For Thursday, July 17, 2008

Splendid toadfish photo licensed under Creative Commons by mhedstrom

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20080717/sc_space/howmarsandalaskaarealike

How Mars and Alaska Are Alike - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7510443.stm

Speech clues from grunting fish
A grunting fish helps scientists to date the origins of speech to about 400 million years ago.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080717/ap_on_sc/sci_musical_fish;_ylt=AtHIE0YxU5yM1oCSUGzaZxSs0NUE

Researchers report toadfish sing to attract mates - Yahoo! News

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

Batrachoididae

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080717/ap_on_he_me/med_bellybutton_kidney;_ylt=AoOZn7bTK1iKsf73tnOoORys0NUE

Cleveland Clinic taking kidneys through navel - Yahoo! News



http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080717/sc_afp/indonesiaenvironmentspecies;_ylt=AizgxR5ueSlHyFs05EbIa1gPLBIF

Illegal trade in Indonesian markets putting wild animals in danger - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7511653.stm

BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific Vet braves danger to save shark

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=747

Carcharias taurus, Sand tiger shark: fisheries, gamefish

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7510541.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Sea die-out blamed on volcanoes

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

Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080717095018.htm

Tree Branching Key To Efficient Flow In Nature And Novel Materials

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080717140459.htm

Glimpses Of Earliest Forms Of Life On Earth: Remnant Of Ancient 'RNA World' Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080715204741.htm

Europe's Ancestors: Cro-Magnon 28,000 Years Old Had DNA Like Modern Humans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080716085125.htm

Brain Morphology Of Homo Liujiang Cranium Fossil Detailed With 3-D CT Scan


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25724849/

Bigger is better, until you go extinct - LiveScience- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25725041/

Experts eye moving species to save them - Climate Change- msnbc.com