring tropical disease surges in Afghanistan By ROBERT KENNEDY 2010-10-15T14:14:46ZKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- An outbreak of a tropical disease caused by sand fly bites that leaves disfiguring skin sores has hit Afghanistan, with tens of thousands of people infected, health officials said Friday.... hosted.ap.org |