For Wednesday, May 7, 2008

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Today we explore: the border effect on the jaguar, the collapse of the Mangroves and its effect during Cyclone Nargis, an accident-warning system for ships encountering whales, honeybee deaths, the risks faced by the Koala, a frog "victory", a tiger cub "victory", state wolf control, kelp/cloudy sky relationship, mussel adhesion, arsenic-resistant rice, shark-repellent metal-fields, saving the Madagascar frogs, and who did ET call?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_cyclone

UN officials: Myanmar cyclone a 'major, major disaster' - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_rice_bowl;_ylt=AiIcV5OJ.QVoixPqnZzu49.s0NUE

Cyclone could cause long-term food shortages in Myanmar - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7385315.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Mangrove loss 'put Burma at risk'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangrove

Mangrove - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/ap_on_re_us/listening_for_whales;_ylt=AvqQJT_kUwXYcldySWXMXKKs0NUE

System uses sound to find whales, avoid ship strikes - Yahoo! News



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/ap_on_re_us/disappearing_bees;_ylt=At1Me7kO6SNEStf.36.K6.Cs0NUE

Survey shows US honey bee deaths increased over last year - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/ap_on_sc/australia_koala_threat;_ylt=AvE98Jk73l32seDwIpARv0Os0NUE

Australia's Koalas at risk from climate change - Yahoo! News

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koala

Phascolarctos cinereus

http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/P/Phascolarctos_cinereus.asp

Phascolarctos cinereus (Koala)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080505/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_canada_environment_ducks;_ylt=AnedJXPS8Q9lmLocx0mEAlLtiBIF

Canada minister says duck deaths won't go unpunished - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080506/india_nm/india334311;_ylt=AvjvdLdActYdr3Ifbf_DtSoPLBIF

Cubs a ray of hope in India's fight to save tigers - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/ap_on_re_us/wolf_delisting_states;_ylt=AuZ4lhAXkuBT3srhkg4vlbMPLBIF

3 states head to court to keep control over wolves - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/south_of_scotland/7385968.stm

BBC NEWS UK Scotland South of Scotland Rallying cry from frog stronghold

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumfries_and_Galloway

Dumfries and Galloway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7386458.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Cod fall may speed 'toxic tide'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algal_blooms

Algal bloom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080506103036.htm

Stressed Seaweed Contributes To Cloudy Coastal Skies, Study Suggests

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iodine

Iodine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080506120940.htm

Lab In A Drop: Pocket-sized PCR Rapid Test Including Sample Preparation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymerase_chain_reaction

Polymerase chain reaction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080505093416.htm

Boosting 'Mussel' Power: New Technique For Making Key Marine Mussel Protein

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080505224659.htm

Rice Plants That Resist Uptake Of Arsenic Could Ease Shortage

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenic

Arsenic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080505211822.htm

Saving Frogs Before It's Too Late

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080506195605.htm

Animal Interaction Behind Cambrian Explosion? 'Missing' Ancestors Of Today's Animals May Not Be Missing After All

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24470400/

When E.T. phoned home, where did he call? - Space- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24484864/

Electric fields could repel sharks - LiveScience- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24474475/

Snare removed form Denali wolf - Environment- msnbc.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denali

Mount McKinley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/07/china.virus/index.html

Spreading virus kills 28 children in China - CNN.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand-foot-mouth_disease

Hand, foot and mouth disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/05/05/jaguars.fence/index.html

Border-fence dispute snares rare jaguars - CNN.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_%28animal%29

Panthera onca

http://zipcodezoo.com/animals/p/panthera_onca.asp

Panthera onca (Jaguar)