Beatragus hunteri Still Critically Endangered & More for Sunday, July 5, 2009

A sanctuary threatened

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8130261.stm

Pantanal

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

Chimpanzees learn from video demo

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8128325.stm

Pan

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

California water plan aims to save Puget Sound orcas

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090705/sc_mcclatchy/3264807;_ylt=AnrKT5VQXe7UQ7nWiw2G7ogPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJwbGlxNnRoBGFzc2V0Ay9tY2NsYXRjaHkvMjAwOTA3MDUvc2NfbWNjbGF0Y2h5LzMyNjQ4MDcEcG9zAzQEc2VjA3luX21vc3RfcG9wdWxhcgRzbGsDY2FsaWZvcm5pYXdh

Orcinus orca

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

Orcinus orca (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/328534

Orcinus orca (IUCN Red List Link – ‘Data deficient’)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/15421/0

First Asian elephant born in Australian zoo

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090705/ap_on_re_au_an/as_australia_baby_elephant;_ylt=ApHfGJJD_3bb9kewJamPurgPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJyMzczODMxBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzA1L2FzX2F1c3RyYWxpYV9iYWJ5X2VsZXBoYW50BGNwb3MDMgRwb3MDNQRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3J5BHNsawNmaXJzdGFzaWFuZWw

Elephas maximus

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

Elephas maximus (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/997407

Elephas maximus (IUCN Red List Link – Endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/7140/0

Thai zoo's 1st baby panda goes on display

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_as/as_thailand_panda_cub;_ylt=AgiPPK3XR7S31f_pr9r_9IIPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJxNnR2ZGxvBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzA0L2FzX3RoYWlsYW5kX3BhbmRhX2N1YgRwb3MDNgRzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA3RoYWl6b29zMXN0Yg--

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

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

Ailuropoda melanoleuca (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/328070

Ailuropoda melanoleuca (IUCN Red List Link – Endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/712/0

No safe haven for rarest antelope

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8132000/8132835.stm

Beatragus hunteri

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

Damaliscus hunteri (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/308533

Beatragus hunteri (IUCN Red List Link – Critically endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/6234/0

Afghanistan's only pig freed after flu scare

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8135116.stm

Sus

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

Twin koalas born in Australia

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Phascolarctos cinereus

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

Phascolarctos cinereus

http://www.eol.org/pages/128425

Obama’s Namesake Rescue Turtle Freed

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_obama_turtle;_ylt=AnhzQ3T5DNzlgTcTo8GbBJ_tiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJvOG5nNmM2BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzA0L3VzX29kZF9vYmFtYV90dXJ0bGUEcG9zAzgEc2VjA3luX2FydGljbGVfc3VtbWFyeV9saXN0BHNsawN0dXJ0bGVuYW1lZGY-

Caretta caretta

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

Caretta caretta (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1056566

Caretta caretta (IUCN Red List Link – Endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/3897/0

Honeybee mobs overpower hornets

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8129536.stm

Apis cerana japonica

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

Vespa mandarinia

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

Human-like Brain Disturbances In Insects

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090702170207.htm

Bugs: The Forgotten Victims of Climate Change

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090704/sc_livescience/bugstheforgottenvictimsofclimatechange;_ylt=AlMfAp53IQOOkzAhD1hJShQPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTN0YjkxNmpkBGFzc2V0Ay9saXZlc2NpZW5jZS8yMDA5MDcwNC9zY19saXZlc2NpZW5jZS9idWdzdGhlZm9yZ290dGVudmljdGltc29mY2xpbWF0ZW

Researchers Describe The 90-year Evolution Of Swine Flu

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090629200641.htm

Methane-producing Molecule Can Also Repair DNA

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090702080527.htm

Castor-oil Plants Genetically Altered To Produce New Bio-lubricants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090625074514.htm

Ricinis communis

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

Ricinus communis (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1151096

Up to 6,000 exposed to hepatitis at hospital

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31726793/ns/health-health_care/


Mars More Like Earth Than Thought? New Details About History Of Water On Red Planet

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090702140841.htm

How Martian clouds create snowfall

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31713000/ns/technology_and_science-space/

'Earth-like' snow falls on Mars: study

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/03/tech-snow-mars-whiteway-clouds.html

Scientists explain Martian soil surprises

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31712980/ns/technology_and_science-space/

Researchers Unveil Whiskered Robot Rat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090630163538.htm

For Monday, February 16, 2009

Parasitic wasp image licensed under Creative Commons by Arthur Chapman

Amazon dieback 'overstated'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7892066.stm

Amazon rainforest

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

Burp of Arctic laughing gas is no joke

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16602-burp-of-arctic-laughing-gas-is-no-joke.html

Ancient Geologic Escape Hatches Mistaken For Tube Worms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204121506.htm

First carbon-free polar station opens in Antarctica

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51e1s3-us-climate-antarctica/

Air Pollution Too High Near Some US Schools

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090214103104.htm

Synthetic Biology Yields Clues To Evolution And Origin Of Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090215151611.htm

Baboons And Pigeons Are Capable Of Higher-level Cognition, Behavioral Studies Show

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212141143.htm

Columbidae

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

Biologist Gets The Straight Poop On Baboons: Execretion Analysis Aids Primate Social Studies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090215151451.htm

Papio

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

Ivory trade hits Asia's elephants

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7891908.stm

Elephas maximus

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

DNA testing fails on ancient British polar bear remains

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7874602.stm

Ursus maritimus

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

Songbirds Fly 3 Times Faster Than Expected

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212141152.htm

Passeri

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

Turbines' impact on birds probed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/7892277.stm

Japanese turtle to get prosthetic limbs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090216/sc_afp/japanenvironmentanimaloffbeat;_ylt=AlI.ppx0qZBZqorj2Xu8YpkPLBIF

Caretta caretta

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



Cleaner waters attract sharks

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090213/od_nm/us_sharks_odd;_ylt=Av653pT1suuO.UV0nBvHiO.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFmM280c2gwBHBvcwMxOTMEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9vZGRfbmV3cwRzbGsDY2xlYW5lcndhdGVy

Climate Change And Fisheries: US Atlantic Cod Population To Drop By Half By 2050

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212171941.htm

Gadus

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

Study: 'Astonishing richness' in polar species

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29212190/

Parasite Wasps Have Practiced Gene Therapy For A Hundred Million Years

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090216100425.htm

Braconidae

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

Honeybees under attack on all fronts

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126954.600-honeybees-under-attack-on-all-fronts.html

How to hunt for shadow life

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/02/how-to-hunt-for-shadow-life.html

Heart pill could 'erase bad memories'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7892272.stm

Cancer Diagnosis: Now In 3-D

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209152416.htm

Nanoparticle 'Smart Bomb' Targets Drug Delivery To Cancer Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212125139.htm

Stem Cells In Hair Follicles Point To General Model Of Organ Regeneration

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213112923.htm

HIV gene therapy trial promising


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7883023.stm

Empathy Partly Based On Genes: Mouse Study

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211082354.htm

Internal Choices Are Weaker Than Those Dictated By The Outside World

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211094036.htm

New Test For Mysterious Metabolic Diseases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211094040.htm

Evolutionary Link To Modern-day Obesity, Other Problems

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212150826.htm

Genetic Risk For Substance Use Can Be Neutralized By Good Parenting

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210125437.htm

First Brain Study Reveals Benefits Of Exercise On Quitting Smoking

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210092738.htm

Study pinpoints genes tied to high blood pressure

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51e1ig-us-heart-genes/

Deciphering The Body's Healing Secrets

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212093710.htm

New Surgical Option For Wrist Arthritis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213172055.htm

Painless Shoulder

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2006/0113-painless_shoulder.htm

For Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Canola in Bloom image licensed under Creative Commons by net_efekt

Activist vows no retreat against Japan whalers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28031631/



Berlin's zoo may lose bear Knut

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7762252.stm

Harbour seals' decline 'alarming'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7760521.stm

Phoca vitulina

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

New Giant Toothless Pterosaur Found

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081203084524.htm

Lacusovagus

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

Mystery of crocs' mass die-off

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7755393.stm

Gavialis gangeticus

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

Loggerhead Turtle Territories Defined By Salinity of Sea Water In Western Mediterranean

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081203095425.htm

How to measure a shark's bite

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7759377.stm

Ant invader knocks on UK's door

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7761342.stm

Lasius neglectus

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

Ancient dragonfly-like insect imprint found

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081203/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_usa_fossil;_ylt=Ai53QY0bn2mcFd7T0_yQ_QftiBIF

Solar-powered Sea-slugs Live Like Plants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081125112958.htm

Elysia chlorotica

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

Epigenetics: Plants Display 'Molecular Amnesia'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081202153529.htm

Epigenetics

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

Multitasking canola: A California miracle crop?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081203/ap_on_bi_ge/farm_scene_multitasking_plant;_ylt=AsF8FlHG2ccBckoSbW3VsW0PLBIF

Canola

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

Algae truly a 'green' energy source

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Baby formula poses hidden risks

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28030635/

Carbon-neutral Way To Power Your Home

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081201101151.htm

Carbon Neutral

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

Conjoined twin dies in UK hospital

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/shropshire/7762359.stm

British doctor performs amputation in DR Congo by text

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7761994.stm

For Wenesday, October 15, 2008

Ailuropoda melanoleuca image licensed under Creative Commons by drs2biz

Reanimating lifeless organs brings new hope

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/10/13/eod.ghost.heart/index.html

Smoking makes you old before your time

http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20081015/hl_hsn/smokingmakesyouoldbeforeyourtime;_ylt=At6UkVrcW2ZFy.N0LpvCryqs0NUE

States ask baby product companies to avoid BPA

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081013/ap_on_he_me/baby_bottles_bpa;_ylt=AooOpIUqLcY0vkB0J84oQiqs0NUE

Memos tell wildlife officials to ignore global-warming impact

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20081014/sc_mcclatchy/3072395;_ylt=AofTzmufuXlv1ewy0yowdbEPLBIF

Japan pulls tainted Chinese beans from stores

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27197628/

Your 'pure' bottled water has contaminants, too

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27185076/

Earliest confirmed TB case found

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7668838.stm

Scientists sequence giant panda's genome

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27132405/



Aliens flood into UK waters


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7575744.stm

Pacifastacus leniusculus

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

Eriocheir sinensis

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

Did Termites Help Destroy New Orleans Levees?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081014134102.htm

Coptotermes formosanus

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

High Mortality Of Endangered Loggerhead Sea Turtles In Baja California

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081014160507.htm

Ancient Chinese Salad Plant Transformed Into New Cancer-killing Compound

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081014111309.htm

Artemisia annua

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

Surface Tension Drives Segregation Within Cell Mixtures

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081006130546.htm

Zeitgeist: Bigfoot sighting in Russia?

http://zeitgeist.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/13/1540113.aspx

For Monday, June 30, 2008

Loggerhead photo licensed under Creative Commons by Soller Photo

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080630/ap_on_re_us/sea_turtle_release;_ylt=AhKwThMkFWwzJmMCSCOEjBas0NUE

Vets OK sea turtle Dylan for release into wild - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7479231.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Turtles released on beach

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080629/ts_nm/cancer_nanoparticles_dc;_ylt=AlmTztiXmN9fN6u8LDgYJfus0NUE

Accidental fungus leads to promising cancer drug - Yahoo! News

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080628155300.htm

Cancer 'Cure' In Mice To Be Tested In Humans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080625122958.htm

Census Of Marine Life Lists 122,500 Known Species, Over Halfway To Complete Inventory By Oct. 2010

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080627163305.htm

Higher Temperatures Helped New Strain Of West Nile Virus Spread

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25455774/

32 genes blamed for bowel disorder - Health care- msnbc.com