Anoiapithecus brevirostris Discovery and More for Wednesday, June 3, 2009

* Aptenodytes forsteri image licensed under Creative Commons by lin padgham

New Hominid With 'Modern' Facial Features

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090602083729.htm

Salvador Moyà-Solà, David M. Alba, Sergio Almécija, Isaac Casanovas-Vilar, Meike Köhler, Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, Josep M. Robles, Jordi Galindo, and Josep Fortuny. A unique Middle Miocene European hominoid and the origins of the great ape and human clade. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0811730106

http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0811730106

Dolphin and whale climate fears

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/8077272.stm

'Nature's ghosts' filmed for first time

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8077000/8077903.stm

Macroderma gigas

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

Macroderma gigas (IUCN Red List – Vulnerable)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/12590/0

Macroderma gigas (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/328820

Lawsuits filed over wolf hunting in Rockies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31073035/

Canis lupus

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

Canis lupus lupus

http://eol.org/pages/1226119

FDA approves cancer drug for dogs

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31084765/

Canis lupus familiaris

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

Canis lupus familiaris (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/1228387

Belch-o-meter: collar measures methane in bovine burps

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8078033.stm

Pigs offer new stem cell source

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8078996.stm

Sus

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

Ancient Mammals Changed Diets With Climate

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090602204255.htm

* Penguins Mapped From Space By Their Feces

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090602122621.htm

Aptenodytes forsteri

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

Aptenodytes forsteri (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/1049604

Canaries That Hear Poor Songs As Juveniles Nevertheless Sing Rather Normal Songs As Adults

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527121053.htm

Serinus canaria

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

Serinus canaria (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/922693

Why birds in cities are singing louder than their country cousins

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/mid_/8079539.stm

When Evolution Is Not So Slow And Gradual

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090602133551.htm

Poecilia reticulata

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

Poecilia reticulata (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/208520

Legless lizard found on recovery trail

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25573013-30417,00.html

Ophidiocephalus taeniatus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronzeback_Snake-lizard

Ophidiocephalus taeniatus (IUCN Link – Vulnerable)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/15361/0

Ophidiocephalus taeniatus (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/791263

In The Turf War Against Seaweed, Coral Reefs More Resilient Than Expected

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090601111932.htm

Anthozoa

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

'Death Receptors' Designed To Kill Our Cells May Make Them Stronger

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090601102023.htm

Pharmacists may be switching your meds

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30627962/


Plants 'can recognise themselves'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8076000/8076875.stm

Ethanol Production Could Jeopardize Soil Productivity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090602112257.htm

Couple to plead guilty in toxic pet food case

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31083389/

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

China volcano may have caused mass extinction

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090529/ap_on_sc/us_sci_volcano_extinction;_ylt=AqqENEvXU52v1UvNNVj5B2.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlNG90bDliBHBvcwMxMTkEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNjaGluYXZvbGNhbm8-

Permian Extinction

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-

Arbor Day and More for Friday, April 24, 2009

"The Old Apple Orchard, Wisbech St. Mary" image licensed under Creative Commons by scrumpyboy

Arbor Day

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

Remembering the lost forests of America

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30376570/

New swine flu strain caused 800 Mexican cases, health minister says

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/24/health-flu-mexico090424.html

Mexico shuts schools around capital in flu scare

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53n228-us-flu/

Deadly outbreak in Mexico caused by swine flu

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30386163/

Swine flu


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

Ice Sheet Behavior Much More Volatile And Dynamic Than Previously Thought, Tahiti Corals Show

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423205104.htm


Achoo! Nasty spring ahead for allergies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30267953/

World premiere of brain orchestra

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8016869.stm

Mammalian Gene Control Code Cracked

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090420103549.htm

Cow genome 'to transform farming'
"The full sequence of a cow's genome has been published, revealing coded secrets that could revolutionise agriculture".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8014598.stm

Bos

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

Ancient cattle species re-introduced to Britain

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30369177/

Heck cattle/ Bos taurus / auroch / Bos primigenius


Cattle genes may give clues about human health

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53m5xt-us-cattle-genes/

Horse Deaths Raise Drug Safety Concerns

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=7419752&page=1

Mystery Of Horse Domestication Solved?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423142541.htm

Equus

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

Are Your Pets' Flea, Tick Meds Safe?

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=7410763&page=1

Abandoned baby kangaroo gets life-saving milk

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30369184/

'Missing link' fossil seal walked

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8012322.stm

Origin Of Seals: Evidence Of Missing Link

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090422132832.htm

Puijila darwini

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

Mara wildlife in serious decline

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8008700.stm

Masai Mara National Reserve

http://www.tourism.go.ke/default.nsf/doc21/4YGEX3ADMY6?opendocument&l=1&e=1&se=103

FAA publicizes bird strike data

javascript:vPlayer('30387805','8a343e31-a6f6-4b9a-9437-476b95d27f98')

Insight Into Fish Disease To Help Protect Farmed Fish Stocks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423193944.htm

Proliferative kidney disease / Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae

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

Spectacular Recovery From Coral Bleaching At Great Barrier Reef Marine Park In Australia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423100817.htm

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/

Orchard losses 'threaten species'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8014873.stm

Orchard

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

Bacteria Tapped To Battle Crop-Damaging Roundworms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090419200651.htm

Heterodera glycines

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

Meloidogyne incognita

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

Caenorhabditis elegans

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

Pseudomonad

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

Drowned spiders come back from the dead

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30348224/

Arctosa Fulvolineata

http://www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/arctosa_fulvolineata.html

Scientists make super-strong metallic spider silk

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53m5og-us-spider-silk/

Spider silk / gossamer

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

Animals Get The Boot From Bronx Zoo

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/24/national/main4966089.shtml

Our Penchant For Rarity Could Threaten Conservation Efforts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090421205234.htm

Animals That Seem Identical May Be Completely Different Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090422121858.htm

Breakthrough In Making Therapeutic Stem Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423132559.htm


Plants Absorb More Carbon Under Hazy Skies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090422132829.htm

Estimating Crop Residue From Space Via Satellite

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090419201557.htm

'Clean' coal plants get go-ahead

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8014295.stm

Pollution 'fights global warming'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8013709.stm

No 'Burp' Accelerating Climate Change? Wetlands Likely Source Of Methane From Ancient Warming Event

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423142457.htm

Ancient fertilizer technique could help poor farmers, store carbon

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/23/tech-090423-biochar-carbon-trading.html


Egyptian woman contracts bird flu as cases mount

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53k5tg-us-birdflu-egypt/

Immune system researchers win $500K medical prize

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090424/ap_on_he_me/us_med_medical_prize

Albany Medical Center Prize

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

Experts identify cells causing severe malaria

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53n02q-us-malaria/

Salmonella Strain's Path To Virulence Uncovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090419202242.htm

Muscle Deterioration In Patients With Lung Disease Seen Connected To Heightened Carbon Dioxide Levels In The Blood

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423082921.htm

Scientists grow blood vessels for patients

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30369960/

Evidence Mounts That Short Or Poor Sleep Can Lead To Increased Eating And Risk Of Diabetes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090421181032.htm

Grapefruit Juice Boosts Drug's Anti-cancer Effects, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090420151227.htm

Citrus × paradisi

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

Microbe-powered 'fart' machine stores energy


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30372491/

Gal chased by bear gets run down by car

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/04/24/dnt.woman.bear.hit.run.kktv

40-pound tumor cut from 82-pound woman

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30386195/

First Dog is 'crazy,' Michelle Obama tells kids

http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2009/04/24/bo-obama-loves-to-chew/

Africa Megadroughts and More for Friday, April 17, 2009

Antipathella subpinnata image licensed under Creative Commons by Tim Sheerman-Chase

West Africa faces 'megadroughts'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8003060.stm

Mega-droughts In Africa Expected To Worsen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090416144520.htm

Our 'Inner Fish' Seen In Conserved Genes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415193249.htm

New Nucleotide Could Revolutionize Epigenetics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090416144639.htm

New Clues To How Stem Cells Form

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090416125205.htm

C. elegans

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._elegans

Uncovering Secrets Of Salmonella's Stealth Attack

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090416125203.htm

Coordinate response better for outbreaks like listeria: report

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/17/listeriosis-ont.html

Breaking The Animal Kingdom's Color Code

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090416105348.htm

Patent for meatier pigs gets European trotters in a mix

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8002503.stm

Researchers discover vast black coral forest

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30250258/

Antipathella subpinnata

http://www.arkive.org/black-corals/antipathella-spp/info.html

Forgotten nut could save lives and forests

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/04/16/cnnheroes.erika.vohman/index.html

Brosimum alicastrum

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

Fake 'trees' designed to trap CO2


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30251856/

Newly Discovered Iron-breathing Species Have Lived In Cold Isolation For Millions Of Years

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090416144512.htm


'Two-handed' Marine Microbes Point To New Method For Isolating Harmful Forms Of Chemicals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415102121.htm

Protein That Concentrates Carbon Dioxide In Algae Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090409103423.htm

Chemists Uncover Green Catalysts For Industrial Chemical Processes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090413185726.htm

Fishermen Dine on Megachasma and DNA Help for Rhincodon and More for Wednesday, April 8, 2008

Fancy some meat? Chimpanzees exchange hunting booty for sex

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7988169.stm

Pan

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

Studies Of Hyena Skull Development Put Teeth Into New Female Dominance Theory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331112851.htm

Crocuta crocuta

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

Poison -- It's What's For Dinner: Hunt Narrows For Genes That Let Packrats Eat Creosote

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090406072919.htm

Neotoma

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

Creosote

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

Rare megamouth shark caught, eaten in Philippines

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090407/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_rare_shark

Megachasma pelagios

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

DNA Tracks Threatened Whale Sharks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090407145159.htm

Rhincodon typus

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

Antarctic Marine Biodiversity Data Now Online

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331133539.htm

Antarctic marine biodiversity link

http://www.scarmarbin.be/

Cat found alive after 5 weeks under rubble

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090407/od_nm/us_germany_cat

Felis catus

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

Fish farms to fight back with EU help

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7989295.stm

Butterflies hit by damp summers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7988232.stm

Tanzania Study Reopens Debate On Targeting Mosquito Larvae To Control Malaria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330200718.htm

Malaria

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

Control, Treatment Of Bed Bugs Challenging

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331183504.htm

Cimicidae

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

To Swim Or To Crawl: For The Worm It's A No Brainer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331091254.htm

Caenorhabditis elegans

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._elegans

Fragility Of World's Coral Is Revealed Through Study Of Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090406132609.htm

Anthozoa

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

Mouse Models Of Leukemia That Predict Response To Chemotherapy Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331183753.htm

Leukemia

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

Bad Mix Of Bacterial Remnants And Genetics Leads To Arthritis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331101111.htm

‘Junk’ DNA assists evolution

http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20090604-18994.html

Mysterious mouth reaction linked to pollen

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/08/oral.allergy.syndrome/index.html

Oral sex throat cancer link

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6639461.stm

Warning issued over some ground beef sold in Manitoba, Sask., Ontario

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/04/08/mb-beeef-recall.html


More pistachios recalled as salmonella verified

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30078271/

Pistacia vera

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

Use Of Native Southern African Plants In Veterinary Medicine

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330123245.htm

Going Bananas For Sustainable Research: Scientists Create Fuel From African Crop Waste

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090406132819.htm

Musa

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

Rapid Shifts In Wildfire Hotspots To Come?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090407223642.htm

PM heralds 'green economy' Budget

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7989015.stm

Beach rubbish problem 'piling up'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7988726.stm

What's In Your Water? Disinfectants Create Toxic By-products In Drinking Water And Public Swimming Pools


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331112725.htm