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Russian team drills into 14-million-year-old Antarctic lake

The lake is the object of a years-long project to study its waters, which may house life forms new to science.
Plants search high and low in response to global warming

For years researchers have watched plants and animals migrate to cooler quarters in response to global warming. But a new study suggests some plants are moving downhill, drawn by increased precipitation.
Honey bees collapse caused by combination of virus and fungus, study reports

Honey bees are being done in by a pair of pathogens – a virus and a fungus – a new study has found.
As 'plant productivity' dips, a search for answers

A new study recorded a slight dip in the amount of CO2 taken up over the past 10 years. If the trend continues, scientists say it could signal a tipping point in earth's ability to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Outdoor cats are easy prey for coyotes

Cats are known as hunters but when coyotes come on the scene, cats who go outdoors become the prey.
Mexico cuts down trees to save monarch butterflies

Many fir trees in Mexico that provide winter homes for monarch butterflies are being killed by bark beetles.
Photo exhibit offers an intimate look at America's jazz ambassadors

Black jazz legends were sent abroad as part of a State Department diplomatic push even while segregation continued back home.
Can America’s West stay wild?

Policy on vast public lands has favored ranchers. Demographics and economics may alter that equation now.
It's boom and bust again in Montana mining town

Falling metal prices have led to job losses in mining communities across the West.
Montana’s got wind, needs power lines

But environmentalists worry that an expanded grid will help carry more dirty power.
In West, mining's return faces resistance

The region's newcomers, who came for high-tech jobs and scenery, worry about ecological costs.
The Mountain West, once GOP turf, is now competitive

The interior West has added new independent and Latino voters who are up for grabs.