Birds Are Not Dinosaurs? and More for Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Discovery Raises New Doubts About Dinosaur-bird Links

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090609092055.htm

Life with a little known monkey

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8085000/8085208.stm

Cercocebus torquatus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-capped_Mangabey

Cercocebus torquatus (IUCN Red List Link – Vulnerable)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/4201/0

Cercocebus torquatus (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/323967

Rare Kashmir deer 'makes comeback'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8080079.stm

Cervus elaphus hanglu

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

Cervus elaphus hanglu (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1248464

Large mammal migrations are disappearing

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31170724/


Fossil Teeth Of Three-toed Browsing Horse Found In Panama Canal Earthworks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090608125103.htm

Anchitherium clarencei

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

Bird Migrations May Get Longer In Warmer World

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090606195332.htm

Bird Species Decline: Wader Populations Decline Faster Than Ever

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090606195747.htm

Muffin the Puffin is nursed back from seagull attack

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/8090827.stm

Geese Involved In Hudson River Plane Crash Were Migratory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090608125059.htm

New Category Of Fat In Mammalian Cells May Help Explain How Toxin Harms Farm Animals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090606105725.htm

Fumonisin

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

Snakes Use Friction And Redistribution Of Their Weight To Slither On Flat Terrain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090608182435.htm

Giants of the seas arrive in Cornwall

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8090784.stm

Cetorhinus maximus

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=90

Cetorhinus maximus (IUCN Red List – Vulnerable)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/4292/0

Cetorhinus maximus (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/225080

Fossil Bone Bed Helps Reconstruct Life Along California's Ancient Coastline

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090608131144.htm

Animal Mating Choices More Complex

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090608162545.htm

Fruit Fly Stem Cells Filmed Live

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090605091858.htm

Drosophila melanogaster

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

Drosophila melanogaster

http://www.eol.org/search?q=Drosophila+melanogaster&search_image=&cx=005034203190629281476%3Adcs9wj9m5c4&cof=FORID%3A11&ie=UTF-8&search_type=text

Stem cell

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



Midge Keeps Invasive Mosquito In Check, Aiding Native Mosquitoes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604103640.htm

Corethrella appendiculata

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

Corethrella appendiculata

http://www.eol.org/pages/740823

Aedes albopictus

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

Aedes albopictus

http://www.eol.org/pages/764100

'Jellyfish Joyride' A Threat To The Oceans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090609092057.htm

Richardson et al. The jellyfish joyride: causes, consequences and management responses to a more gelatinous future. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2009; 24 (6): 312 DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2009.01.010

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2009.01.010

Is Rural Land Use Too Important To Be Left To Farmers?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090608143837.htm

More Than Just The Tailpipe: Calculating The True Environmental Cost Of Travel

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090608071947.htm

Oily fish 'can halt eye disease'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8088860.stm

Slump puts pinch on superbug fight

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31171750/

Excessive Gaming Associated With Poor Sleep Hygiene And Increased Sleepiness

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090608071802.htm

U.S., Europe may partner on Mars exploration

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31185848/

Bird dies after crossbow shooting

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/8091351.stm

Man jailed for stamping on rabbit

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8089576.stm

Cetorhinus Winter Home Discovered and More for Sunday, May 10, 2009

Cooper, My Therapy Dog image licensed under Creative Commons by Marvin Kuo

Early cave bacteria hints at Mars life

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30649087/

Gorilla mums keep family in check

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8027000/8027622.stm

Gorilla

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

Orangutan escapes her enclosure at Adelaide zoo in Australia

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/090510/K051004AU.html

Pongo

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

Baboons Benefit From Strong Social Networks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507181225.htm

Papio

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

Right whales break birth record

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30660700/

Eubalena glacialis

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

Way To Cut Cattle Methane By 25 Percent

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507145752.htm

Methane

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

Domestication led to horse color explosion

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30628354/

Equus ferus caballus

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

World's smallest pigs 'thriving'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8036405.stm

Porcula salvania

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

'Gecko Vision': Key To Future Multifocal Contact Lens?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507164407.htm

Gekkonidae

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

Ultrasonic Communication Among Frogs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508192231.htm

Huia cavitympanum

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

Scientists Airlift Giant, Endangered Frogs

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/08/tech/main5002548.shtml

Leptodactylus fallax

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

Scientists discover winter home of world's second-biggest fish

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/05/07/eco.baskingsharks/index.html

Cetorhinus maximus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basking_shark_(Cetorhinus_maximus)

Could climate change spell the end of the prawn cocktail?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8037888.stm

Dendrobrachiata

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

Flight Of The Bumble Bee Is Based More On Brute Force Than Aerodynamic Efficiency

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507194511.htm

Bombus

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

Scientists Surprised By Unexpected Emergence Of Periodical Cicadas -- Four Years Early

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507142230.htm

Magicicada

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

Magi

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

Cicada/Cicadidae

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

Skeptic

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

Skepticada

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/05/skepticada-or-impacada.html

Honeybee Pollination Crisis 'A Myth'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507121949.htm

Mystery worms turn on northwest China herdsmen

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54735e-us-china-worms/

Filling The Gap In The Fossil Record

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504151505.htm

Fossil

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

Cave Painting Depicts Extinct Marsupial Lion

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090510/sc_livescience/cavepaintingdepictsextinctmarsupiallion;_ylt=Al07U1pNUEN9ukScqT.ETZUPLBIF

Thylacoleo carnifex Thylacoleo carnifex

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

Animals On Runways Can Cause Serious Problems At Small Airports

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504171955.htm

Small Brain Of Dwarf 'Hobbit' Explained By Hippo's Island Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507185535.htm

Homo floresiensis

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

Homo sapiens

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

Homo skepticis

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/05/homo-skepticis.html

Madagascan hippo

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

Toxic deformities case at High Court

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8039601.stm

Global Warming: Ocean Iron Disappoints

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090506131512.htm

Tree-Killing Hurricanes Could Contribute To Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090501201353.htm

Climate Adds Fuel To Asian Wildfire Emissions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430144710.htm

Bacteria Play Role In Preventing Spread Of Malaria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508103836.htm

Cytori signs stem cell deal with GE Healthcare

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5473sh-us-cytoritherapeutics/

Food Intake Alone Explains Rise In Obesity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508045321.htm

Pet Therapy Dogs May Carry MRSA And Clostridium Difficile Between Patients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507101820.htm

Therapy dog

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


MRSA

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

Clostridium difficile

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

From Rats To Humans: Around Thirty Europeans Infected With Cowpox Virus By Their Pet Rats

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507192933.htm

Fancy rat

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

Cowpox virus

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

NASA Nanosatellite To Study Antifungal Drug Effectiveness In Space

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430120746.htm

PharmaSat

http://microsatellitefreeflyer.arc.nasa.gov/pharmasat.html

First Swine Flu DNA Test Produced

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090509153309.htm

UK swine flu genetics unravelled

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8040000.stm

Possible Canadian connection in Japan's first cases of swine flu

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/09/swine-flu.html

3rd U.S. flu death reported in Wash. state

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30398682/

Costa Rica reports first swine flu death

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30471035/

Key Protein Keeps Chronic Infection In Check

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508103842.htm

New Food Safety Technology Developed For Eggs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090510102122.htm

Food Safety

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

Red Fungus Turned Orange May Help Tackle Vitamin Deficiency

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090510101752.htm

Monascus purpureus

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

Cigarette Smoke May Rob Children Of Needed Antioxidants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504151456.htm

Skin Color Clue To Nicotine Dependence

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508134951.htm

Nicotine

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

Meditate Your Way To Better Bladder Health

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504161657.htm

Cognitive therapy

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

Job Loss Can Make You Sick, New Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508045310.htm

Treatment For Extreme Nausea, Vomiting During Pregnancy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090506110200.htm

Carbon Nanotubes: Innovative Technology Or Risk To Health Or Environment?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504121921.htm