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BP Gulf Oil Spill: A Look Back [PHOTOS]
By not in system - AOL NewsOn April 20, 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig suffered a massive explosion off the Louisiana coast, killing 11 workers and releasing millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Take a look back at the photos that captured the damage the oil spill caused to the Gulf's wildlife and industries. http://xml.channel.aol.com/xmlpublisher/fetch.v2.xml?option=expand_relative_urls&dataUrlNodes=uiConfig,feedConfig,localizationConfig,entry&id=996772&pid=996771&uts=1303223363 ...
Experts: German Celebrity Polar Bear Knut Drowned
By not in system - AOL NewsBERLIN -- Germany's celebrity polar bear Knut died from drowning after collapsing due to swelling of his brain and falling into his enclosure's pool, an expert said Friday. Pathologist Claudia Szentiks said a necropsy of the four-year-old bear who died suddenly two weeks ago showed he was suffering from encephalitis, an irritation and swelling of the brain that was likely brought on by an infection. AFP / Getty Images Knut, seen here in his enclosure at the zoo in Berlin in December, died March 19. A pathologist says the polar bear drowned after collapsing. She said it was ...
India's Tiger Census Shows Numbers on the Rise
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW DELHI -- India's latest tiger census shows an increase in the numbers of the endangered big cat. The census counted at least 1,706 tigers in forests across the country, about 300 more than four years ago, a government official said today. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh called the increase good news but cautioned against any complacency in efforts to save the iconic animal from extinction. Ajit Solanki, AP A Royal Bengal tigress reacts to the camera at the zoo in Ahmadabad, India. The country's latest tiger census shows an increase in the endangered big cat's ...
Bizarre Bird Maimings in Huntington Beach: A Vast 'Right Wing' Conspiracy?
By Chris Epting - AOL NewsIt's a weird, gruesome mystery that has all the local wildlife experts in "Surf City, USA" scratching their heads. In the past three weeks, almost 30 birds have been found in Huntington Beach, Calif., all with an almost identical signature injury: a devastatingly shattered right wing. Debbie McGuire, wildlife director at the well-respected and well-known Wetlands & Wildlife Care Center in Huntington Beach, where the birds have been brought when found by the public, says she's never seen anything quite like it. "It almost seems ritualistic, even cultish," she told AOL News. "In just about ...
Sickened Seals Washing Up on the Jersey Shore
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsEarlier today millions of dead fish washed up in Redondo Beach, Calif. But that's not the only sad marine life news to report. According to NBC Philadelphia, a higher-than-usual number of seals are washing up on New Jersey beaches. What's worse, many of the recently beached seals are starving, sick or infected with parasites, and experts aren't sure why it's happening. Seal sightings aren't that unusual at the Jersey shore, and it doesn't necessarily mean there's a widespread animal crisis. According to The New Jersey Star-Ledger, officials noticed a seal that had come ashore at Island Beach ...
Florida Panther Not Extinct, Eastern Cougar Is; Here's the Difference
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsHow well do you know your cougars? On Wednesday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that the eastern cougar (Puma concolor couguar) is extinct. A subspecies of the larger cougar family, the eastern cougar has been on the endangered species list since 1973. After a formal review, the Fish and Wildlife Service concluded that eastern cougars have likely been extinct since the 1930s. Cougar sightings in the eastern cougar's range, which stretches from Maine to Georgia, have been declared other types of cougar subspecies. The eastern cougar was considered a threat to livestock and was ...
Fireworks May Have Sent Ark. Birds Into a Tizzy
By not in system - AOL NewsBEEBE, Ark. -- Celebratory fireworks likely sent thousands of discombobulated blackbirds into such a tizzy that they crashed into homes, cars and each other before plummeting to their deaths in central Arkansas, scientists say. Still, officials acknowledge it's unlikely they'll ever pinpoint a cause with certainty. So for the small town of Beebe, Ark., where New Year's revelers spent the holiday weekend cleaning up more than 3,000 dead red-winged blackbirds, The Mystery of Why the Birds Fell Out of the Sky remains unsolved. Some speculated Monday that a bout of bad weather was to blame. ...
More Than 1,000 Dead Birds Plunge From Sky in Arkansas
By not in system - AOL NewsBEEBE, Ark. -- Wildlife officials are trying to determine what caused more than 1,000 blackbirds to die and fall from the sky over an Arkansas town. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said Saturday that it began receiving reports about the dead birds about 11:30 p.m. the previous night. The birds fell over a 1-mile area of Beebe, and an aerial survey indicated that no other dead birds were found outside of that area. Commission ornithologist Karen Rowe said the birds showed physical trauma, and she speculated that "the flock could have been hit by lightning or high-altitude hail." The ...
Tony Hayward, the BP Exec Who Wanted His Life Back: Where Is He Now?
By Jeanette Friedman - AOL NewsTony Hayward was just one of a host of people who momentarily grabbed the spotlight in 2010 and dominated a news cycle or two while getting their 15 minutes of fame. In this series, AOL News is checking in on 25 of these newsmakers and giving them a 16th minute. Sean Gardner, Pool / Getty Images Former CEO of BP Tony Hayward left his position after a string of public gaffes. Tony Hayward Made News in 2010 When He: Dropped a public-relations disaster on top of an ecological disaster -- the BP CEO said in an interview, "I'd like my life back." The Full Story: On April 20, one of ...
Kayaker Presumed Dead After Congo Crocodile Attack
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JOHANNESBURG (Dec. 9) -- An acclaimed outdoorsman who wrote movingly about testing himself against nature is presumed dead after a crocodile snatched him from his kayak while he led an American expedition from the source of the White Nile into the heart of Congo. Two Americans being guided by 35-year-old South African Hendrik Coetzee on the grueling trip could only watch in horror. They paddled unharmed to safety after the Tuesday morning attack on the Lukuga River in Congo. The International Rescue Committee, which runs development projects in the Central African nation, helped evacuate the ...
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