Montana outlines specifics of possible grizzly hunt
If grizzly bears are delisted and hunting is authorized, Montana’s season will be so restrictive that the state will not allow the shooting of any bear traveling with another bear to avoid killing a female.“The take-home for the hunting season is that it would be very conservative and designed to limit the harvest of females,” said John Vore, Fish, Wildlife and Parks Game Management Bureau chief.To that end, season dates would also be designed to protect females. Since sows with cubs emerge fro..>> view originalSwarm of earthquakes strikes Mount St. Helens
At this point, "there is absolutely no sign that it will erupt anytime soon, but the data we collect tells us that the volcano is still very much alive," the U.S. Geological Survey said.Although there are no signs of an imminent eruption, the volcano is recharging, scientists say.Mount St. Helens is in Washington state, 95 miles south of Seattle and about 55 miles northeast of Portland, OR. The earthquakes have been measured at a magnitude of 0.5 or less and the largest was at 1.3. They've been..>> view originalChina's Hainan Island Home To 35 Tons Of Dead Fish
China's Hainan Island Home To 35 Tons Of Dead Fish Twitter | People's Daily | China News Around 35 tons of dead fish have washed ashore on Hainan Island in China, as bodies covered vast areas of Hongcheng Lake. Biologists are struggling to understand what may have wiped out the vast population of marine animals. One possible explanation is the creatures may have been killed as they passed through the pumping system used on the lake. The animals may have been carried in an estuary by a tidal s..>> view originalNew Horizons sets sights on its next target, a mysterious object at solar system's edge
Scientists still are analyzing the images and observations of Pluto that the New Horizons mission captured in unprecedented detail last July, but they also are looking ahead to an even closer look at a space object with which they are even less familiar.Known as 2014 MU69, the object is thought to be unchanged since the birth of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago. Scientists plan to use the same cameras and other instruments that showed the world a ruddy, textured Pluto to reveal more about..>> view originalAncient Reptile Ate Like an Underwater Lawn Mower
Think of a hammerhead, and you probably imagine a carnivorous shark with a mallet-shaped head patrolling the seas for prey. But a 243-million-year-old fossil found in the Yunnan Province of southwestern China may just turn that image on its head. This ancient hammerhead was no fish; it was a reptile. And instead of feasting on schools of hapless prey, its jagged teeth helped it forage for mouthfuls of algae—making it the first marine reptile that was a vegetarian. “We were blown away by this..>> view originalSpaceX flies Falcon 9 from Cape, lands on Atlantic ship
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket on Friday and, despite the odds, landed the first stage on a ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Posted May 6, 2016. Buy PhotoSpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is seen launching from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in this photo taken at Port Canaveral on Friday, May 6, 2016.(Photo: Malcolm Denemark, FLORIDA TODAY)Buy PhotoA SpaceX hangar at Kennedy Space Center may soon feel a bit crowded with used rockets.A third Falcon 9 booster is on its way there afte..>> view originalThese ancient Asian primate fossils might be the missing pieces of a major evolutionary puzzle
Lower jaw fossils from the ancient primate Yunnanadapis folivorus, one of several species newly discovered in southern China. (K. Christopher Beard) For decades, scientists thought that the story of human evolution was fairly straightforward: We and our primate ancestors evolved in Africa over millions of years, then started crossing continents and traversing seas to reach all the places we’re found today. Simple (ish). But then, in the 1990s, researchers in China made a surprising discovery..>> view originalMercury is about to pass in front of the sun, and it should be incredible to watch
A satellite image of one of Mercury's previous transits. (NASA) It happens around 13 times a century: From our perspective, Mercury – the smallest planet in our solar system – will pass in front of the sun. On Monday, most of the world (including the United States) will be able to see the planet as a tiny black dot passing slowly in front of its host star. You shouldn't stare directly into the sun (ouch), but by watching online or using a telescope with a special filter, you can see Mercury ..>> view originalJust how massive is one supermassive black hole? 660 million times the Sun
In a galaxy far, far away, a supermassive black hole sits at the center with a gravitational pull that sucks in everything from planets to stars to light. And for the first time, scientists knows precisely how massive it is. Scientists have been able to measure precisely the mass of a supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy called NGC 1332, roughly 73 million light years away from Earth. The findings suggest the black hole has a mass 660 million times greater than the mass of the sun..>> view originalSecrets Of The Mariana Trench, Caught On Camera
Deep in the ocean, a mission is underway to explore the "unknown and poorly known areas" around the Mariana Trench. "Despite decades of previous work in the region," the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says, "much of the [trench] and surrounding areas remain unexplored." A deep-sea anglerfish within the pillow basalts in the Mariana Trench area. You can see its round lure between its two eyes. This fish is an ambush predator that waits for prey to be attracted by..>> view original
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