Bee vanishing act baffles keepers
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Honeybees have been vanishing at an alarming rate from 24 American states, threatening crops.
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By DORIE TURNER  ATLANTA - Ponds and swamps are becoming eerily silent.  The familiar melody of ribbits, croaks and chirps is disappearing as a mysterious killer fungus wipes out frog populations around the globe, a phenomenon likened to the extinction of dinosaurs.
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Honeybees can smother their enemies to death by swarming them, European researchers reported on Monday.
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Â· Zoo birds culled after complaints about noise Â· Horrified locals side with animal rights activists
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WASHINGTON - Conservationists concerned about the extinction of plants and animals may be overlooking the danger to thousands of other species that depend on the threatened ones.
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By SUSAN GALLAGHER HELENA, Mont. - Firefighters battling a wildfire that has blackened nearly 290 square miles and burned 26 homes faced a new challenge, authorities said Wednesday: bees. The blaze that started with lightning on Aug. 22 has forced hundreds to evacuate.
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A mysterious illness is killing tens of thousands of honeybee colonies across the country, threatening honey production, the livelihood of beekeepers and possibly crops that need bees for pollination.
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Science & environment: New survey warns six plant and animal species are facing extinction as lowland heath is being lost
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By MATT WEISER McClatchy News Service  The push behind its likely removal as an endangered species has some worried.   SACRAMENTO, Calif.
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Some members discover itâs tough to erase all their information from the site.
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RENO, Nev. - A survey showing higher-than-expected numbers of a unique Nevada butterfly has revived a debate over whether it needs protection under the federal Endangered Species Act.  Some experts now conclude the listing of the Sand Mountain blue butterfly may not be necessary.
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BINHU, China, July 14 -- It was early morning when an odd noise awoke Tao Qunxian, a farmer in this village on the banks of Dongting Lake in Hunan province. He looked out his front door to see his entire rice paddy had disappeared overnight. The culprit was a seasonal pest: the eastern field mous...
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A recent census of the world's primate population finds that many of them are in danger of disappearing
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Three drums filled with sodium cyanide fell off a truck, and one barrel remains missing. Authorities said beekeepers planned to use the dangerous chemical as a pesticide and could be fined.
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Bees have been disappearing at an alarming rate in 24 states, threatening the production of numerous crops.
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A long spell of wet weather is having a 'dramatic effect' on ground nesting bees, a conservation group says.
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By Dan Buglass rural affairs editor  THE days when farmers paid scant regard to the environment and their custody of the countryside are long gone.