Sunday, May 31, 2009

Balaenoptera Song Identified and More for Sunday, May 31, 2009




Scientists Engineer Cellular Circuits That Count Events

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528142823.htm

Robots with fins, tails demonstrate evolution

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31001962/

Blue Whale Found Singing In New York Waters

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090529211633.htm

Balaenoptera musculus

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

Balaenoptera musculus (IUCN Red List)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/2477/0

Balaenoptera musculus (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/328574

iReport.com: Dozens of whales beached, shot

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-264817

SAfricans begin removing bodies of beached whales

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090531/ap_on_re_af/af_south_africa_whales;_ylt=AnJ17GDqmUyOspCORryvLBQPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJuZ3RvZmczBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNTMxL2FmX3NvdXRoX2FmcmljYV93aGFsZXMEY3BvcwMxBHBvcwMyBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA3NhZnJpY2Fuc2JlZw--

Tarsier monkeys face threat of extinction in Indonesia

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1079115

Tarsius

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

Tarsius pelengensis (IUCN Red List)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/21494/0

Tarsius sangirensis (IUCN Red List)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/21493/0

One of the most elusive big cats, the jaguar, gives up some secrets

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8074000/8074124.stm

Panthera onca

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

Panthera onca (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/328606

Hippo pops up on BBC presenter

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8070000/8070073.stm

Hippopotamidae

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

Fallow Deer Become Hoarse In The Hunt For A Mate

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519214929.htm

Cervidae

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

Neurological Disorder In Golden Retriever Dogs Caused By A Mutation In Mitochondrial DNA

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528203728.htm

Golden Retriever

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

Illegal Trade In Vietnam's Marine Turtles Continues Despite National Ban

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090530173402.htm

Chelonioidea

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

* Parasite Risk In Anchovies Varies Depending On Origin Of Fish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090521144208.htm

Anisakis spp parasite

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

Engraulidae

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

Why Can We Talk? 'Humanized' Mice Speak Volumes About Evolutionary Past

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528120643.htm

Speech

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


Intestinal Bacteria Associated With Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528142833.htm

Liver disease

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

TB -- Hiding In Plain Sight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090522081205.htm

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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

Canada's swine flu case count rising

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/05/30/swine-flu-canada.html


Newsweek: Why 'Oprah' advice could make you sick

http://www.newsweek.com/id/200025




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Friday, May 29, 2009

Tortoises/Turtles/Herptiles in the News, The Permian Extinction and More for Friday, May 29, 2009

* Dermochelys coriacea image (right) and image (left) licensed under Creative Commons by Paul Mannix














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





Red Glow Sheds Light on Ocean Health

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090529/sc_livescience/redglowshedslightonoceanhealth;_ylt=AicPkj8Ey5KgBPtJxMWKzGYPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTNsZTYxZnVxBGFzc2V0Ay9saXZlc2NpZW5jZS8yMDA5MDUyOS9zY19saXZlc2NpZW5jZS9yZWRnbG93c2hlZHNsaWdodG9ub2NlYW5oZWFsdGgEcG9zAzEEc2

Report: Climate change crisis 'catastrophic'

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/05/29/annan.climate.change.human/index.html

Climate pressure 'building on US'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8073434.stm

Most Polluted Ecosystems Can Recover, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527105713.htm

Greening Arctic Not Likely To Offset Permafrost Carbon Release

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527130826.htm

Spring Agricultural Fires Have Large Impact On Melting Arctic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526140850.htm

U.S. company finds "safer" way to make stem-like cells

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54r6ti-us-stemcells-reprogramming/

Why Coral Reefs Around The World Are Collapsing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528142819.htm

Malaria parasites 'resist drugs'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8073118.stm

Beavers return after 400-year gap

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8072443.stm

Castor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_(genus)

Rare Madagascan tortoises stolen

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8072000/8072511.stm

Geochelone yniphora

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

Astrochelys yniphora (IUCN Red List Link Species notation: Geochelone yniphora nomenclature not located in the IUCN Red List nor the EOL pages. Only Astrochelys yniphora could be located). Critically endangered.

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/9016/0

Astrochelys yniphora (EOL Link – no image)

http://eol.org/pages/794291

* 'Crazy' woman saves sea turtles from slaughter




http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/05/28/cnnheroes.suzan.lakhan.baptiste/index.html

Dermochelys coriacea

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

Dermochelys coriacea (IUCN Red List Link)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/6494/0

Dermochelys coriacea (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/815711

Everglades swamped with invading pythons

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090528/od_nm/us_everglades_pythons;_ylt=AmBwHA7bgxDK5Rw39xaTnmqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFmaDY5MHJyBHBvcwMyMDYEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9vZGRfbmV3cwRzbGsDZXZlcmdsYWRlc3N3

Pythonidae

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

Toothy sharks once ruled Tuscany

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30987630/


Non-toxic Hull Coating Resists Barnacles, May Save Ship Owners Millions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528110623.htm

Cirripedia

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

Honey Bee Colony Losses In U.S. Almost 30 Percent From All Causes From September 2008 To April 2009

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090522180642.htm


Waxy Plant Substance Key For Absorption Of Water, Nutrients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090522154506.htm

Suberin

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

Discoveries Upend Traditional Thinking About How Plants Make Certain Compounds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526094249.htm

Unexpected Bacterial Diversity On Human Skin

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528142821.htm

New killer virus found in Africa

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30989694/

Lujo virus

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


Virtual Reconstruction Of A Neanderthal Woman’s Birth Canal Reveals Insights Into Evolution Of Human Child Birth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528133423.htm

Homo neandethalensis

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

Study: Climate change kills 300,000 a year

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30998907/

Lessons From The Past: Research Examines How Past Communities Coped With Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527103528.htm

Climate change

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


Antibiotic Multi-resistance: Why Bacteria Are So Effective

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527170308.htm

Carbon capture technology tested

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8072583.stm

Aker Clean Carbon

http://www.akercleancarbon.com/index.cfm

Ancient Mudstones Could Provide Alternative Source Of Energy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527110137.htm

Mudstone

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

Obama moves to curb road-building in forests

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090529/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_roadless_forests;_ylt=AvTmbw5.dA7uNp__kF5jGoCs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlNjlocG03BHBvcwMxMjEEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNvYmFtYW1vdmVzdG8-
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Thursday, May 28, 2009

More on Global Warming and More for Thursday, May 28, 2009

* Physeter catodon image licensed under Creative Commons by alh1


Melting Ice Sheets May Threaten Northeast U.S.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527121055.htm

Methane rise detected in Arctic

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30889664/


European Shipping Routes Linked To Locations With High Nitrogen Dioxide Pollution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090522132001.htm

Microfossils Challenge Prevailing Views Of 'Snowball Earth' Glaciations On Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526140846.htm

Hospital workers save orang-utan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/jersey/8068358.stm

Pongo

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

Glowing monkeys 'to aid research'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8070252.stm

Rare blue whale found dead on New Zealand beach

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090528/ap_on_re_au_an/as_new_zealand_rare_whale;_ylt=AuOmTghBIBefOoNb3QKpxuWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlOW43aWU1BHBvcwMxMjIEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNyYXJlYmx1ZXdoYWw-

Balaenoptera musculus

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

Balaenoptera musculus (IUCN Link – Endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/2477/0

Balaenoptera musculus (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/328574

Caught on tape! How whales steal fish

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30944866/

Physeter catodon

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

Physeter catodon (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/328547

Physeter macrocephalus (IUCN link) Species notation: You may find this specie listed under Physeter catodon in the Wikipedia and the Encyclopedia of Life. You will find it listed only under Physeter macrocephalus in the IUCN Red List (Vulnerable).

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41755/0

Notothenia microlepidota

http://fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=12014&genusname=Notothenia&speciesname=microlepidota

Pink dolphin makes splash in shipping channel

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30968596/

Tursiops truncatus

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

Tursiops truncatus (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/129548

Thais cheer surprise panda birth

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8071393.stm

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

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

Ailuropoda melanoleuca (IUCN Red List Link)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/712/0

Ailuropoda melanoleuca (EOL link)

http://eol.org/pages/328070

Mountain lion killed after escape at Kansas zoo

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30947607/

Puma concolor

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

Puma concolor (EOL Link) Species notation: You may find this specie listed under Felius concolor in the Wikipedia, but you may find it listed only under Puma concolor in the Encyclopedia of Life.

http://eol.org/pages/311910


Mouse genome laid bare to science

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8069235.stm

Mouse Genome Informatics

http://www.informatics.jax.org/

More Genetic Differences Between Mice, Humans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526202722.htm

Climate Change Threatens Endangered Honeycreeper Birds of Hawaii

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526140840.htm

Cyanerpes

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

Cuckoo's call becomes rarer in UK

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8070021.stm

Cuculidae

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

Cuculus canorus

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

CBC MANITOBA Falcon cam

http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/features/falcon/

Falco peregrinus

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

Falco peregrinus (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/1049164

Komodo dragon attacks terrorize villages

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30913500/

Varanus komodoensis

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

Varanus komodoensis (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/790179

Varanus komodoensis (IUCN Link)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22884/0


Did The North Atlantic Fisheries Collapse Due To Fisheries-induced Evolution?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526202809.htm

Shellfish At Risk In High Carbon Dioxide World

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526202807.htm

Shellfish

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

Giant Dinosaur Posture Is All Wrong

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526213918.htm

Giant dinosaurs 'held heads high'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8068789.stm

Sauropoda

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

New Extinct Lemur Species Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527073030.htm

Palaeopropithecus kelyus

http://www.em-consulte.com/article/212118/iconosup

Cancer patient held at U.S. airport for missing fingerprint

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090527/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_cancer_fingerprints

Capecitabine

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

Australia swine flu ship isolated

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8071292.stm

Scientists develop new basis for H5N1 vaccine: WHO

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54r2yg-us-flu-who-vaccine/

British scientists make H1N1 flu strain for vaccine

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54r3ay-us-flu-britain-vaccine/

Child diabetes cases 'to double'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8068941.stm

Ocean monster shows hidden depths

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8071021.stm

Chikyu Hakken

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

Brain Activation Can Predict Strategies People Use To Make Risky Decisions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527121043.htm

Investigating The Development Of Mechanosensitivity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090522101924.htm

Can you "hear" shapes and "taste" sounds?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8070210.stm

Synaesthesia

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

Watermelons Tapped For Ethanol

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090522180918.htm

Citrullus lanatus

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

Postwar Food Vetch Is An Important Source Of Antioxidant Activity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528092528.htm

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Friday, May 22, 2009

BPA - Chances are its Inside of You and More for Friday, May 22, 2009

* Sarcophilus harrisii image licensed under Creative Commons by nicolas.boullosa





Whaling Commission head says Japan must compromise

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090521/wl_asia_afp/usjapanwhaling;_ylt=AuzS6VsELp9oqK4NaND1x6wPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJscjR2Nmt2BGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDA5MDUyMS91c2phcGFud2hhbGluZwRwb3MDMTUEc2VjA3luX2FydGljbGVfc3VtbWFyeV9saXN0BHNsawN3aGFsaW5nY29tbWk-

 *Tasmanian devils now endangered

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8062840.stm

Sarcophilus harrisii

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

Rare deer reveals signs of life

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8061000/8061899.stm

Rusa alfredi IUCN Red List

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/4273

Cervus alfredi

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

The UK's endangered dormice population showing signs of a possible recovery

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8062757.stm

Muscardinus avellanarius (IUCN Red List)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/13992/0

Muscardinus avellanarius

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

Internet followers of eagle cam watch helplessly as eaglet dies in B.C. nest

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/05/21/bc-trapped-eaglet-dies.html

Habitat loss 'hitting shellfish'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8061532.stm



Unusually Large Family Of Green Fluorescent Proteins Discovered In Marine Creature

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090520161325.htm

Cephalochordata

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

Bumblebee flight is not quite in sync

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30875114/

Bombus

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

Heat-tolerant Coral Reefs Discovered: May Survive Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090520100515.htm

Zooxanthellae

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

Genetic Pathway Responsible For Much Of Plant Growth Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090520100511.htm

Beneficial Plant 'Spillover' Effect Seen From Landscape Corridors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090520151441.htm

Landscape Ecology

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

New Species of Yeast Discovered in Amazon Jungle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090521084717.htm

Fundamental Mechanism For Cell Organization Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090521141204.htm

Swine flu will keep spreading globally: WHO chief

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/05/22/swine-flu-who.html

Swine flu genes circulated undetected for years

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30886851/

CDC to swimmers: Don't pee in the pool!

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/22/pools.urinate.hygiene/index.html

CDC

http://www.cdc.gov/


Face Protection Effective In Preventing The Spread Of Influenza, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090520161332.htm

New Vaccine Strategy Might Offer Protection Against Pandemic Influenza Strains

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518120954.htm

Children Who Get Flu Vaccine Have Three Times Risk Of Hospitalization For Flu, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519172045.htm

Safe For Passengers With Lung Disease To Travel By Air, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519075418.htm

Cigarette companies lose appeal in landmark ruling

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1075254



Anti-inflammatory Effect Of 'Rotten Eggs' Gas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090521084542.htm

Hydrogen Sulfide

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

Sick Of The Same Old Thing? Researcher Finds Satiation Solution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519134713.htm

Note: If you search for “Satiety” on the Wikipedia, the response is: Cholecystokinin

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

UK 'worst electrical recycler'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8063115.stm

Mars' Windy, Wet And Wild Past

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090521161526.htm

Mars probes unravel watery mysteries

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30870498/
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