For Friday, October 10, 2008

Gasterosteus aculeatus (?) photo licensed under Creative Commons by frenquency

Nature loss 'dwarfs bank crisis'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7662565.stm

Microscope shows how embryos grow

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27108010/

Western group petitions for species protection

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081010/ap_on_sc/western_ark;_ylt=AgXMTLvcBX4qKt1mw8Yov6is0NUE

Pledge to protect Sumatran forest

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7662186.stm

Oil spill penguins released

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7663159.stm

Water Snails Offer New Propulsion Possibilities

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081009144333.htm

Warming Threats To Tropical Rainforest Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081009143700.htm

Circadian Clock May Be Critical For Learning

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081008151318.htm

Circadian rhthym

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

How Fatty Foods Curb Hunger

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081007123647.htm

Diversity Of Plant-eating Fishes May Be Key To Recovery Of Coral Reefs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081008113434.htm

Journey Toward The Center Of The Earth: One-of-a-kind Microorganism Lives All Alone

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081009143708.htm

Desulforudis audaxviator

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

Wielding Microbe Against Microbe, Beetle Defends Its Food Source

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081002171921.htm

Species Extinction By Asteroid A Rarity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081007102904.htm

Fitness In A Changing World: Genetics And Adaptations Of Alaskan Stickleback Fish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081010100457.htm

Gasterosteus aculeatus

http://fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=2420&genusname=Gasterosteus&speciesname=aculeatus+aculeatus

Scientists: Yes, shark did have ‘virgin birth’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27107721/

Carcharhinus brevipinna

http://fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=865&genusname=Carcharhinus&speciesname=brevipinna

Mutant fish develops a taste for human flesh in India

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3163501/Mutant-fish-develops-a-taste-for-human-flesh-in-India.html

Bagarius yarrelli

http://fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=23314

Hawking: If we survive the next 200 years, we should be OK

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/10/09/hawking/index.html