Overpopulation Warning and More for Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Earth population 'exceeds limits'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7974995.stm

Nina Fedoroff

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

Long-necked dinos never held their heads high

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29992795/

Sauropoda

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

Signs of hope for chimp attack victim

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'Supersize' lions roamed Britain

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/7974948.stm

Panthera leo spelaea

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

Panthera leo fossilis

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

Judge orders feds to reconsider help for jaguar

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090401/ap_on_re_us/jaguar_ruling;_ylt=Ai35qt29ThYexqSmivdSl0cPLBIF

Panthera onca

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

Saving Rare Venomous Mammal From Extinction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331133537.htm

Solenodon paradoxus

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

6,000 rare Irrawaddy dolphins found in waters of South Asia

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1051942

Orcaella brevirostris

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

Imperial Eagle Numbers Have Increased Six-fold In Spain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323161225.htm

Aquila adalberti

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

Bird survives with arrow 'clean through it'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29992304/

Grus canadensis

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

Baby chicks do basic arithmetic

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7975260.stm

Gallus gallus

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

Meet Florida's python catchers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7967587.stm

Pythonidae

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

37-year-old frog found in New Zealand

http://www.vuw.ac.nz/victorianews/ViewNews.aspx?id=2607&newslabel=hn

Leiopelma pakeka

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

Connectivity In Marine Fish Populations: Larvae Spawned In Marine Reserves Can Travel Long Distances

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325132336.htm

Cause Of Mussel Poisoning Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324111558.htm

Mussel

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

Azaspiracid

http://www.curehunter.com/public/pubmed11330704.do

Azadinium spinosum

http://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/13057.php?from=133484

Atlantic Snails Increase Dramatically In Size

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324171604.htm

DNA From Old Insects: No Need To Destroy The Specimen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331201522.htm

If you can't afford it, grow it

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/04/01/recession.garden/index.html?iref=t2test_livingwed

Palm Oil Development May Threaten Amazon

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324101755.htm

Palm oil

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

'First Economical Process' For Making Biodiesel Fuel From Algae

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325222006.htm

Biodiesel

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

New Insights Into How Brain Responds To Viral Infection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331133341.htm

Stem Cell Breakthrough: 'Switch' Created That Turns Stem Cells Into Muscle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330154806.htm

Amniotic Fluid May Provide New Source Of Stem Cells For Future Therapies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331112645.htm

Mechanism That Regulates Movement Of Blood-forming Stem Cells In The Body Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325142509.htm

Stem cell

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

Amniotic fluid

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

Drug-resistant TB is a ‘time bomb,’ WHO says

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29990199/

Bill Gates, China Join Forces Against TB

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/01/health/main4909669.shtml

Discovery Of Tuberculosis Bacterium Enzyme Paves Way For New TB Drugs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090327152401.htm

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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

How infection may spark leukemia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7973678.stm

Leukemia

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

Pregnancy With Male Fetus Riskier, Study Claims

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331112729.htm

People who live in the tropics have more baby girls

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7972993.stm

Talking in color: imaging helps social skills

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53000z-us-computer-autism/

Salmonella Fear Prompts Mayonnaise Recall

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/01/health/main4909585.shtml

Raw pistachios may be the source of salmonella

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29978103/

Pistachio warning could signal food safety shift

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29990231/

Ecologists Question Effects Of Climate Change On Infectious Diseases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401112448.htm

Climate change 'fans Nepal fires'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7968745.stm

Nitrate Stimulates Greenhouse Gas Production In Small Streams

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330111259.htm

Can 'biochar' save the planet?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/03/30/biochar.warming.energy/index.html

Biochar

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

Predicting Mosquito Outbreaks For Disease Control

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324101757.htm

Anopheles

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



Satellite Snow Maps Help Reindeer Herders Adapt To A Changing Arctic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401102938.htm

Arctic

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

Rangifer tarandus

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