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Ducks were once a conservation bright spot. Now they’re declining in the US, new report shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — At least 112 North American bird species have lost more than half their populations in the past 50 years, according to a new report published Thursday. Among the birds showing the steepest declines are Allen’s hummingbirds, Florida scrub jays, golden-cheeked warblers, tricolored blackbirds and yellow-billed magpies. “These are the very real consequences

Naples struck by 4.4-magnitude quake causing minor damage and light injuries

ROME (AP) — The southern Italian city of Naples was struck by a 4.4-magnitude quake early Thursday that caused only minor damage and sent 11 people to the hospital, the most serious suffering contusions after part of a ceiling collapsed, officials said. The quake was the strongest in recorded history around the Phlegrean Fields, a

SpaceX delays flight to replace NASA’s stuck astronauts after launch pad problem

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A launch pad problem prompted SpaceX to delay a flight to the International Space Station on Wednesday to replace NASA’s two stuck astronauts. The new crew needs to get to the International Space Station before Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams can head home after nine months in orbit. Concerns over

Archaeologists uncover the oldest known partial face fossil of a human ancestor in western Europe

WASHINGTON (AP) — A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday. The incomplete skull — a section of the left cheek bone and upper jaw – was found in northern Spain in 2022. The fossil is between 1.1 million and 1.4 million years old,

Inside the government study trying to understand the health effects of ultraprocessed foods

BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Sam Srisatta, a 20-year-old Florida college student, spent a month living inside a government hospital here last fall, playing video games and allowing scientists to document every morsel of food that went into his mouth. From big bowls of salad to platters of meatballs and spaghetti sauce, Srisatta noshed his way

NASA’s newest space telescope blasts off to map the entire sky and millions of galaxies

NASA’s newest space telescope rocketed into orbit Tuesday to map the entire sky like never before — a sweeping look at hundreds of millions of galaxies and their shared cosmic glow since the beginning of time. SpaceX launched the Spherex observatory from California, putting it on course to fly over Earth’s poles. Tagging along were

Hawaii volcano again puts tall lava fountains on display in latest eruption episode

HONOLULU (AP) — An erupting Hawaii volcano once again began shooting fountains of lava that reached hundreds of feet high on Tuesday. Fountains reached heights of 400 feet (120 meters) to 500 feet (150 meters) in the early morning hours, according to the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. This marks the 13th episode of

Explorers discover wreckage of cargo ship that sank in Lake Superior storm more than 130 years ago

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail on the Great Lakes. The Western Reserve was one of the first all-steel cargo ships to traverse the lakes. Built to break speed records, the 300-foot (91-meter) freighter dubbed “the inland greyhound”

The US agency that monitors weather will cut another 1,000 jobs, AP sources say

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is starting another round of job cuts — this one more than 1,000 — at the nation’s weather, ocean and fisheries agency, four people familiar with the matter tell The Associated Press. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Tuesday began plans to lay off 10% of its current

Lawmakers urge Trump administration to cancel owl-killing plan, say it would cost too much

A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Monday urged the Trump administration to scrap plans to kill more than 450,000 invasive barred owls in West Coast forests as part of efforts to stop the birds from crowding out a smaller type of owl that’s facing potential extinction. The 19 lawmakers — led by Republican Rep. Troy

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Ducks were once a conservation bright spot. Now they’re declining in the US, new report shows

Naples struck by 4.4-magnitude quake causing minor damage and light injuries

SpaceX delays flight to replace NASA’s stuck astronauts after launch pad problem

Archaeologists uncover the oldest known partial face fossil of a human ancestor in western Europe

Inside the government study trying to understand the health effects of ultraprocessed foods

NASA’s newest space telescope blasts off to map the entire sky and millions of galaxies

Hawaii volcano again puts tall lava fountains on display in latest eruption episode

Explorers discover wreckage of cargo ship that sank in Lake Superior storm more than 130 years ago

The US agency that monitors weather will cut another 1,000 jobs, AP sources say

Lawmakers urge Trump administration to cancel owl-killing plan, say it would cost too much