Baby bats hit by cold, wet summer
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British bats are abandoning their young in a struggle to survive poor breeding conditions, say researchers.
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Just because it's September, on autumn's cusp, don't expect cool, crisp air for the Washington area -- not just yet, at least. Today and tomorrow, it's still going to be hot, humid and summerlike.
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A freak summer hail storm left ice blanketed across large parts of Australia's drought-hit capital Canberra on Wednesday, forcing some businesses and government departments to close due to storm and flood damage.
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By Art Campos, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 7--The warm weather has arrived, and so has the potential for accidents in lakes, rivers and swimming pools.
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By Elaine Pacheco Special to My Life  It's not just raining cats and dogs in Memphis today. It's raining tigers, eagles and panda bears.
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This summer looks to have been the wettest since records began, according to Met Office figures.
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By John Jeansonne, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Feb. 18--Spring training really is a show about nothing much, its true baseball merit apparent only when one factors in the mid-February wind chill on fans in the North and Northeast.
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After unpacking bats that were as cold as Popsicles, the St. Louis Cardinals went to their frigid, empty ballpark yesterday and contemplated an icy prospect.
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By LEE BERGQUIST  A report issued Wednesday after the storm-related deaths of 17 whooping cranes in Florida made recommendations that will allow juvenile birds to escape rising waters such as those that killed the cranes and 20 people in a massive February thunderstorm.
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A boatful of kids on a bright, windy day, sails billowing among the verdant Boston Harbor islands - the very picture of a New England summer.
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The bat, Anoura fistulata, has a tongue one and a half times its body length.
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By John Biemer, Chicago Tribune  Dec. 18--In their annual migration south for the winter, most birds don't fly commercial.
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By DAVID JEFFS  FAMILY holidays in Woolacombe as a child always bring to mind two words - wet and windy!   Many a week I shivered behind a windbreak on the beach as rain bucketed down.
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A sharp rise in global temperatures about 50 million years ago may have been responsible for the evolution of bats, Science magazine reports.
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By Catherine Kozak, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Mar. 5--It was during what some locals called "the summer of the piping plover." Two vehicles were parked on the beach on the south end of Hatteras Island. Nearby, on a pole shoved crookedly in the sand, was a sign: AREA CLOSED.
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Tiny channels in the Arctic ice support creatures that play a crucial role in climate-affected ecosystems.
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A cold snap has brought freezing temperatures, unusual snows and heavy rains to Mexico and Central America, and authorities said the weather may be to blame for several deaths.