California Condor Suffering from Poisoning, Wounding and More for Sunday, March 15, 2009

Gymnogyps californianus image licensed under Creative Commons by bsterling

Poisoned, wounded Calif. condor treated at LA Zoo

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090314/ap_on_re_us/california_condor;_ylt=Ao82I4uRXRss6y.Yu.3QdQis0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlcHEwdmJxBHBvcwMxMDcEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNwb2lzb25lZHdvdW4-

Gymnogyps californianus

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

Falcons combat Dubai's pigeon 'pest'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7943314.stm

Falconry

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

Island of the Rats: Soon it May Be Rat-Free

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=7079928&page=1

Adak

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

Traffic Could Trigger Heart Attacks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090313171310.htm

Carbon-neutral goal for Maldives

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7944760.stm

Maldives

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

Wind Shifts May Stir CO2, Amplify Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312140842.htm

Silica Algae Reveal How Ecosystems React To Climate Changes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309093155.htm

Obama bans 'downer' cows from food supply

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29691788/

Salmonella cases: Half still come from crackers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29619415/

Check Your Burgers: E. Coli Season Ahead

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/story?id=7080622&page=1

Green tea, mushrooms lower breast cancer risk

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29681075/

Tiny Brain Region Key To Fear Of Predators

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309191455.htm

Reducing Suicidal Behaviors Among Adolescents

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310120349.htm

'The Unexpected' Is Key To Human Learning

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090313145952.htm

What Drove The Cow Mad? Lessons From A Tiny Fish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309205323.htm

Single Virus Particle Can Cause Infection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090313150254.htm

Novel Antibiotics That Don't Trigger Antibiotic Resistance Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090313150121.htm

The Making Of An Intestinal Stem Cell

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305121647.htm

Whale Shark Rescued and Rising/Acidic Waters and More for Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Report: Images from Mars lander show liquid water

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090311/ap_on_sc/sci_phoenix_mars;_ylt=Ahp875mU9cMyzUYggyrhit6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlaGI1MmJ2BHBvcwMxMDkEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNyZXBvcnRpbWFnZXM-

Acidic seas fuel extinction fears

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7936137.stm

Sea rise 'to exceed projections'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7935159.stm

Rising Sea Levels Set To Have Major Impacts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310104742.htm

Current Sea Level Rise (Wiki page)

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

Trunk tricks Elephants discover how to get a drink of fresh water when faced with a stagnant pool


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7932769.stm

The elephants in action

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7933058.stm

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

WATCH: Baby Elephant Gets a Jumbo Leg

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7047253

Elephas

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

Poached skins matched to tigers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7935661.stm

Why monkey mums bow to baby temper tantrums

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7934852.stm

Calif. whale watchers delight

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Walruses are world's most unusual snoozers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29616122/

Odobenus

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

Indian police enroll rat recruits

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7933538.stm

Amazonian Amphibian Diversity Traced To Andes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309205313.htm

Tiny whale shark rescued

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29615174/

Rhincodon typus

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

'Dracula' fish shows baby teeth

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7935482.stm

New Fish Discovered In Antarctic Ocean

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305150919.htm

Gosztonyia antarctica

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

Big-hearted Fish Reveals Genetics Of Cardiovascular Condition

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090225132534.htm

Danio rerio

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



Coral Reefs Dissolving From CO2 In Air?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309162125.htm

Live Evolution In Tiny Predator-Prey Battle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305150917.htm

Yellowstone Alga Found To Detoxify Arsenic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309191850.htm

Cyanidioschyzon

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

Electric Signals In Plants Induced By Wounding

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309105030.htm

Hemlock Trees Dying Rapidly, Affecting Forest Carbon Cycle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090226122730.htm

Tsuga

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

Tree-eating Bugs Seen By Satellite As They Denude Invasive Tamarisk Trees In Southwest U.S.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310084729.htm

Tamarix

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

How Increased UV Exposure Impacts Plants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309105058.htm

Bryophyte

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

Discovering The Secret Code Behind Photosynthesis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224230709.htm

Photosynthesis

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

Corn-for-ethanol's Carbon Footprint Critiqued

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302183321.htm

Airborne Ecologists Help Balance Delicate African Ecosystem

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302182954.htm

Cleansing Toxic Waste With Vinegar

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090303084334.htm

Peanut industry: Recall price tag $1 billion

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29634279/

Custom-made meds may pose deadly threat

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29532018/

Recession may worsen spread of exotic diseases

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29599786/

5 deadly exotic diseases

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29603635/

16 Have Hepatitis In Army Needle Blunder

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/11/health/main4858722.shtml

Bacteria-killing Enzyme Cures Mice With Fatal Pneumonia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302221316.htm

(Chorismate lyase)

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

Streptococcus pneumoniae

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

Bioencapsulation: Creating A Safe Haven For Sensitive Ingredients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090226105130.htm

Stem Cell Focus Part Of New Harvard Major

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/11/health/main4858723.shtml

Experts use nanotech to deliver anti-cancer genes

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5294yt-us-cancer-nanotechnology/

Airborne Fungi Linked To Asthma Epidemic In Puerto Rico

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302115757.htm



Feeling Down And Out Could Break Your Heart, Literally

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309191852.htm

Compulsive Hoarding Poses Safety And Psychological Risks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309211632.htm

Salt Might Be 'Nature's Antidepressant'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310152329.htm

Table Salt

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

Inactivity Of Proteins Behind Longer Shelf Life When Freezing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090303084053.htm

Genetics Of Fear: Anxiety Disorder Genes?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310161503.htm

Headaches Linked To High Temp, Low Pressure

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309161951.htm

Toxoplasmosis Parasite May Trigger Schizophrenia And Bipolar Disorders

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311085151.htm

Dead Gene Comes Back To Life In Humans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305204321.htm

New Genre Of Sugar-coated 'Quantum Dots' For Drug Delivery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309223403.htm

Quantum Dot

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

Hunters switch to 'green' bullets

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/03/04/green.bullets/index.html

Synthetic Life-Form and Vatican Conference Contra Creationism? and Save Your Bat Colony - Install a Heater and More for Monday, March 9, 2009

Crocuta crocuta image licensed under Creative Commons by Stig Nygaard

Synthetic life form grows in Florida lab

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29430688/

Artificially Expanded Genetic Information System

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

Obama toughens US line against whaling

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090307/pl_afp/uswhalingjapan;_ylt=Aka6c.AKrQvT41JVSA31dp0PLBIF

Man is cited for owning an endangered ape

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29586544/

Symphalangus syndactylus

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

Study: Belligerent chimp proves animals make plans

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090309/ap_on_sc/eu_sci_sweden_angry_chimp;_ylt=Ao0eFyyMbpkwoBWFfYAEHu6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFidXQ5N2J0BHBvcwM0NQRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3dvcmxkBHNsawNzdHVkeWJlbGxpZ2U-

Pan

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

Zoo elephant, caretakers swap staph infections

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29555879/

Loxodonta

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

Low birthrates could doom rare rhino

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29549767/

Rhinoceros sondaicus

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

Australian wrestles kangaroo from family home

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29593952/

Macropus giganteus

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

Feds OK gray wolves' removal from endangered list

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090307/ap_on_sc/gray_wolf_endangered;_ylt=AmY.4jYNc6srt9SGec6guo8PLBIF

Canis lupus

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

Collared Coyote Leaves Record Of 150-Mile Trek

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220171507.htm

Canis latrans

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

Martha Stewart’s dog dies in kennel blast

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29596449/

Chow chow

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chow_(dog)

How Hyenas 'Inherit' Their Social Status

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090225073209.htm

Crocuta crocuta

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

Horses tamed earlier than thought

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7926235.stm

Equus ferus caballus

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

Heaters might stave off doom for bats

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29534877/

Hamster jackets harness wheel-running power

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29596930/

Climate Change Hurting Hares: White Snowshoe Hares Can't Hide On Brown Earth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224220347.htm

Lepus Americanus

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

Bizarre Bird Behavior Predicted By Game Theory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224230705.htm

Oldest sea turtle fossil unveiled in Mexico

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090306/sc_afp/sciencepaleontologyturtlemexico;_ylt=Ap8qDhLhPy0MQ6qaihoajH0PLBIF

“Dinochicken” scheme puts evolution in reverse

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29537188/

Judge faults gov't plan to save Pacific NW salmon

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090307/ap_on_re_us/salmon_dams;_ylt=AqoiygHgB.ocuzuzvL3NjJ2s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlaHE2Y3U5BHBvcwMxMDkEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNqdWRnZWZhdWx0c2c-

Snake River

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

Transparent Zebrafish A Must-see Model For Atherosclerosis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305164350.htm

Danio rerio

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

A fish feast frenzy is captured on camera

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7921119.stm

How Moths Key Into Scent Of A Flower

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305091044.htm

Manduca sexta

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

'No proof' of bee killer theory

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7925397.stm

Ten amazing facts about bees

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7925218.stm

Seven New Species Of Deep-sea Coral Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305121657.htm

Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument

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


Olive Groves May Be Rescued By Helpful Wasp

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220182740.htm

Desert Shrub, Guayule, May Be Fuel Of The Future

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220183706.htm

Parthenium argentatum

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

Citrus Disease Bacterium Sequenced

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220182438.htm

Huanglongbing

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

Less Nitrogen Could Increase Profit, Sustainability

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220183111.htm

Evolution May Buffer Against Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305141620.htm

Asian Biological Puzzle Solved: Sea Rises

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090306103647.htm

Drought Risks Amazon Rainforest Carbon Sink

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305141625.htm

Midwesterners Worried Levees Won't Hold

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/09/national/main4853528.shtml

Promising Biofuel Made From Commercial Yeasts Upgraded With A New Enzyme

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224230751.htm