Va. Scientists Refine Fish Kill Search
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By SUE LINDSEY  ROANOKE, Va. - With spring approaching, Virginia scientists are planning a more comprehensive attack to find the cause of the mysterious fish kills in the Shenandoah River and its tributaries.
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By Bob Hood, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb. 22--Golden alga fish kills have returned on three Brazos River lakes, claiming primarily threadfin and gizzard shad, but some game fish have died, said Joan Glass, a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologist from Waco.
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HOUSTON - Marine researchers are hoping to prevent tides of destructive algae from killing fish and fouling beaches through early detection of the microscopic organisms.
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Sportfishing isn&#39;t just a tiny, harmless nibble on saltwater-fish populations, according to a new analysis of federal data. FISH COUNT.
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It hardly seems fair, but new research suggests that water creatures nimble enough to avoid being gobbled up by predators may harm their species more than help.
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Virginia Tech University officials should have been quicker to notify students and faculty about two killings on campus hours before the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history, according to a state report obtained by The New York Times on Wednesday.
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Better information by officials could have saved lives in a shooting spree on campus at Virginia Tech that left 33 people dead, a high-profile independent panel investigating the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history says.
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ITHACA, N.Y. - A new test will help scientists quickly detect a fast-spreading aquatic virus that threatens the Great Lakes fishing industry, according to its developers at Cornell University.
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By Bill Geroux, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 24--NORFOLK  -- The Navy released a new environmental study yesterday that supports its plans to build a practice airstrip for its noisy Virginia Beach-based jets in a remote swath of North Carolina.
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Scientists and wildlife officials are continuing to search for what may have caused a series of mass strandings which have left 169 whales and dolphins dead on Australian and New Zealand beaches in the past three days.
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There are more species of venomous fish&#151;some 1,200&#151;than all other venomous vertebrates combined, new research suggests.
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Georgia Aquarium officials say it may be months before they know what caused Wednesday's death of another whale shark, the second this year at the only facility outside Asia that displays the huge, rare fish.
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Scientists are trying to determine why venomous lionfish are appearing in Long IslandÂs waters. The Pacific Ocean natives could pose a threat to the habitat.
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Scientists say drastic measures need to be taken to restore the bluefin.
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A proposed change in how the federal government measures water for fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin river delta has environmental groups alarmed and California officials concerned about potential harm to wildlife habitat.
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Biologists, smarting from research showing that they may have been protecting the wrong fish for decades, are regrouping in their efforts to restore a rare type of trout to Colorado waters.
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By Cindy Clayton, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Dec. 19--CHESAPEAKE -- Fire investigators are hoping to find the man who dumped a hazardous chemical last week on Rotunda Avenue near Portsmouth.