An animal shot dead by a coyote hunter in Iowa in February was the first gray wolf spotted in the state since at least 1925, DNA testing has confirmed. The hunter, who hasn’t been named, shot the female wolf near Fairbank in northwest Buchanan County believing it to be a similar-looking coyote. It is legal to shoot coyote in Iowa, ... Read More »
As the Earth’s oceans have warmed over the past three decades, the staging grounds for destructive hurricanes have crept toward the poles, according to a study by three of the world’s leading tropical weather experts. This could be the first “robust” signal that the buildup of greenhouse gases from human activity is influencing tropical storms, the authors said. Read More »
A Health Canada safety review of several serotonin-blocking drugs used to treat nausea and vomiting due to cancer therapy has identified a potentially life-threatening side-effect of the medications. The drugs dolasetron (Anzemet), granisetron (Kytril and related generics), ondansetron (Zofran and generics) and palonosetron (Aloxi) pose the risk of serotonin syndrome, the federal department said Wednesday. Read More »
The Provincial government has released more details on how the fight against Zebra Mussels on Lake Winnipeg will be rolled out in another week weather permitting. The zebra mussels will be fought by applying liquid potash to harbour waters. Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh said the treatment will not impact fish, discolour water, and or result in any ... Read More »
Saira Blair, a West Virginia resident who will graduate high school later this month, just defeated a sitting state delegate in her district’s primary election. This is a very notable accomplishment for any teen, but it is especially notable for a second-semester senior (a subset of the student population whose daily responsibilities mostly consist of watching Hercules in a darkened ... Read More »
A Prescott Valley, Ariz. teenager was arrested last week on suspicion of stealing a tuxedo to wear to prom, police said. Kyle Terry Laderoot, 18, was arrested at his prom in Jerome, Ariz. Kyle Laderoot is suspected of breaking a window at the Elegant Brides store in Prescott Valley and stealing the $600 tuxedo. Read More »
Nicknamed “Alien” because it resembles the beast in the movie, the catfish Kryptoglanis shajii is found only in the Western Ghats mountain range of Kerala, India, Live Science reported. The catfish lives in subterranean waters, but has been spotted in the area’s springs and wells. Read More »
New requirements that Medicare start paying for lung cancer screening for heavy smokers will probably raise costs by about $3 a month for everybody enrolled in the program, researchers projected in a new study. The new analysis seeks to put a price tag on a program that cancer experts say could save lives by catching lung cancer at a stage ... Read More »
In an extraordinary find, scientists have discovered ancient giant sperm – thought to have been longer than the crustacean male’s entire body – at a world heritage fossil site in Australia. Tightly coiled up inside the sexual organs of the fossilised freshwater crustaceans known as ostracods, these preserved giant sperm are from tiny shrimps that lived at least 17 million ... Read More »
Atlanta Police charged a teenager early Wednesday morning in connection with a Tuesday afternoon shooting near an Atlanta high school that wounded 5 people including 4 students. Marcellus Brooks, 17, is charged with 5 counts of aggravated assault for Tuesday’s shooting at Panther Trail and Childress Drive, just off the Therrell High School campus. Read More »
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has admitted to some missteps and errors in the first few days of the country’s search for missing flight Malaysia Airlines MH370. In an opinion piece in Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal, Najib agreed that a contradictory and chaotic public message and a slow start to search and rescue operations in the initial days following the ... Read More »
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