Crunch Time and The Pan Massacre(s) and More for Thursday, March 25, 2009

Neofelis nebulosa image licensed under Creative Commons by Smithsonian National Zoo' s photos

'Crunch year' for world's forests

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7963489.stm

Poland reverses to spare wetland

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7962918.stm

U.S. funded nets killing whales, turtles off Africa

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29890406/

USAID

http://www.usaid.gov/

Raising The Alarm About Chimpanzee Massacre In The Democratic Republic Of Congo

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324111818.htm

Pan

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

2 rare clouded leopard cubs born at zoo in

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23679187/

Neofelis nebulosa

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


China puts rampant desert gerbils "on the pill"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7963836.stm

Gerbillinae

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

90 years of birdwatchers' notes going online

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/03/26/pp.bird.usgs/index.html

Biologists worry over increased turtle harvest

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090326/ap_on_bi_ge/turtle_harvest;_ylt=AqzhvPs0CNiYjT9FJofxNmgPLBIF

32 Komodo dragons hatch at Indonesian zoo

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29876165/

Varanus komodoensis

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

Australia's Most Endangered Snake Might Need More Bush Burning

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324091207.htm

Hoplocephalus bungaroides

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad-Headed_Snake

Flesh-eating fish could pose threat

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/03/26/ldt.flesh.eating.fish.ped.cnn

Wild Bees Can Be Effective Pollinators

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324131550.htm

Bid to aid daddy longlegs numbers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7963088.stm

Tilupidae

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

Giant Sea Worm Unmasked as Coral Killer

http://www.bluereefaquarium.co.uk/news-from-newquay/coral-worm.htm


Gene Exchange Among Sex-manipulating Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325132450.htm

How Salmonella Survives In Environment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323101817.htm

New Possibilities For Hydrogen-producing Algae

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324171556.htm

Massive corporate farm venture planned for Western Canada

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2009/03/26/corporate-farm.html

Radar tech takes aim at fruit frost

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29879240/

New Drug Kills Tumor Cells 200 Times Better

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325132458.htm

Licorice Compound Offers New Cancer Prevention Strategy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324081433.htm

Fast Magnetic Fix For Sepsis? Micromagnetic-microfluidic Device Could Quickly Pull Pathogens From The Bloodstream

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325162621.htm

The Cough That Could Be Deadly

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=7165175&page=1

Esophageal cancer

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