The best way to protect wild spinner dolphins in Hawaii while also maintaining the local tourism industry that depends on them is through a combination of federal regulations and community-based conservation measures, finds ...
Ecology
Dec 17, 2014
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A close look at the night sky reveals that stars don't like to be alone; instead, they congregate in clusters, in some cases containing as many as several million stars. Until recently, the oldest of these populous star clusters ...
Astronomy
Dec 17, 2014
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The engineered spring flood that brought water to previously dry reaches of the lower Colorado River and its delta resulted in greener vegetation, the germination of new vegetation along the river and a temporary rise in ...
Environment
Dec 17, 2014
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(AP)—U.S. wildlife officials will decide next year whether a wide-ranging Western bird species needs protections even though Congress has blocked such protections from taking effect, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said ...
Ecology
Dec 17, 2014
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(AP)—The Arctic and its future are looking dimmer every year, a new federal report says.
Earth Sciences
Dec 17, 2014
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(AP)—Federal regulators are accusing Sprint Corp. of illegally billing its wireless customers hundreds of millions of dollars in charges for text message alerts and other services that they didn't order.
Business
Dec 17, 2014
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A network of nine reference sites off the Australian coast is providing the latest physical, chemical, and biological information to help scientists better understand Australia's coastal seas, according to a study published ...
Environment
Dec 17, 2014
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A new species of short-necked marine reptile from the Triassic period has been discovered in China, according to a study published December 17, 2014 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Xiao-hong Chen from Wuhan Centre ...
Archaeology
Dec 17, 2014
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Bird migration is an impressive phenomenon, but why birds often travel huge distances to and from their breeding grounds in the far North is still very unclear. Suggestions include that the birds profit from longer daylight ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 17, 2014
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(AP)—Dish is making it easier to watch video from an online rival, Netflix.
Business
Dec 17, 2014
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