Looking back at On the Origin of Species
It was revolutionary. This month, 150 years ago, Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species. Darwin s experiences as the naturalist on the HMS Beagle on its five-year round the world voyage were just part of a life-long love of natural scien...
 3.5K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 102.0 Congress begins climate debate;
WASHINGTON Republicans boycotted the start of committee debate today on a bill to curb greenhouse gases, protesting that the bill s costs have not been fully examined. The action put a spotlight on the difficulties Democratic leaders face in moving...
3.9K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 64.0 Rare bird seen in Coos Bay
The Pineapple Express normally hits the South Coast in December, but a tropical visitor alighted in Coos Bay a little early this season. Suzette Eagler of Lakeside was out crabbing with her husband Wednesday morning when she spotted a brown booby acr...
1.9K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 259.0 Birders scope out rare visitor to bay
It's not uncommon in December for a warm Pineapple Express storm system to hit the South Coast, but this week a tropical visitor arrived in Coos Bay a little early. Suzette Eagler of Lakeside was out crabbing with her husband Wednesday morning when s...
1.9K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 64.0 Birders scope out rare visitor to bay
It's not uncommon in December for a warm Pineapple Express storm system to hit the South Coast, but this week a tropical visitor arrived in Coos Bay a little early. Suzette Eagler of Lakeside was out crabbing with her husband Wednesday morning when s...
1.9K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 64.0 Hunter died in fight with family
FOSSIL (AP) The Wheeler County Sheriff's Office says the Oct. 7 shooting death of a 61-year-old Portland hunter came during an altercation with a Scappoose family. Sheriff Bob Hudspeth says Frank Means got into a fight with three men and an 11-year...
0.5K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 64.0 Obama: G20 brought economy back
PITTSBURGH (AP) President Barack Obama asserted on Friday that he and other leaders of the world s 20 wealthy and developing nations took actions that brought the global economy back from the brink and saved or created millions of jobs. We leave ...
7.1K - Sep. 26, 2009; scored 64.0 Obama wants to end fossil fuel subsidies
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama is calling on the world to end massive government subsidies that encourage the use of fossil fuels blamed for global warming. The president, who is set to host the G-20 economic summit opening Thursday in Pitt...
5.3K - Sep. 23, 2009; scored 1000.0 Climate change bill will have modest effect
WASHINGTON (AP) The long-term economic costs of a climate bill being considered in Congress would be comparatively modest in light of expected overall economic growth over the next 40 years, according to a congressional report released Friday. Th...
2.8K - Sep. 19, 2009; scored 64.0 Fossil or gunk? Rock baffles experts
NEWPORT (AP) What some thought might be a 20 million-year-old fossil tortoise in the rocks on a beach in Lincoln County has scientists baffled. After visiting the site Tuesday, Oregon state paleontologist William N. Orr, Bill Hanshumaker of the Hat...
2.4K - Sep. 17, 2009; scored 819.0 Fossil or concretion? Rock baffles experts
NEWPORT (AP) ” What some thought might be a 20 million-year-old fossil tortoise in the rocks on a beach in Lincoln County has scientists baffled. After visiting the site Tuesday, Oregon state paleontologist William N. Orr, Bill Hanshumaker...
2.3K - Sep. 16, 2009; scored 819.0 Sea threatens ancient tortoise fossil
NEWPORT (AP) A tortoise fossil embedded in 20-million-year-old rock has been found along the Oregon coast and a researcher is trying to remove it before the sea claims it. This is big, said Bill Hanshumaker, marine education specialist at the Hatf...
2.3K - Sep. 8, 2009; scored 518.0 T. rex heads for auction block
LAS VEGAS (AP) Museums and high-rolling natural history buffs will get a crack at buying a fossilized Tyrannosaurus rex next month at a Las Vegas Strip auction. Experts say the 170 bones discovered more than 15 years ago in South Dakota represent m...
0.8K - Sep. 5, 2009; scored 102.0 Canola good for biofuels, bad for other crops
PORTLAND (AP) With a national push on to develop alternatives to fossil fuels, Oregon may seem well-positioned to benefit. The Willamette Valley in particular has the capacity to grow a significant amount of canola seeds, which can be crushed to yi...
3.8K - Sep. 2, 2009; scored 64.0 California officials blast Coos Bay LNG proposal
Local opponents of developing a liquefied natural gas project and an ancillary pipeline have found allies in another Bay Area. San Francisco's Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution this week asking Pacific Gas Electric Corp. to withd...
5.6K - Jul. 31, 2009; scored 64.0 Is it worth losing a power source?
Gov. Ted Kulongoski has signed a bill related to tearing down four hydropower dams operated by Pacific Power on the Klamath River. It s been hailed as a milestone, but it could also turn out to be another step in a big mistake. Here s the thing: Copc...
1.4K - Jul. 27, 2009; scored 64.0 Wave energy makes topic list for fish conference
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife marine biologist Cristen Don will discuss wave energy development at an ODFW fish conference in September. As the United States looks for ways to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels the Oregon coast is gaining...
2.0K - Jul. 27, 2009; scored 64.0 Nature Guide Journal: Sturgeon a prehistoric mystery
Column by Marty Giles Prehistoric. Monster. Behemoth. Mysterious. These are mostly suitable words to describe sturgeon. Sturgeon look prehistoric for a number of reasons: a torpedo-shaped body with a tapered and flattened head; tiny, beady eyes; n...
4.5K - Jul. 25, 2009; scored 64.0 Fair: Natural Resources Exhibits
Tuesday 11a.m., Raptors Free Flight Pam Wright noon, question and answer with Smokey Bear Coos Forest Protective Association 1 p.m., Energy Trust of Oregon Incentives Program Heather Laird 2 p.m., Master Gardner Education Series at OSU Master...
3.7K - Jul. 25, 2009; scored 64.0 Oregon governor signs greenhouse gas bills
Gov. Ted Kulongoski has signed a package of bills expected to level off greenhouse gas emissions in Oregon by next year. The seven bills, meant to help combat greenhouse gases were signed Wednesday at the University of Oregon Lundquist College of Bus...
3.2K - Jul. 23, 2009; scored 64.0 | 
