11.   Near Juneau, Alaska, federal biologists investigating reports of humpback whale harassment have also expressed concern this summer over increases in whale-watching activity.

12.   Prescott said the federal biologists thought they were doing the right thing.

13.   The Asian swamp eel also may pose one of the greatest threats ever to the Everglades, federal biologists say.

14.   The federal biologists calculate that lobstermen are catching at least twice as many lobsters as is sustainable.

15.   The new analysis directly contradicts conclusions reached last spring by federal biologists trying to estimate the ecological threats posed by a potent drought that settled over the watershed.

16.   The reason, according to federal biologists, is that trout may be eating the threatened frog polliwogs.

17.   Thursday, Babbitt focused on recent work by federal biologists showing that PCBs were showing up in high concentrations in bald eagles, tree swallows and other animals.

18.   While some original genes may remain, he said, they do not add up to the significant legacy cited by the federal biologists.

19.   Federal biologists will head into the Montana wilds in the next few days to begin counting.

20.   Understanding more about cormorants will lead to more reasonable, publicly acceptable controls, federal biologists say.