For Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Kiwi encounter (Rainbow Gardens) image licensed under Creative Commons by miss rogue (Apteryx)

Ancient Fossil Suggests Origin of Cheetahs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081230/sc_livescience/ancientfossilsuggestsoriginofcheetahs;_ylt=AmCwSn7UOePE52jXB5iZQq4PLBIF

Acinonyx jubatus

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

China finds "largest dinosaur fossil site" in world

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bt0ta-us-china-dinosaur/

7,600 fossils found at China's 'Dinosaur City'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28430361/

Chinese scientists claim discovery of earth's largest dinosaur fossil site

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/30/china-fossils.html

Kiwis (the birds) get help to avert extinction

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28392912/

Apteryx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi_(bird)

Climate Change Effects On Imperiled Sierra Frog Examined

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081211093559.htm

Rana sierrae

http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi-bin/amphib_query?rel-genus=like&rel-species=like&rel-common_name=like&rel-family=equals&rel-ordr=equals&rel-isocc=like&rel-description=like&rel-distribution=like&rel-life_history=like&rel-trends_and_threats=like&rel-relation_to_h

Researcher says Jell-O may eliminate lake trout

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081229/ap_on_fe_st/odd_lake_trout;_ylt=Ag_ZjC_zDAlDpDfGgMUK41rtiBIF

Salvelinus namaycush

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

Bizarre Reproductive Techniques Discovered For Deep-ocean Squid

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209130253.htm

Why Locusts Abandon A Solitary Life For The Swarm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218122152.htm

Acrididae

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

N.Z. airline flies jet partly run on veggie oil

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28433079/

Artistic clues to coastal change

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7790416.stm

Metals, arsenic found in rivers near sludge spill

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/29/tennessee.sludge/index.html

'Huge year for natural disasters'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7803624.stm

Scientists eye swarm of Yellowstone quakes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28427187/

Humans, Oceans Shape North American Climate

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081227230140.htm

Competition, Not Climate Change, Led To Neanderthal Extinction, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081229105039.htm

Homo neanderthalensis

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

20% 'have blood pressure gene'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7802743.stm

Berry Compound Reduces Aging Effect

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228194218.htm

Pterostilbene

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

Common food additives may feed lung tumors

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28423711/

Researchers unlock secrets of 1918 flu pandemic

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bs564-us-flu-1918/

Voriconazole: A Highly Potent Treatment For Fungal Infections

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216104029.htm

Voriconazole

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


Flowering Plants Speed Post-surgery Recovery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081229104700.htm