Kenya, Ethiopia authorities seize massive piles of bloody elephant ivory at airportsNAIROBI, Kenya — Authorities in Ethiopia and Kenya have seized more than 2,600 pounds (1,200 kilograms) of bloodstained ivory from about 100 illegally killed elephants at airports, the head of Kenya’s Wildlife Service said Wednesday. Correction: Russia-Snow Leopards storyMOSCOW — In a Sept. 21 story about Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin releasing leopards into a wildlife preserve, The Associated Press misidentified the species of leopard. The animals were Persian leopards, not snow leopards. Bangladesh awards farmer who killed 83,000 rats, launches culling campaign to save cropsDHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh on Wednesday awarded a farmer who killed more than 83,000 rats and launched a monthlong campaign nationwide to kill millions more, to protect crops and reduce the need for food imports. Mokhairul Islam, 40, won a first prize of a color television for killing some 83,450 rats in the past nine months in Gazipur district near the South Asian country’s capital, Dhaka. He collected their tails for proof. A glance at moose populations in selected statesHere’s a look at some significant moose populations in the U.S. according to officials from wildlife agencies in those states. Experts caution that making accurate population estimates is difficult. Feds, environmental group settle on dates for decisions on listing ice seals as threatenedANCHORAGE, Alaska — A federal agency must decide within three weeks whether spotted seals, which depend on sea ice off Alaska’s coast, should be listed as a threatened or endangered species. 1,400-pound bull escapes slaughterhouse, drags cops during 10-block run down NJ city streetsPATERSON, N.J. — Police say a 1,400-pound bull that escaped from a northern New Jersey slaughterhouse dragged officers with a lasso down a street and ran 10 blocks before being captured and sedated. Federal court upholds government’s decision to revoke license of gun shop tied to DC snipersSEATTLE — A Tacoma gun shop linked to the D.C. sniper case isn’t getting its firearms license back. German zookeepers caring for baby rhino after separating it from aggressive motherBERLIN — German zookeepers are caring for a baby rhino after deciding to separate it from its mother shortly after birth. Moose declining in Minnesota’s northwoods, among their few strongholds in lower 48 statesBOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA, Minn. — Researchers say climate change is threatening moose in Minnesota’s northwoods. Federal government reviewing endangered species status for humpback whalesHONOLULU — The federal government is considering taking the humpback whale off the endangered species list in response to data showing the population of the massive marine mammal has been steadily growing in recent decades. Biologists trying to determine what killed humpback whale found floating in Virginia riverGLOUCESTER, Va. — Biologists are trying to figure out what killed a humpback whale found floating in a Virginia river. Australia’s iconic koala dwindling due to habitat loss, stress-related diseaseCUDLEE CREEK, Australia — The koala, Australia’s star symbol, is dying of stress. Southern California wildfire threatens ranches, orchards, homes amid high heat and windsMOORPARK, Calif. — Firefighters guarded rural homes, ranches and orchards Wednesday as a wind-driven wildfire grew to more than 25 square miles on a march through rugged land between small Southern California communities. Warming ocean melts Greenland glaciers, alters marine ecosystemsSERMILIK FJORD, Greenland — With whale fins splashing in the distance, Ruth Curry hauls up her catch from the blustery deck of an icebreaker. Wildlife officials order coyote hunt in LA’s Griffith Park after attackLOS ANGELES — Wildlife officials have conducted a coyote hunt in Los Angeles’ Griffith Park after a coyote bit a man’s foot. AOL’s running man icon, Budweiser’s Clydesdales join Madison Avenue Advertising Walk of FameNEW YORK — American consumers have voted to add AOL’s running man icon and the Budweiser Clydesdales to The Madison Avenue Advertising Walk of Fame in Manhattan. Drilling opponents ask Interior secretary to halt plans for oil and gas drilling off AlaskaWASHINGTON — Opponents of offshore drilling — including some dressed as salmon and a polar bear — delivered more than 250,000 postcards and letters to the Interior Department Monday on a proposal to open vast waters off the Pacific and Atlantic coasts to oil and gas drilling. Oregon bear tranquilized by biologist, drowns in creekMEDFORD, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife says a bear drowned in a creek after it was tranquilized. Citing climate change, federal judge says grizzlies still threatenedBILLINGS, Mont. — Facing the combined pressures of climate change, hunters and lax protections, 600 grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park are going back on the threatened species list under a federal court order issued Monday. Bears, berries and beauty: Scenery abounds on Olympic National Park’s High Divide trailOLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK, Wash. — “Did you see the bear?” the backpacker standing at the side of the trail asked. “He sure saw you.” As ice melts, as court briefs fly, the white bear will hold center stage in climate dramaTUKTOYAKTUK, Northwest Territories — Henry Jr. slept in the arms of his father the unhappy hunter, who pondered the future of the boy born last Arctic winter, in the depths of a polar bear season he’d rather forget. Pandas relocated after massive quake to return to famous China reserve in 2012BEIJING — Sixty pandas relocated last year from a famous Chinese nature reserve after their breeding center was severely damaged by a massive earthquake will return home after repairs in 2012. ACORN grew from local charity to national conglomerate with radio stations, schoolsWASHINGTON — Activist group ACORN started in 1970 to help poor people in Arkansas and by decade’s end went national, expanding into a multimillion-dollar conglomerate with a mission so far-flung that schools now bear its name, two radio stations are affiliates and a man its political arm endorsed is the president. Oh yeah — and it’s the unwilling star of a hot Internet video featuring a couple dressed as a hooker and her pimp. Director of ‘The Cove’ dolphin-killing film will risk arrest to attend Tokyo film festivalTOKYO — The director of an award-winning documentary about Japan’s dolphin slaughter said Friday that he plans to attend the screening of “The Cove” at the Tokyo film festival even though he could be arrested. Researchers flying over Alaska’s northwest coast spot carcasses of up to 200 dead animalsANCHORAGE, Alaska — Up to 200 dead walruses have been spotted on the shore of Chukchi Sea on Alaska’s northwest coast. Lab technician arrested in slaying of Yale grad student whose body was found stuffed in wallNEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Yale University lab technician was arrested Thursday and charged with the suffocation death of a graduate student whose body was found stuffed in a research building wall on what would have been her wedding day. Police say arrest ’soon’ in slaying of Yale grad student whose body was found stuffed in wallNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Police said Thursday they expect to make an arrest shortly in the killing of a Yale University graduate student whose body was found stuffed behind the wall of a campus research building. Official: Drought-driven cattle raid in northern Kenya reaches death toll of 32NAIROBI, Kenya — Most of the 32 victims of this week’s gunbattles in northern Kenya were buried in a mass grave Wednesday as the country’s scorching drought exacerbates tensions over land and water. Conservation groups says 70 captured dolphins in Japanese town set free over weekendTOKYO — A Japanese fishing town that holds a well-known annual hunt to kill and sell dolphins for meat has released 70 of the animals from its first catch of the season following an international outcry, a conservationist group said Tuesday. To bike, hike or drive, Skyline Drive is brought to you by another ’shovel-ready’ generationFRONT ROYAL, Va. — Skyline Drive specializes in solitude mixed with pulse-racing exhilaration. You can get that three ways as autumn colors come alive across the Blue Ridge Mountains. |
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