For Sunday, December 21, 2008

Rangifer tarandus image licensed under Creative Commons by m.prinke

Taiwan prepares for the arrival of two pandas from China

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7794572.stm

Global warming is endangering reindeer near the North Pole

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1005380

Rangifer tarandus

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

'Meaning' Within Bird Communication Deciphered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081219172125.htm

Pink, cyanide-oozing millipede found

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2008/12/17/dcl.levs.new.species.cnn

Bacteria Tricked Into Killing Themselves To Survive

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216104309.htm

Advance In The Battle Against 'Gray Mold'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081215151106.htm

New Vaccine Protects Monkeys From Pneumonic Plague

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081219093756.htm

Can Large-scale Pumps Inject Oxygen And Life Into The Lifeless Seabed Of The Baltic?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218132258.htm

Archaeological Discovery: Earliest Evidence Of Our Cave-dwelling Human Ancestors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081219172137.htm

Flu Drug Fails Against One U.S. Strain

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/wireStory?id=6496565

Inflamed Gums Linked To Heart Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081215184308.htm

Bowel cancer link to stem cells

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7788645.stm

Caffeine painkiller risk claimed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7013877.stm

Find 'may cut painkiller damage'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7785330.stm

New No-Cal Sweetener OK'd For Soft Drinks

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/19/health/webmd/main4677346.shtml

For Saturday, August 16, 2008

Discovery of a new fish species

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7564122.stm

Claims of Bigfoot corpse found in US leave experts unconvinced

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7564635.stm

'Kill Crayfish on sight' appeal

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/south_of_scotland/7564004.stm

Pacifastacus leniusculus

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

Arsenic-munching bacteria found

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7558448.stm

New Bird Species Discovered In Gabon, Africa

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080815130415.htm

Dying Frogs Sign Of A Biodiversity Crisis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080812135654.htm

Potatoes May Hold Key To Alzheimer's Treatment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080815170629.htm

New Mushroom Study Shows The Power Of Energy Density

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080815130413.htm


Argentina investigates deaths of vaccinated kids

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26220805/

Egyptian woman gives birth to septuplets

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/08/16/egypt.septuplets.birth.ap/index.html

Bigfoot fails DNA test

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/sc_nm/bigfoot_dc;_ylt=ArwZBQopZh0T9WvWGdN_g6Ws0NUE

In Germany, wandering whale creates wonderment

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080816/ap_on_sc/germany_wandering_whale;_ylt=Aht0dxxmxYEohK8y8oRyw9is0NUE