Yurok tribe works for return of condor to Northwest to help fix world gone wrongORICK, Calif. — The tribes of the lower Klamath River have since ancient times decorated themselves with condor feathers when they performed the dances designed to heal a world gone wrong. Yurok tribe works for return of condor to Northwest to help fix world gone wrongORICK, Calif. — The tribes of the lower Klamath River have since ancient times decorated themselves with condor feathers when they performed the dances designed to heal a world gone wrong. Time slowly goes by at southern Afghanistan combat outpost, while others fight TalibanANP HILL, Afghanistan — Cpl. Justin Thompson crawled out of his rat hole dug deep into a wind-beaten, barren hilltop. Stepping over mounds of protective sand bags, he watched the sun rise over the Now Zad valley, a Taliban stronghold. Remains of ancient toothed whale found on Santa Cruz area beachSANTA CRUZ, Calif. — The partial remains of an ancient toothed whale species that roamed the ocean 5 million years ago have been discovered on a California beach. Honeywell sells $185 million of Chinook helicopter equipment to U.K.PHOENIX — Honeywell International Inc. said Wednesday it sold Britain’s defense ministry helicopter equipment valued at $185 million to retrofit their fleet of Chinook helicopters used in Afghanistan. Federal judge in Oregon gives Obama administration more time to inform him of its salmon planPORTLAND, Ore. —A federal judge has given the Obama administration another month before informing him of its plans for improving salmon restoration efforts in the Columbia Basin. Grounded mother whale and calf die off Florida beach amid frantic rescue bid as hundreds watchHOLLYWOOD, Fla. —Rescuers failed in a frantic bid to save a mother whale and her baby after the pair ran aground off a South Florida beach Monday as hundreds looked on, many in tears. Neither animal survived despite efforts to keep them alive with moist towels and umbrellas to protect their drying skin from the scorching sun. Modern ‘49ers’ can forget it: New law halts popular form of gold mining in California riversHAPPY CAMP, Calif. — Small-scale miners still drawn to California to chase dreams of striking it rich will have to find their gold nuggets the old-fashioned way for awhile, with shovels and pans. Man, 78, indicted in shooting death of endangered Hawaiian monk sealHONOLULU — A federal grand jury has indicted a 78-year-old Kauai man in the shooting death of an endangered Hawaiian monk seal in May. Animal control officers want to know how 2 leopard sharks got into S. California trash canNORWALK, Calif. — Animal control officials are trying to find out how two dead 4-foot-long leopard sharks ended up in a trash can in Norwalk, a Los Angeles suburb. Vanishing king salmon in Alaska’s Yukon River leave smokehouses empty, economic crisisANCHORAGE, Alaska — Yukon River smokehouses should be filled this summer with oil-rich strips of king salmon — long used by Alaska Natives as a high-energy food to get through the long Alaska winters. But they’re mostly empty. Hawaii inflicts financial pain on those who break coral in effort to protect precious reefsHONOLULU — Wrecking coral will cost you in Hawaii. Turks and Caicos police begin 4th day of search for survivors from Haitian shipwreckPROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos — Police boats circled an uninhabited island Thursday looking for dozens of Haitian migrants missing from a deadly shipwreck, but rescuers had little hope of finding any survivors as the search entered its fourth day. Shipwrecked Haitians tell of their ordeal as authorities call halt to search operationPROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos — The young man was weak and alone when searchers found him on an uninhabited island shortly before authorities ended the hunt for victims of the sinking of a rickety sailboat crowded with people fleeing Haiti’s poverty. Shipwrecked Haitians recount miserable journey, then desperate scramble to keep from drowningCAP-HAITIEN, Haiti — There was no warning when the overloaded sailboat plowed into a coral reef and began to break apart. In the darkness, some 200 migrants were plunged into the water, grabbing desperately at anything that might help keep them afloat. US Coast Guard scans ocean for missing Haitian migrants but hopes dim for survivalPROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos — Rescue teams scanned the clear blue waters off the Turks and Caicos Islands Wednesday with fading hopes of finding dozens of Haitian migrants whose sailboat struck a reef and shattered in the waves. 85 feared dead in haiti boat tragedy near US coast
Fla. dolphin that survived pneumonia and rehab is freed, attacked by sharks and euthanizedCLEARWATER, Fla. — An Atlantic bottlenose dolphin was attacked by sharks and had to be euthanized just hours after he was released into the Gulf of Mexico off of western Florida. Scientists try to determine if whale was dead or alive when cruise ship hit if off CanadaVANCOUVER — It wasn’t a pretty sight, but whale watchers on a cruise ship in Canada got more than they bargained for when they arrived at the port of Vancouver — a dead whale stuck to the bow. Gulf of Mexico’s ‘dead zone’ of low-oxygen water much smaller than predicted, but still severeNEW ORLEANS — The Gulf of Mexico’s “dead zone” — where there is too little oxygen in the water for anything to live — is less than half the size predicted earlier this year but also unusually severe, a scientist said Friday. Reports: Body of shark left in middle of Miami street after men failed to sell to fish marketsMIAMI — The body of a shark was left lying in the middle of a downtown Miami street after two men tried to sell it to several fish markets. Invasive mussels take hold in Colorado River, imperil water systems for millions across WestLAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, Nev. — Two years after an invasive mussel was first discovered at Lake Mead, the population has firmly established itself and gone on a breeding binge, with numbers soaring into the trillions. Interior finds Bush plan to boost Oregon logging violates Endangered Species ActGRANTS PASS, Ore. — The Obama administration on Thursday scrapped the Bush administration’s last-ditch attempt to boost logging in Northwest forests by scaling back protection for the northern spotted owl. French auto workers threaten to blow up factory in extreme example of resistance to cost cutsCHATELLERAULT, France — Laid-off auto-parts workers huddled Thursday around gas canisters tied to an electrical cable, threatening to blow up a factory in the latest example of extreme French resistance to cost-cutting in the economic downturn. 20-foot basking shark washes onto beach and dies on New York’s Long IslandBABYLON, N.Y. — A 20-foot-long basking shark that washed ashore on a beach on New York’s Long Island appears to have died from some kind of illness. Home to well-heeled Eurocrats, Brussels can also be enjoyed on the cheapBRUSSELS — As the host city for many European Union institutions and their well-heeled Eurocrats, Brussels may not sound like the best destination for travelers on the cheap. A plate of mussels, a local specialty, can set you back nearly $30 (20 euros). Biking _ and whale-watching _ in Washington’s magical San Juan IslandsSAN JUAN ISLANDS, Wash. — Bicycle touring is a whale of a good time on the magical San Juan Islands. Obama picks parks chief enmeshed in oyster flap with California senator, shellfish farmerPresident Barack Obama on Friday tapped Jon Jarvis to head the National Park Service, turning to a 30-year-veteran who oversees the national parks across the Western states, and who also has angered a powerful U.S. senator and backers of a Northern California oyster farm. From pythons to fungus to zebra mussels, invasive species threaten people, native wildlifeWASHINGTON — A pet Burmese python broke out of a glass cage last week and killed a 2-year-old girl in her Florida bedroom. The tragedy became the latest and most graphic example of a problem that has plagued the state for more than a decade: a nonnative species that is wreaking havoc in the Everglades, threatening people, the environment and native wildlife. Surfers, environmentalists, Native Hawaiians trying to shut down shark tours in HawaiiHALEIWA, Hawaii — Three women donned scuba masks and jumped into the waters off Oahu’s North Shore, floating inside a submerged cage as about a dozen sharks glided toward bloody fish scraps tossed into the water by a tour company. |
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PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos — Search teams waited anxiously for daylight Wednesday to resume the hunt for nearly 70 Haitians missing after a handmade wooden sailboat splintered on a reef and spilled nearly 200 poor migrants into rough seas. More than 100 survivors who clung to wreckage or razor-sharp reefs for hours in the waters off the Turks and Caicos Islands were plucked out by rescue boats Monday night and Tuesday — five managed to swim 2 miles (3 kilometers) to shore. Searchers also recovered 15 bodies.
