Tracking Urban Lions -- Encounters between humans and mountain lions have become more and more frequent. Now, UC Santa Cruz researchers are hoping to track the range and movements of pumas in the hills high above Silicon Valley by catching and electronically tagging them. Researchers will then follow the animals with global positioning systems. They hope to learn more about the habits and physiology of pumas -- and to track just where they go and how close they come to populated areas.

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Tracking Urban Lions -- Encounters between humans and mountain lions have become more and more frequent. Now, UC Santa Cruz researchers are hoping to track the range and movements of pumas in the hills high above Silicon Valley by catching and electronically tagging them. Researchers will then follow the animals with global positioning systems. They hope to learn more about the habits and physiology of pumas -- and to track just where they go and how close they come to populated areas.

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The Bush administration has recently passed dozens of so-called 'midnight regulations' -- and many of these last-minute rules and amendments affect the environment. They include a change to the Endangered Species Act that has many California environmentalists deeply worried.
Host: Andrea Kissack
Reporters:
• David Gorn
More info:
• Read David Gorn's reporter's notes, comment on the story and more

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The Bush administration has recently passed dozens of so-called 'midnight regulations' -- and many of these last-minute rules and amendments affect the environment. They include a change to the Endangered Species Act that has many California environmentalists deeply worried.
Host: Andrea Kissack
Reporters:
• David Gorn
More info:
• Read David Gorn's reporter's notes, comment on the story and more

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Since 1995, astronomers have identified more than 200 new planets that aren't in our solar system. Known as exoplanets, they're the planets orbiting other suns -- and Bay Area scientists are leading the search for them. We look at some of the latest efforts to find new planets, and maybe even life, in outer space.
Host: Andrea Kissack

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