'Ocean Sprawl' and More for Thursday, July 16, 2009

Lightning may have sparked start of life

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31897306/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Governments trying to reel in 'ocean sprawl'

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/07/15/ocean.planning/index.html

Ocean Sprawl

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/07/ocean-sprawl.html

Primate Archaeology Sheds Light On Human Origins

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715131437.htm

Dog wet nurse saves panda cubs in China

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31942513/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Snipers sent to protect fairy penguins from mystery predator

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8153168.stm

Eudyptula minor

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

Eudyptula minor (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/1049616

Gay penguins split after 1 goes straight

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/07/16/bush.gay.penguins.kron

'Extinct' tiny shrew rediscovered

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8152000/8152862.stm

Cryptotus nelsoni

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson%27s_Small-eared_Shrew

Cryptotus nelsoni (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/324300

9 new components found in scorpion venom

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31913629/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Scorpiones

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

Fossilized Dung Balls Reveal Secret Ecology Of Lost World

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716093524.htm