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Saturday Bird Walk, 8 a.m., Spanish River Park, 3001 N. Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton. Meet at split fence on south side of Spanish River Boulevard just west of Ocean Boulevard. Presented by the Audubon...
View ArticleWill hunt for oil off Atlantic coast, Florida deafen dolphins?
Hunting for oil and gas deposits off the Atlantic coast with gear that produces underwater sound blasts 100,000 times stronger than a jet engine could harm or kill tens of thousands of whales and...
View ArticleKudzu bugs may be expanding north and west after developing taste for soybeans
Researchers at N.C. State University have determined that young kudzu bugs don't have to eat kudzu to survive -- which means they could pose a bigger threat to soybeans crops across the country than...
View ArticleCourt fight over seals on La Jolla beach may be finished
Maybe it's premature to say so, but there are indications that the two-decade court battle over seals lounging on a beach in La Jolla may be finished. A San Diego Superior Court judge this week refused...
View ArticleThe Charleston Gazette, W.Va., Sandy Wells column
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- He's a campus favorite, a doctor of psychology, the beloved laid-back professor with the always-open door and a heartfelt concern for students. A native of Buffalo, N.Y., James...
View ArticleNature lovers find refuge in rain
Bird book in hand, Josie Finley, 31, on Sunday afternoon guided a dozen people through part of the 5,300 acres she calls her second home. "These oaks are hundreds of years old ... We're walking through...
View ArticleDelmarva Peninsula fox squirrel makes recovery
Trapped in a steel cage barely big enough to hold her, the large squirrel was not happy, pawing at the bars and trying them with her teeth. Matt Whitbeck and Cherry Keller of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
View ArticleBanks Lake NWR Youth Fishing Derby May 11
The 13th annual Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge Youth Fishing Derby will be held on Saturday, May 11 for children ages 3-15. The derby will be at Flatlanders Lake in Lakeland off of U.S. 221 behind...
View ArticleVolunteers join forces to clean up Palm Beach County
From Jupiter and Juno to West Palm, Boynton and Delray Beach, volunteers took part in the nation’s largest grassroots community improvement program, sponsored by the Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach...
View ArticleGator hunt at Loxahatchee delayed
The alligators can relax, at least until next year. A controversial alligator hunt planned for a federal wildlife refuge in western Palm Beach County will be postponed until at least 2014, while the...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Quiz: 15 years of Disney's Animal Kingdom
Disney's Animal Kingdom marks its 15th year of existence on Monday. Fittingly, it has an Earth Day birthday. Take our quiz that looks back on the theme park's first decade and a half. 1. Even before...
View ArticleDisney's Animal Kingdom 15 year anniversary quiz answers
Disney's Animal Kingdom marks its 15th year of existence on Monday. Fittingly, it has an Earth Day birthday. Take our quiz that looks back on the theme park's first decade and a half. 1. C (as in...
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Saturday Bereavement support group, for those 50 and older, 9-10:30 p.m., Heritage Park West Library, 5859 Via Flora, west of Delray Beach. $1. Call 561-361-9091. Boca Raton Green Market, local...
View ArticleBig beast area just got bigger
The Garden Park Dinosaur Fossil area just got a whole lot bigger, thanks to a National Natural Landmark expansion fitting for the Jurassic-era lumbering beasts that once roamed here. The U.S. Bureau of...
View ArticleNest camera uncovers osprey love triangle drama on Hog Island; female bird...
Rachel and Steve seemed like the perfect couple -- building a nest together and raising their babies in a perch high above Hog Island in the town of Bremen. Everyone figured they'd be together forever,...
View ArticleGrand Forks Herald Mike Jacobs column
Spring has arrived, and with it the birds -- both all of a sudden. The rapid influx of birds has made it almost impossible to keep track, but for me, two species stand out. One is the white-faced ibis,...
View ArticleA bird's-eye view of research
— It was a sunny Saturday morning and master bird bander Lee Johnson was holding spring in his hand. An American robin, a harbinger of the season, had just been banded, and Johnson was showing a Boy...
View ArticleShorebird Festival -- Winged Wonderland
At the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge, it's hard to pick out individual shorebirds with the naked eye. Without the help of binoculars or scopes, the birds are a large, brown mass packed so...
View ArticleMoiliili scuba instructor vies for 'Best Jobs' post
Brittany Arvizu pounded the streets of Waikiki on Saturday and Sunday, handing out fliers that ask people to like her on Facebook. She's hoping to win a contest that will pay her $100,000 for six...
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