For Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Magpie can 'recognise reflection'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7570291.stm

Pica pica

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

Wild dolphin 'is teaching others to tail-walk'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7570097.stm

Coal's toxic legacy to the Arctic

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7568748.stm

Brain's counting skill 'built-in'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7563265.stm

Rare frog gains legal protection

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7568882.stm

Ancient tree helps birds survive

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7566522.stm

Quercus cerris

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

Newfound Air Pollutant Mimics Cigarette Smoke

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080817223432.htm

Limbs Saved By Menstrual Blood Stem Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080818220609.htm

DEET's Not Sweet To Mosquitoes, Groundbreaking Research Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080818183942.htm

N,N-Diethyl-meta-toluamide

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

Plastics Suspect In Lobster Illness

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080814104833.htm

Experts Urge Industry To Broaden Carbon Footprint Calculations

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080815170631.htm


Confused sea turtles march into restaurant

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080818/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_italy_turtles;_ylt=AgoGfW3w4.G14BPwvVi04pas0NUE

For Thursday, June 5, 2008

Emu photo licensed under Creative Commons by slumplum

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080604/ap_on_sc/sci_phoenix_mars;_ylt=Ang.NhnP3aJnGz7oanjJTcKs0NUE

Mars lander told to start digging up dirt - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080605/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_newzealand_livestock;_ylt=AkwEXmNxt9NPytxD34lJf1TtiBIF

New Zealand sees breakthrough in animal gas problem - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080605/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_iceland_bear;_ylt=Ai56QAUcMka1AwyYAvfYEUztiBIF

Wandering polar bear shot in Iceland - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080605/sc_afp/nzealandkiribaticlimateenvironment;_ylt=An96yzKlNYjZYTeWjjP55YAPLBIF

Kiribati likely doomed by climate change: president - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7436263.stm

BBC NEWS Business The great carbon bazaar

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7435757.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Cuttlefish spot target prey early

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

Sepiida

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/sussex/7436852.stm

BBC NEWS UK England Sussex Baby emu could have been omelette

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

Dromaius novaehollandiae

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080604074924.htm

Memory In Honeybees: What The Right And Left Antenna Tell The Left And Right Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080603182545.htm

Transgenic Plants Don't Hurt Beneficial Bugs, Entomologists Find

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080602103404.htm

Unravelling The Mystery Of The Kitty Litter Parasite In Marine Mammals

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

Toxoplasma gondii - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080602103343.htm

Drinking Tap Water Disinfected With Chlorine May Harm Fetus, Study Suggests

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

Chlorine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080531074913.htm

Spider Silk Can Be Stretchy Like Springs Or Like Rubber


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080605123913.htm

Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean Dolphin Populations Improving

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080604114644.htm

Search For ET: New Telescope Array Could Help Detect Possible Signals From Advanced Civilizations

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080602114703.htm

Scientists Uncover How Plant Roots Respond To Physical Forces Such As Gravity, Pressure, Or Touch


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24982210/

‘Dry drowning’ claims 10-year-old’s life - Health - MSNBC.com

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

Dry drowning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/06/05/rightwhales/index.html

Plan to save whales strangling in red tape - CNN.com


http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/06/03/dyes.adhd.ap/index.html

FDA urged to ban 8 food dyes - CNN.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_1

Brilliant Blue FCF - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_2

Indigo dye - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_3

Fast Green FCF - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

Orange B - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_3

Erythrosine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_40

Allura Red AC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_5

Tartrazine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_6

Sunset Yellow FCF - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24880713/

Living computers solve complex math puzzle - Frontiers- msnbc.com

For Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - Earth Day

Doormouse photo licensed under Creative Commons by yeimaya

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

Earth Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Earth-Day/ss/events/sc/042108earthday

Earth Day - Yahoo! News Photos


Please note: some of the hyperlinks in italics send you to pages about species and other information. Many of these links are wikilinks. We would use EOL links, but they have not finished authenticating information on some of these species.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7354547.stm

BBC NEWS UK Magazine A dog that's not for life






BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific S Korea trains sniffer-dog clones










Mice Can Sense Oxygen Through Their Skin



Mus Maximus and Mus Minimus



Want To Reduce Your Food-related Carbon Footprint? What You Eat Is More Important Than Where It Came From

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

Carbon footprint - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Many Captive Tigers Are Of Purebred Ancestry; Finding Raises Their Conservation Value





http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080419020546.htm

World's Rarest Gorilla Finds Sanctuary

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

Gorilla gorilla diehli







http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24254754/

Woman finds 8-foot alligator in kitchen - Animal weirdness- msnbc.com

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

Alligator mississippiensis







http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24245803/

Hawking: Alien but primitive life likely - Space- msnbc.com

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

Stephen Hawking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia




http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/04/21/conservatory.lynx.ap/index.html

New Mexico fights to protect the lynx - CNN.com

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

Lynx - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia