AP - Each year, endangered white sturgeon lay millions of fertilized eggs on the silty bed of the Kootenai River in the Idaho Panhandle. Yet experts estimate only 10 of the sturgeon hatched from those eggs survive.

Reuters - Winds swept wildfires in the drought-stricken Texas panhandle toward the Oklahoma border on Wednesday, prompting authorities to evacuate several towns.

Wildfires have destroyed nearly 700,000 acres of Texas grasslands and continue to spread, the Texas Forestry Service says. At least 11 deaths have been blamed on the fires in the state's northeastern panhandle. Four of those people died in a traffic accident Sunday while trying to outrun a fast-moving blaze. Four others were found dead in a car Monday evening after running off a road and into a ravine.

Wildfires have destroyed nearly 700,000 acres of Texas grasslands and continue to spread, the Texas Forestry Service says. At least 11 deaths have been blamed on the fires in the state's northeastern panhandle. Four of those people died in a traffic accident Sunday while trying to outrun a fast-moving blaze. Four others were found dead in a car Monday evening after running off a road and into a ravine.

Extensive wildfires have destroyed nearly 700,000 acres of Texas grasslands and continue to spread, the Texas Forestry Service says. At least 11 deaths have been blamed on the fires in the state's northeastern panhandle. Four of those people died in a traffic accident Sunday while trying to flee a fast-moving blaze. Four others were found dead in a car Monday evening after running off a road and into a ravine.