Sea creatures to be tracked worldwide (AP)

   AP - In a modern update of "fish and chips," researchers are planning a worldwide effort to track the movement of sea creatures tagged with tiny electronic devices.
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Production restarts at turkey farm

   Turkeys are to be slaughtered and processed again at the Bernard Matthews farm where bird flu was discovered.
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Welsh coastline is 'under threat'

   Much of the Welsh coastline is threatened by erosion and flooding in the near future, the National Trust says.
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Valentine roses hit with toxic chemicals (AP)

   

AP - It's probably the last thing most people think about when buying roses — by the time the bright, velvety flowers reach your Valentine, they will have been sprayed, rinsed and dipped in a battery of potentially lethal chemicals.

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Alabama's bald eagle population booming (AP)

   

AP - After 15 years of checking bald eagle nests from small planes, there are now an estimated 100 nesting pairs, up from 77 the previous year and 10 times the state's recovery goal under the Endangered Species Act. With the nest-to-nest status check by plane ending last year, the state now will start watching over a few dozen nests to monitor the eagles' health.

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Ancient chimps may have used hammers (AP)

   

AP - Chimpanzees may have been using stone "hammers" as long as 4,300 years ago. An international research team, led by archaeologist Julio Mercader of the University of Calgary, Canada, said Monday it had uncovered the hammers, dated to that time, in the West African country Ivory Coast. It would be the earliest known use of tools by chimpanzees.

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Ethical shoppers 'need more help'

   Consumers require more advice on how to choose ecologically sound products, a report claims.
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Church tips for green weddings

   Couples getting married should spend less and think green when planning their big day, according to the Church of England.
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Oil spill trial opens in France

   France begins a trial over the 1999 Erika oil spill - one of the country's worst environmental disasters.
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Japan in commercial whaling push

   Pro-whaling countries meet in Japan to plan the lifting of the global moratorium on commercial hunting.
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ESP laboratory closes its doors

   A US laboratory set up to study ESP is to close, ending a strained 30-year relationship with the scientific world.
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Bird flu farm resumes production

   Bernard Matthews is to resume slaughtering and processing birds at the Suffolk farm where bird flu was found.
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Harvard names first female head

   Harvard University names Drew Gilpin Faust as its first female president in its 371-year history.
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Stem cells used to boost breasts

   Scientists in Japan claim to be able to increase the size of a woman's breasts using fat and stem cells.
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Teraflop chip hints at the future

   A chip the size of a fingernail and capable of more than a trillion calculations per second is unveiled by Intel.
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Red Planet 'hiking maps' produced

   Scientists using data from a European probe orbiting Mars have made new topographic maps of the Red Planet.
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Japan whale ship in protest clash

   A Japanese whaling ship sends up a distress signal after colliding with a protest boat in the Antarctic.
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Japan whale ship in protest clash

   A Japanese whaling ship sends up a distress signal after colliding with a protest boat in the Antarctic.
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Turkey moved from UK 'was safe'

   Cooked turkey products exported from the UK presented no risk, the government says.
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Emerging research heralds new era of breast cancer management

   Aggressive research currently underway brings hope of dramatic advances in breast cancer management, according to a new review. The review reveals that new approaches in breast cancer imaging, investigations into the timing of chemotherapy and research on breast cancer vaccines may lead to exciting new nonsurgical tools for the physician treating breast cancer patients.
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Diabetes genes mapped out

   Scientists say they have mapped the most important genes that put people at risk of type 2 diabetes.
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Bird flu farm 'continued exports'

   Cooked turkey products were exported from the UK after bird flu was found, Hungary's chief vet says.
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Whaler, protest ships collide in Antarctic (AP)

   

AP - An anti-whaling group's boat and a Japanese whale-spotting vessel collided in Antarctic waters Monday during violent clashes over a pod of whales, conservationists and Japanese officials said.

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Florida eatery holds benefit for Nowak (AP)

   AP - About 70 diners attended a fundraiser at an Italian restaurant Sunday night for a NASA astronaut charged with attempted murder.
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