October 20, 2015 Chomping invaders! Alien trap-jaw ants spread along Gulf Coast An aggressive type of trap-jaw ant with a mighty bite is gaining ground in the U.S.
October 20, 2015 Humans killed off passenger pigeons but may try to bring them back It was the moment that humanity learned we had the awesome power to erase an entire species off the face of the Earth in the scientific equivalent of a blink of an eye: The passenger pigeon went...
October 20, 2015 At zoo, donkey pals calm restless rhino Animals in the zoo in Georgia's capital are not allowed to be lonely, even if it means they end up with rather unusual companions.
October 20, 2015 Mad Science: How to build a gamma-ray laser with antimatter Building gamma-ray lasers powered by an exotic hybrid of matter and antimatter may sound like science fiction, but scientists are now a step closer to doing it
October 20, 2015 Bear in Israel undergoes surgery to repair herniated disc Surgery can be a real bear. Even for a bear.
October 20, 2015 Yurok Tribe to release condors in California Yurok tribal tradition holds the California condor as sacred, with ancient stories saying the giant birds fly closest to the sun and are the best messengers to carry prayers.
October 20, 2015 White-nose syndrome that attacks bats is on the move A sign posted at Mammoth Cave National Park in south-central Kentucky lets visitors know if they tour the largest known cave system in the world, they will have to walk on bio-security mats immediately afterward. Shoes must be scrubbed to help contain the spread of a disease that has killed more than 6 million cave-dwelling bats in the United States.
October 20, 2015 Fishermen aim to make hatchery fish better biters In a lifetime of fishing for winter steelhead on Oregon's Alsea River, Stan Steele has seen it get harder and harder to hook into hatchery-bred fish. Instead, he has found he is more likely to hook the wild variety, whose numbers have declined.
October 20, 2015 Northern California bat population declining amid drought conditions A rescue organization says it is receiving an unusually high number of reports of dead or dying bats at this time of year as drought conditions grip Northern California.
October 20, 2015 Modern sharks are sleeker, faster than their ancestors, fossil find suggests Sharks turn out to be more modern and sleek than anyone had ever imagined, given a new study that negates a prior theory that today’s sharks are “living fossils,” changing little over time.
