Scientists Stumped by Dead Croakers
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Thousands of croakers have washed ashore at beaches along the Atlantic coast in recent days, the latest mass deaths of the popular sport fish.
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Experts cast doubt on claims that a scientist has made embryos from dead people's tissue.
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Scientists are studying endangered right whales this summer to learn more about their behavior and assess the risks posed by lobster gear.
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Prehistoric hunters may be off the hook in the latest twist of a prehistoric whodunit that tries to explain why bison populations sharply crashed thousands of years ago.
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Scientists investigating the icy waters of Antarctica said Tuesday they have collected mysterious creatures including giant sea spiders and huge worms in the murky depths.
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With spring approaching, Virginia scientists are planning a more comprehensive effort to find the cause of the mysterious fish kills in the Shenandoah River and its tributaries.
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PORTLAND, Maine - Scientists are studying endangered right whales this summer to learn more about their behavior and assess the risks posed by lobster gear.
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By MORGAN SIMMONS,  simmonsm@knews.com  TELLICO PLAINS, Tenn. -- Fisheries biologist Jim Herrig lowered the probe into McNabb Creek and waited for the results. When the screen flashed a pH reading of 6.9 -- just a hair below neutral on the acidity scale -- he couldn't resist a smile.
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The mystery of how a type of lizard "walks" on water may have been solved, a group of US scientists believe.
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The oxygen-depleted "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, long a subject of scrutiny by scientists, is only now becoming less of a mystery.
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Science & environment: Advances mean cryonics - freezing the dead with the hope of reviving them - could be coming a little closer
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Scientists have deciphered the process one species of bacteria uses to "resurrect" its genetic material after being blasted by radiation or parched by lack of water.
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Four endangered whales have been found dead in the past six weeks &#151; including two just this week, scientists said.
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Tiny single-celled organisms, many of them previously unknown, have been discovered beneath nearly seven miles of water in the deepest part of the ocean.
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Scientists are plunking a series of high-tech sensors into the Hudson River in an effort to unravel mysteries of the murky waterway.
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WASHINGTON - Peering deep into the sea, scientists are finding creatures more mysterious than many could have imagined.  At one site, nearly two miles deep in the Atlantic, shrimp were living around a vent that was releasing water heated to 765 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Scientists and wildlife officials continued to search Tuesday for what may have caused a series of mass strandings which left 168 whales and dolphins dead on Australian and New Zealand beaches in the past three days.