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No TagsNatgas winter costs seen up 10 to 30 percent (Reuters)Reuters - While U.S. natural gas supplies will be plentiful this winter, gas heating costs for households will still increase 10 to 30 percent compared with last winter, the American Gas Association said on Monday.
US scientists find oldest fossil tracks of legged animal (AFP)
AFP - US scientists have found the oldest fossilized tracks of a tiny legged animal, from 570 million years ago, that push back the advent of more complex creatures on Earth by some 30 million years, a report said Sunday.
Boy wreaks zoo havoc while feeding croc (Reuters)
Reuters - The parents of a 7-year-old boy who broke into an Australian outback zoo and fed a string of small animals to its resident crocodile are likely to be sued after police said the boy was too young to be held responsible.
Spacecraft Zooms by Mercury for Second Time (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - A NASA probe made its second Mercury flyby early Monday as closes in on the closest planet to the sun.
Tropical Storm Norbert strengthens off Mexico (AP)
AP - Tropical Storm Norbert is growing toward hurricane force off Mexico's Pacific coast and forecasters say it might bring weekend rains and wind to the Baja California Peninsula.
The True Costs of Renewable Energy (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - As utility costs mount ever higher, Americans now have real options to take home energy matters into their own hands with "green" systems that can pay for themselves in as little as a few years.
Venus flytraps caught in shrinking natural habitat (AP)
AP - Laura Gadd pauses at the edge of a pristine savanna, delicately lifting her feet to avoid trampling any venus flytraps hidden underfoot.
Recordings aim to capture calls of the wild West (AP)
AP - Rattlesnakes aren't to be trifled with, but if you're trying to collect the sound of every creature in the West that slithers, hops, flies or flops, distance isn't a luxury you can afford.
AP Investigation: Ike environmental toll apparent (AP)
AP - Hurricane Ike's winds and massive waves destroyed oil platforms, tossed storage tanks and punctured pipelines. The environmental damage only now is becoming apparent: At least a half million gallons of crude oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico and the marshes, bayous and bays of Louisiana and Texas, according to an analysis of federal data by The Associated Press.
Scientists: 1 in 4 mammals faces extinction (AP)
AP - Conservationists have taken the first detailed look at the world's mammals in more than a decade, and the news isn't good.
