For Saturday, September 27, 2008

Captive Breeding Introduced Infectious Disease To Mallorcan Amphibians

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080922122427.htm

Bees Can Mediate Escape Of Genetically Engineered Material Over Several Kilometers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080922100152.htm

Mother Of A Goose! Giant Ocean-going Geese With Bony-teeth Once Roamed Across SE England

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080926143908.htm

Dasornis emuinus

http://www.scientificblogging.com/news_releases/dasornis_emuinus_prehistoric_goose_was_the_size_of_a_small_plane_and_had_bony_teeth

From One Laying To Another, The Female Collembolan Adapts Its Eggs To Environmental Constraints

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080922100150.htm

Collembola

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

Animals Farmed For Meat Are The No. 1 Source Of Food Poisoning Bug, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925214821.htm

Campylobacteriosis

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


Australian Frog Species Chooses Not To Put Eggs In One Basket

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080918091335.htm

Pseudophryne bibronii

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibron%27s_Toadlet

New More Efficient Ways To Use Biomass

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080923104307.htm

Special Probe Aids In Looking For Water On Mars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080926194617.htm


Tainted milk crisis hits more global companies

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080927/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tainted_milk_quality_control;_ylt=AiGPetnrkoExwW2e9Xwdfyqs0NUE

Chinese leader vows better food safety, ethics

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080927/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tainted_milk;_ylt=AvSvPoGNaRbcuYvAnXOGcm.s0NUE

For Tuesday, July 29, 2009

Labrador 'runs' for mayor of Fairhope, Alabama

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080729/ap_on_fe_st/odd_fido_for_mayor;_ylt=AgfacEL0PhcUu5GujbDtOLas0NUE

Sweet fruit drinks found to lead to diabetes

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080728/hl_nm/diabetes_calories_dc;_ylt=Asm6T.9MwBxLfXK.GF0luSms0NUE

Hurricane Dolly may have shrunk Gulf 'dead zone'

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080729/ap_on_re_us/dead_zone;_ylt=AsEoqKdCULUBGX0TPqp2t7Ks0NUE

Tree shrews thrive, hangover-free, on alcohol

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080729/od_nm/alcohol_dc;_ylt=AvXzQ3lU.LC0skhgJ1bNbe2s0NUE

Rare new Tanzania monkey "at risk of extinction"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080729/sc_nm/science_monkey_dc;_ylt=Al0RoMobF_.wSf496ygpPwQPLBIF

Rungwecebus kipunji

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/hungary_bomb_dc;_ylt=Agbm1zXTyDpGpFybOB0_d2kDW7oF

Cavers recover ancient bear bones

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7528648.stm

Rare amphibian found in India

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25907619/

Piecing Together An Extinct Lemur, Large As A Big Baboon

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080728192653.htm

Hadropithecus stenognathus

http://cacajao.tripod.com/hadropithecus_stenognathus.html

Fungus Foot Baths Could Save Bees

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080728081621.htm

Diamonds May Have Been Life's Best Friend On Primordial Earth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080728220324.htm

Diamond

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

What Do Squid Hear?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080728221125.htm

There's life in space, says someone who's been there

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/t118421-japan-space/

Sunscreen for Crops

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/biztech/07/28/crop.sunscreen.ap/index.html

Sir Ed helps close net on elusive yeti

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4634395a11.html

Orangutans concoct plant-based soothing balm

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/28/orangutan_balm/

For Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Photo licensed under Creative Commons by mmwm

Sick bees lose their buzz, study finds - Yahoo! News



Early Mars Was All Wet - Yahoo! News


Chesapeake watermen fear blue crab not coming back - Yahoo! News


Callinectes sapidus


Maryland Blue Crab




E. coli linked to beef now reported in 5 states - Yahoo! News



http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/gulfdeadzonemaygrowlargerthanever;_ylt=AmYkYiu8amLqzP14IwGPNjUDW7oF

Gulf Dead Zone May Grow Larger Than Ever - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7508216.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Fishing ban brings seas to life

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7505078.stm

BBC NEWS UK Scotland Highlands and Islands Breeding rate fall for rare bird

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

Podiceps auritus

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/7505706.stm

BBC NEWS UK Scotland Tayside and Central Ancient tree 'one of UK's best'

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

Fortingall Yew - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

Taxus baccata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080715152325.htm

Mechanism Behind Mind-body Connection Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080714192550.htm

Two Extinct Flying Reptiles Compared: One Was A Glider, The Other A Parachutist

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080714192606.htm

The 700-year-old Mexican Mummy With A Tummy Ache

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080702132159.htm

Tigers Disappear From Himalayan Refuge

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080714145253.htm

Horse Racecourse In Ancient Olympia Discovered After 1600 Years

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

Hippodrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/16/gabon.skulls.ap/index.html

8 charged over skull-trafficking ring - CNN.com

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/16891214/detail.html

Dead Great White Shark Washes Up On Beach - Boston News Story - WCVB Boston

For Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Photo licensed under Creative Commons by unforth

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080617/ap_on_sc/sci_dinosaur_find

Utah announces 'major dinosaur fossil discovery' - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080617/ap_on_re_as/china_quake_pandas;_ylt=Aknj0aWoPpTTdaeXpSUeo_6s0NUE

Panda habitat damaged by China quake - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080617/ap_on_re_us/sci_reversible_vasectomy;_ylt=Aop2X4jo60TNC050bdBivTys0NUE

Zoo performs first reverse vasectomy on horse - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080617/ap_on_sc/sci_there_there_now;_ylt=AsihAw2wG5UsHDEaMrABBQWs0NUE

Study: Chimps calm each other with hugs, kisses - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080617/sc_livescience/likehumansotherapesplanahead;_ylt=ApRA0efjHdMnDKKcfHJSaU8PLBIF

Like Humans, Other Apes Plan Ahead - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7458415.stm

BBC NEWS Health Egg-freezing technique 'is safe'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7458155.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Greenland whale hunt 'commercial'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7459472.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Space cameras to monitor forests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080613111131.htm

Uncovering The Truth Behind The Largest Marsupial To Walk The Earth

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

Diprotodon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080613165830.htm

Decision-Making, Risk-Taking Similar In Bees And Humans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080611135020.htm

Bee Species Outnumber Mammals And Birds Combined

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080612095527.htm

Chemists Get Scoop On Crude 'Oil' From Pig Manure

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080613101121.htm

Lizards Pull A Wheelie

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

Basiliscus basiliscus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080613092514.htm

Life's Raw Materials May Have Come From The Stars, Scientists Confirm

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

Murchison meteorite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080615142247.htm

Sea's Ebb And Flow Drive World's Big Extinction Events, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080612150144.htm

Humor Shown To Be Fundamental To Our Success As A Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080611144021.htm

Fossils Found In Tibet Revise History Of Elevation, Climate

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080611161038.htm

Woolly Mammoth Gene Study Changes Extinction Theory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080612144558.htm

Mysterious Mountain Dinosaur May Be New Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080613111410.htm

Australian Dinosaur Found To Have South American Heritage

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

Megaraptor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25197251/

Eight great extinct species - Science- msnbc.com

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

Monachus tropicalis

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25200135/

'White stuff' mystifies Mars researchers - Mars- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25082279

Another hand-raised zoo baby: It's a sloth! - Science- msnbc.com

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/06/16/dinosaur.mummy.ap/index.html

Dinosaur mummy holds many secrets - CNN.com

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/06/12/endangered.lions.ap/index.html

Alarm raised for Kenya's Amboseli lions - CNN.com

For Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Photo licensed under Creative Commons by Picture Taker 2

Today we explore: the border effect on the jaguar, the collapse of the Mangroves and its effect during Cyclone Nargis, an accident-warning system for ships encountering whales, honeybee deaths, the risks faced by the Koala, a frog "victory", a tiger cub "victory", state wolf control, kelp/cloudy sky relationship, mussel adhesion, arsenic-resistant rice, shark-repellent metal-fields, saving the Madagascar frogs, and who did ET call?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_cyclone

UN officials: Myanmar cyclone a 'major, major disaster' - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_rice_bowl;_ylt=AiIcV5OJ.QVoixPqnZzu49.s0NUE

Cyclone could cause long-term food shortages in Myanmar - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7385315.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Mangrove loss 'put Burma at risk'

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

Mangrove - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/ap_on_re_us/listening_for_whales;_ylt=AvqQJT_kUwXYcldySWXMXKKs0NUE

System uses sound to find whales, avoid ship strikes - Yahoo! News



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/ap_on_re_us/disappearing_bees;_ylt=At1Me7kO6SNEStf.36.K6.Cs0NUE

Survey shows US honey bee deaths increased over last year - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/ap_on_sc/australia_koala_threat;_ylt=AvE98Jk73l32seDwIpARv0Os0NUE

Australia's Koalas at risk from climate change - Yahoo! News

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

Phascolarctos cinereus

http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/P/Phascolarctos_cinereus.asp

Phascolarctos cinereus (Koala)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080505/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_canada_environment_ducks;_ylt=AnedJXPS8Q9lmLocx0mEAlLtiBIF

Canada minister says duck deaths won't go unpunished - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080506/india_nm/india334311;_ylt=AvjvdLdActYdr3Ifbf_DtSoPLBIF

Cubs a ray of hope in India's fight to save tigers - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/ap_on_re_us/wolf_delisting_states;_ylt=AuZ4lhAXkuBT3srhkg4vlbMPLBIF

3 states head to court to keep control over wolves - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/south_of_scotland/7385968.stm

BBC NEWS UK Scotland South of Scotland Rallying cry from frog stronghold

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

Dumfries and Galloway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7386458.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Cod fall may speed 'toxic tide'

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

Algal bloom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080506103036.htm

Stressed Seaweed Contributes To Cloudy Coastal Skies, Study Suggests

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

Iodine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080506120940.htm

Lab In A Drop: Pocket-sized PCR Rapid Test Including Sample Preparation

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

Polymerase chain reaction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080505093416.htm

Boosting 'Mussel' Power: New Technique For Making Key Marine Mussel Protein

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080505224659.htm

Rice Plants That Resist Uptake Of Arsenic Could Ease Shortage

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

Arsenic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080505211822.htm

Saving Frogs Before It's Too Late

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080506195605.htm

Animal Interaction Behind Cambrian Explosion? 'Missing' Ancestors Of Today's Animals May Not Be Missing After All

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24470400/

When E.T. phoned home, where did he call? - Space- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24484864/

Electric fields could repel sharks - LiveScience- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24474475/

Snare removed form Denali wolf - Environment- msnbc.com

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

Mount McKinley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/07/china.virus/index.html

Spreading virus kills 28 children in China - CNN.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand-foot-mouth_disease

Hand, foot and mouth disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/05/05/jaguars.fence/index.html

Border-fence dispute snares rare jaguars - CNN.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_%28animal%29

Panthera onca

http://zipcodezoo.com/animals/p/panthera_onca.asp

Panthera onca (Jaguar)