Don't Touch That Vole! For Friday, January 16, 2009

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Global Warming Linked To European Viral Epidemic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090115190453.htm

Nephropathia epidemica

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

South Africa busts rhino poaching ring

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28691087/

Elephant count surprises in Malaysia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/ap_on_re_as/as_malaysia_jumbo_discovery;_ylt=ApkebggYpXQDPLw5EDgRPous0NUE

Texas' Cattle Dying In Devastating Drought

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/16/national/main4727076.shtml

Hungary gorilla recovering after rare surgery

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090116/ap_on_re_eu/eu_hungary_gorilla_surgery;_ylt=AjiAA7OgwZnlrnz_3bk7VPbtiBIF

Polar bear protection to be focus of national round table

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/15/polar-bears.html

Conflicts between humans and elephants harm both parties

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7828251.stm

China's wild camels increasing

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28692129/

Healing Camels in India's Desert State

http://abcnews.go.com/International/AroundTheWorld/story?id=6661613&page=1

N.J. River Dolphins Sparking Debate

http://abcnews.go.com/US/AmazingAnimals/wireStory?id=6652290

Repairing a hut, Antarctic-style: mind the seals

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090115/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_antarctica_seals;_ylt=AlLjDvCrQfzuh00GdagvqG3tiBIF

Tags reveal birds' ocean odyssey

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7826639.stm

Puffinus puffinus

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

Origin Of Jawed Vertebrates: Prehistoric Fish Provides New Piece In Evolution's Jigsaw Puzzle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090115103808.htm

Fish digestions help keep the oceans healthy

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50e6q7-us-fish-carbon/

Singing began in fish, perfected by birds

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28692491/

Study of aggressive bees may improve missile technology

http://m.www.yahoo.com/_ylt=AqPqEFZPGm.IZg3aabb3KiObvZx4/SIG=12a9mr303/**http%3A/cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/ynews%3Fch=4226721%26cl=1156411515679

House Democrats move to overturn Bush species rule

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/ap_on_go_co/endangered_species;_ylt=Ah5V2UySnE9VM2LpUM4IrFoPLBIF

Robo-Cat Gives Love, Not Hairballs

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6656257

Farms to take heat out of warming

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7831939.stm

Cooling The Planet By Growing The Right Crops

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090115164522.htm

Trapping CO2 In Ice-like Hydrate 'Cages'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090114162235.htm

Tories plan 'energy revolution'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7832384.stm

New Method Accelerates Stability Testing Of Soy-based Biofuel

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090113174537.htm

Americans Eager To Reduce Their Energy Use

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090114172312.htm

South Korean experts find way to remove lead from blood

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50f3d1-us-leadpoisoning/

Tequila Boom Triggers Social, Environmental Hangover In Mexico

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090113074138.htm

Tequila

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

Humans Can Make Their Own Salicylic Acid

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090112093330.htm

Common Soil Mineral Degrades The Nearly Indestructible Prion

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090114142028.htm

Birnessite

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

Free Antibiotics: Wrong Prescription For Cold And Flu Season

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090116111137.htm

MS increasingly recognized as a childhood disease

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/16/ms-teens.html

Fantastic Voyage: Medical 'Mini-submarine' Invented To Blast Diseased Cells In The Body

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090115164623.htm

Bird strikes becoming a more serious threat

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28679145/

See What a Bird Strike Looks Like

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6659154

How birds can down a jet airplane

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28680112/