For Sunday, November 30, 2008

Bison bison image licensed under Creative Commons by lissalou66

Amazon deforestation accelerates

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7756241.stm

Timelapse footage of enormous iceberg breaking away from glacier

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7752650.stm

Clue to break-up of ice shelves

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7753228.stm

Beached whales die in Australia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7757231.stm

New National Survey Says Public Reveres Bison

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081118131857.htm

Bison bison

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

Ice Age Park - The truth about cloning mammoths

http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/events/1479/ice-age-park.html

Farming And Chemical Warfare: A Day In The Life Of An Ant

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081117082048.htm

Rabies Barrier To Save World's Rarest Wolf

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081119175533.htm

Sustainable Garden Roofs Developed As New Construction Material

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081121151914.htm

New Environmental Threat In N. American Lakes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081127145141.htm

Pavement Sealcoat Linked To Urban Lake Contamination In The Central And Eastern United States

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081122075126.htm

Fast Food A Potential Risk Factor For Alzheimer’s

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081128082937.htm

For Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Gorilla image licensed under Creative Commons by Corey Leopold

'World mandate' on climate action

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7748247.stm

Universal test 'would slash Aids'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7749437.stm

EU condemned on tuna 'mockery'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7746965.stm

Gorillas Survive Amid Congo Conflict

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6336780

Rare Vietnamese turtle in close call with soup pot

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081126/ap_on_re_as/as_vietnam_giant_turtle;_ylt=AhfKVDB3MjPve3c.bK7P9USs0NUE

Melamine Found in U.S. Infant Formula

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=6335884

America's Looming Health Care Disaster

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/SmallBiz/story?id=6309491&page=1

Prehistoric Climate Hints At Future Changes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081124141055.htm

Denmark Works To Cut Carbon Dioxide Emissions By 50%

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081126075617.htm

Sea Level Rise Alters Chesapeake Bay's Salinity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081120122157.htm




Learning languages 'boosts brain'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3739690.stm

New Tool Trains Athlete Brains To React 53 Percent Faster

Sweet Molecule Could Lead Us To Alien Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081125090344.htm

Glycoaldehyde

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

Space experts offer anti-asteroid plan

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081125/ap_on_re_us/un_asteroid_threats;_ylt=Au4Wk1OKD5ytpBr_SqSlLres0NUE

Supermarkets 'to halve bags used'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7739229.stm

If aliens are out there, Jill Tarter will hear 'em

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/11/26/aliens.tarter/index.html

Shark or boy? 5-year-old has extra set of teeth

http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/11/25/1688782.aspx

For Saturday, November 22, 2008

Ailuropoda melanoleuca image licensed under Creative Commons by Mike Johnston

Panda bites student who just wanted a hug

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27855970/

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

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

Zoo introduces three baby cheetahs

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/11/22/vo.ohio.cheetah.cubs.wlwt

Acinonyx jubatus

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

Sea eagles could be reintroduced

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7742832.stm

Haliaeetus

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

Mercury Tarnishes Louisiana Fish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081122090900.htm

Urgent Action On International Coral Reef Crisis Urged

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081110112200.htm

Estimating the True Costs of Invasive Species in Great Lakes

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081122/sc_livescience/estimatingthetruecostsofinvasivespeciesingreatlakes;_ylt=Ai.l_S1sTm_nBHSAyNKe9FEPLBIF

Identifying Invasive Australian Pine Trees In Florida

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081031213814.htm

When Good Maples Go Red: Why Leaves Change Color In The Fall

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081122084655.htm

Acer

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

Worm removed from woman's brain

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7743275.stm

Study ties saturated fat to small intestine cancer

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27847390/

Two From One: Evolution Of Genders From Hermaphroditic Ancestors Mapped Out

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081120171328.htm

For Friday, November 21, 2008

Meleagris image licensed under Creative Commons by melissambwilkins

Turkeys killed as Palin addresses media

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27841028/

Meleagris

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_(bird)

New Type of Ebola Virus Discovered

http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20081121/hl_hsn/newtypeofebolavirusdiscovered;_ylt=AtQk6_ARjit34WMsHTgEBugPLBIF

Stem Cells Make New Retinal Cells In Tadpoles

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081120210853.htm

Pure Insulin-producing Cells Produced In Mice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081120130539.htm

Removing Part Of Brain Controls Girl's Epilepsy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081120091133.htm

Epilepsy

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

Pet Giant Linked To Puppy Mills

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/21/national/main4623244.shtml

Stress Hinders Rats' Decision-making Abilities

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081118150635.htm

Shellfish Inspire New Adhesives

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081117110836.htm

New Life Beneath Sea And Ice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081117103653.htm

Formula For Predicting Climate Change Impact On Salmon Stocks Established

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081112124416.htm

Protecting Puerto Rico's Unique Freshwater Fisheries

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081117103726.htm

Sicydium plumieri

http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/caribbean/wildlife-facts/2004/wildlife-facts-may-2004.shtml

Spider Learns to Weave in Zero Gravity

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Space/story?id=6301339&page=1

Healthful Plant Nutrients Also Found In Meat And Milk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081117091618.htm


Research Finds Way To Double Rice Crops In Drought-stricken Areas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081120162847.htm

'Grape' is key to fossil puzzle

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7739703.stm

Protist

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

Otter makes 'perilous' sea crossing to new island home

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7741008.stm

Beavers arrive for spring release

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7739437.stm

Hairspray linked to birth defect

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7741998.stm

EpiPens emerge as life-saving kid accessory

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27725975/

US EpiPen information

http://www.epipen.com/

"Ewww! Yuck!" Mushrooms on Space Station

http://blogs.abcnews.com/scienceandsociety/2008/11/mushrooms-in-sp.html

Does Mars photo prove aliens exist?

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2008/11/21/am.obrien.in.search.of.aliens.cnn

For Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Raphus cucullatus image licensed under Creative Commons by happy via

Dodo and friends Inside the Natural History Museum's bird collection

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7725086.stm

Raphus cucullatus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodo_(bird)

Scientists find new penguin, extinct for 500 years

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081119/ap_on_sc/as_sci_new_zealand_new_penguin

Megadyptes antipodes

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

Tiny, long-lost primate rediscovered in Indonesia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081118/sc_nm/us_primate_indonesia

Tarsius pumilus

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

World's oldest polar bear dies

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7737193.stm

EU agrees cod stocks rescue plans

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7737485.stm

Rights group: Video shows turkey abuse

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27803335/

Meleagris

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_(bird)

Japanese scientists clone embryo of endangered rabbit

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081118/sc_afp/sciencejapanbiotechcloning;_ylt=AkQt38eAEo5GMXWK5qazkxcPLBIF

Pentalagus furnessi

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

ARKive link for Amami Rabbit

http://www.arkive.org/amami-rabbit/pentalagus-furnessi/


Ancient turtle discovered on Skye

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7736786.stm

Big cat fossil found in North Sea

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7735544.stm

Homotherium crenatidens

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


How Cockroaches Keep Their Predators 'Guessing'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081113140312.htm

Blattaria

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

Ginkgo Biloba Does Not Reduce Dementia Risk, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081118161234.htm

Gingko biloba

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

Garlic Chemical Tablet Treats Diabetes I And II, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081119084835.htm

Allium sativum

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



New Bacteria Discovered In Raw Milk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081117082051.htm

Pied Piper required as rats return to Hamelin

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7737604.stm

Cougar Attack During Burglary

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6273112

For Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Japan approves whalemeat import

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7735355.stm

Bird killings 'deeply troubling'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/7733759.stm

Fears for UK honey supply

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7734769.stm

Indian 'transfusion tiger' dies

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7735631.stm

Bolivian farmer leads to dinosaur discovery

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4ah5fk-us-bolivia-dinosaurs/

Damage Inflicted During Cardiac Attacks More Widespread, Researchers Find

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081111130844.htm

How Cells Take Out The Trash To Prevent Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081110154032.htm

Ethanol Will Curb Farm Income Until Economy Rebounds, Economist Says

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081110153944.htm

Water Vapor Important In Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081117193013.htm


Drug-resistant ward bug concern

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7732860.stm

Indigo plant may treat chronic skin disease

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27783645/

Experts warn of water shortage by '80

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27781117/

Tainted meats point to superbug C. diff in food

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27774614/

For Monday, November 17, 2008

Uca image licensed under Creative Commons by queenroly

Anthropologist Assembles And Copies Skeleton Of Extinct Lemur

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081114201106.htm

Tiger cub receives rare blood transfusion

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27767540/

Low Concentrations Of Pesticides Can Become Toxic Mixture For Amphibians

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081111183041.htm

Malaysian mosques to give turtle conservation sermon

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081117/sc_afp/malaysiaenvironmentanimalturtle;_ylt=Ap3ojhqrnSgSbN9_tLwpE60PLBIF

Fiddler Crabs Reveal Honesty Is Not Always The Best Policy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081111203501.htm

Uca

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

Chemical From Medicinal Plants May Be Used To Fight HIV

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081110090619.htm

Astragalus membranaceus

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

Parasite-resistant Peppers Green Alternatives To Chemical Pesticides

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081112113603.htm

Scientists hope pictures taken inside eggs will shed new light on human diseases

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7727645.stm

Outrage Over China Forced Abortion Case

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6256644&page=1

For Sunday, November 16, 2008

Alca torda image licensed under Creative Commons by biologyfishman

Climate change 'to halt ice age'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7722300.stm

Why Shar Pei Dogs Have So Many Wrinkles

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081111163123.htm

Shar Pei

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

Horse advocates decry euthanasia option

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27738672/


Breeding success for Farne birds

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7728601.stm

Phalacrocoracidae

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shag_(bird)

Somateria mollissima

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

Charadiiformes

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

Alca torda

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

Which Came First? Eggs Before Chickens, Scientists Now Say

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081114/sc_livescience/whichcamefirsteggsbeforechickensscientistsnowsay;_ylt=Ami9Lh7QMPJCSAOqlOEOIVYPLBIF


Smuggled turtles find home

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7730595.stm

Fish Choose Their Leaders By Consensus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081113140310.htm

Impact Of Climate Warming On Fish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081106064631.htm


Predatory Bacterial Swarm Ripples Toward Prey

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081029121820.htm

Mysterious Microbe May Be Important For Oceans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081113181037.htm

Mineral Kingdom Has Co-evolved With Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081113181035.htm

For Thursday, November 13, 2008

"mmm, delicious smog." image licensed under Creative Commons by skampy

Study: Calif. dirty air kills more than crashes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27697708/

Arctic ice melt sparks plankton blooms

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27684222/

Songbirds 'sing from hymn sheet'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7725432.stm

Frogs Not Harmed By Global Warming?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081112113708.htm

Drought Tolerant Plants? New Technique Enables Assessment Of Drought Performance

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081112075037.htm

Marine Plankton Found In Amber

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081112161206.htm

U.S. 'Super Bugs' Invading South America

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081112194922.htm

Proteins Can Control Their Own Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081111183039.htm

1,300 babies still hospitalized from tainted milk

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27680657/

For Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Burgess Shale diorama licensed under Creative Commons by Flesh for Blood

Baby born after ovary transplant

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7723239.stm

Top court backs Navy in dispute over whales

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27678464/

Scientists listen in on wayward dolphins

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27678269/

Want to breathalyse a sperm whale? Use a helicopter!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7723703.stm

Kitesurfer's Whale of a ... Tail?

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6236097


Jellyfish Fight Terrorists

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/0905-jellyfish_fight_terrorists.htm

Spiders' secrets unwoven at Isis

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7709435.stm

Pond Snail Programmed To Be Left Or Right 'Handed'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081111203507.htm

Commercial Poultry Lack Genetic Diversity, Are Vulnerable To Avian Flu And Other Threats

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103192314.htm

Benjamin's story A gorilla ranger returns with grave news

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7549444.stm

Feeding time as chimp 'adopts' tiger

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7723868.stm


Deep Heat Solution To 500-million Year Fossil Mystery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081112074906.htm

Nature’s Own Chemical Plant

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081110171443.htm

Google searches track flu spread

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7724503.stm

Molecule That Stops SARS Invented

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081111183033.htm

Airport Malaria: Cause For Concern In U.S.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081111183035.htm

Turning Urine Into Water For Space Station Recycling

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081111210838.htm

For Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Ice Age Beasts In Europe: Migration Of Woolly Rhinoceroses Earlier Than Assumed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081111093919.htm

Sea sponges beam light deep inside their bodies

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7720836.stm

Two new 'flying lemur' species identified

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27646297/

Lizard Limb Loss: Evidence For Rapid Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081110223331.htm

Bacteria In Mouth Help Make Certain Foods Tasty

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081110181811.htm

Astonishing Life In Ocean's Depths

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081109193334.htm

Brain Imaging Shows Who Said What

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081110071240.htm

Forced Evolution: Can We Mutate Viruses To Death?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081110154034.htm

The Bonsai Effect: Wounded Plants Make Jasmonates, Inhibiting Cell Division, Stunting Growth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081111102804.htm