Sea turtle released after months of laser treatments and other top stories.

• Sea turtle released after months of laser treatments

  

  It must have been disorienting for the patient — more than 200 people, almost as many cameras and phones snapping pictures, after a ride in a big plastic box inside a Jeep.This, after nearly six months in the hospital with anemia and following a series of laser surgeries to remove several large tumors.But finally, Cisco Kid, a juvenile green sea turtle, was done with the selfies and made-for-Facebook photos on June 20 and the turtle's vet, Brooke Burkhalter, carried it through the throng and in..

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• Why cities are forming a global alliance to curb climate change

  

  Most attention on climate change policy has focused on national governments, but can cities, too, help curb global warming?That's the goal of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, a coalition of more than 7,000 cities spanning six continents.The group, created by merging the United Nation’s Compact of Mayors and the EU’s Covenant of Mayors, is a first-of-its-kind global initiative of local governments aimed at supporting each other in “setting ambitious climate reduction goals, ..

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• For Wisconsin beekeepers, a question: To migrate, or not?

  

  MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Nathan Clarke’s bees spend their time scattered around the Madison area. That’s great in spring and summer, not so great in winter.Doug Hauke’s bees, like snowbirds, are in Central Wisconsin now but winter in California, Texas and other warmer climes.Loading up semi trailers with buzzing hives headed to points south doesn’t just protect bees increasingly weakened by disease and pestilence from harsh weather. The pollination service also brings a separate revenue stream that ..

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• Arctic's pink snow pushing ice glaciers towards faster melting: Research

  

  Scientists have come across pink snow in the Arctic in many regions, which looks like as if somebody has tipped a gallon of watermelon juice on snow. The pink color of snow has been caused by a natural occurrence due to presence of snow-dwelling algae. Scientists said that there isn’t anything pretty in pink ice because the Arctic's pink snow or ‘watermelon snow’ results into faster meltdown of ice glaciers. A study published in the journal Nature suggested that with growing global warming, in..

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• Hubble Images NGC 1854 Star Cluster In Stunning Photo

  

  The star cluster NGC 1854 has been imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope in a new photograph. What science can be gleaned from this dazzling image?  ( ESA | Hubble and NASA ) The star cluster NGC 1854 has been photographed by astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in a dramatic new photograph. The collection of hundreds of clusters of stars sits roughly 135,000 light-years away from our home planet. The constellation of Dorado (the Dolphin), visible from the southern h..

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• Amber fossils trapped ancient insects wearing camo

  

  If you want to blend into your environment you might don a shirt, hat, or pants that match your surroundings. But humans aren't alone in dressing to camouflage themselves. Some insects do it, too.Little bugs cover themselves with bits of plant matter, dirt, and even the exoskeletons of other insects to hide from predators and sneak up on prey.And scientists just discovered that these insects have been masters of disguise for more than 100 million years.But the insects' camouflage outfits don't ..

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• Monkeys turn selective about companions when they grow old

  

  When humans grow old, they become more selective about their friends. Many people prefer to stay isolated or with a limited group of friends during old age. Similar phenomenon has been noticed in case of monkeys, especially, Barbary macaques. A team of researchers noticed that Barbary macaques become less social as they age. Researchers from the German Primate Center wished to find out affect of age on behavior. They studied this relation in 100 Barbary macaques that were kept in an enclosure i..

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• Solved: the mystery of where feathers, fur and scales come from

  

  Michel Milinkovitch only bought the naked bearded dragon because he was curious. He had stumbled upon the unfortunate, odd-looking creature while visiting a reptile breeder. It was utterly scale-less, covered only in leathery, wrinkled skin, and it lacked the spiked neck frill characteristic of its species. Wondering what kind of genetic fluke might have created it, Milinkovitch took the mutant back to his lab at the University of Geneva, where he studies evolutionary developmental biology, an..

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