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Monday, June 29, 2009

Monotremata News and Megapiranha and More for Monday, June 29, 2009

'Bycatch' Whaling A Growing Threat To Coastal Whales

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090623120846.htm

Lion prides form to win turf wars

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8120000/8120712.stm

Panthera leo

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

Panthera leo (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/328672

Litter of lynx kittens raises biologists' hopes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31586820/ns/us_news-environment/

Felis lynx

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

Felis lynx (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/18767

Wood harvest puts pandas at risk

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8119000/8119402.stm

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

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

Ailuropoda melanoleuca (IUCN Red List Link- Endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/712/0

Ailuropoda melanoleuca (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/328070

Dolphins Get A Lift From Delta Wing Technology

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090626091127.htm

Dolphin 'super pod' seen in firth

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8120523.stm

Delphinus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-Beaked_Common_Dolphin

Moray Firth

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

Platypus Helps Illuminate Ovarian Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090626191301.htm

Ornithorhynchus anatinus

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

Study On Papua New Guinea's Long-beaked Echidna Reveals Elusive Habits

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090609220725.htm

Tachyglossidae

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

Monotremata

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

Pain Of Dysplasia In Dogs Relieved With Gold Treatment, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090626084633.htm

Canis lupus familiaris

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

Video: Rare albino duck set to make debut at Denver zoo

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/ynews;_ylt=AkDl_VIp4inSz3hKfdvznbWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNlM3ZhdGU4BGFzc2V0Ay9hYmMvMjAwOTA2MjkvYXZfYWJjX29kZC9feW5ld3Nfb2RkMDkwNjI5X3dubl9hbGJpbm9fZHVja19fMTQyMTg4NTUEcG9zAzcEc2VjA3luX2hlYWRsaW5lX2xpc3QEc2xrA3ZpZGVv?ch=4226726&cl=

Legless frogs mystery solved


http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8116000/8116692.stm

Obesity Clues From Research On How Burrowing Frogs Survive Years Without Food

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090629081133.htm

Anura

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

Toothy 3-foot Piranha Fossil Found

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090625/sc_livescience/toothy3footpiranhafossilfound;_ylt=ApjIp3iqNqp8dpAt_6iMa6sPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTNjcHFpcWxsBGFzc2V0A2xpdmVzY2llbmNlLzIwMDkwNjI1L3Rvb3RoeTNmb290cGlyYW5oYWZvc3NpbGZvdW5kBHBvcwMxMQRzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1

Megapiranha paranensis

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

Hordes of hungry grasshoppers invade Utah

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_re_us/us_grasshopper_invasion;_ylt=AkrmalIVMfumnnQ8PPLsT2IDW7oF

Caelifera

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

Crop plants get genomics centre

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8119704.stm

Genetically Modified Rice Fights Allergies

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090627/sc_livescience/geneticallymodifiedricefightsallergies;_ylt=Ane6Clofz7M90RbXOqaFSUoPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTNrZGtocTlvBGFzc2V0A2xpdmVzY2llbmNlLzIwMDkwNjI3L2dlbmV0aWNhbGx5bW9kaWZpZWRyaWNlZmlnaHRzYWxsZXJnaWVzBHBvcwM5BHNlYw

Oryza sativa

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

Yeast: Highest Resolution Three-dimensional Structure Yet Of A Membrane Protein

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090615203100.htm

Ascomycota

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

Why Low-Calorie Diet Extends Lifespans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090624152811.htm

How High-Carb Foods Can Raise Heart Risks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090625133215.htm

Scientists attack energy industry

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8122864.stm

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Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Fishermen Dine on Megachasma and DNA Help for Rhincodon and More for Wednesday, April 8, 2008

Fancy some meat? Chimpanzees exchange hunting booty for sex

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7988169.stm

Pan

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

Studies Of Hyena Skull Development Put Teeth Into New Female Dominance Theory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331112851.htm

Crocuta crocuta

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

Poison -- It's What's For Dinner: Hunt Narrows For Genes That Let Packrats Eat Creosote

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090406072919.htm

Neotoma

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

Creosote

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

Rare megamouth shark caught, eaten in Philippines

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090407/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_rare_shark

Megachasma pelagios

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

DNA Tracks Threatened Whale Sharks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090407145159.htm

Rhincodon typus

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

Antarctic Marine Biodiversity Data Now Online

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331133539.htm

Antarctic marine biodiversity link

http://www.scarmarbin.be/

Cat found alive after 5 weeks under rubble

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090407/od_nm/us_germany_cat

Felis catus

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

Fish farms to fight back with EU help

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7989295.stm

Butterflies hit by damp summers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7988232.stm

Tanzania Study Reopens Debate On Targeting Mosquito Larvae To Control Malaria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330200718.htm

Malaria

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

Control, Treatment Of Bed Bugs Challenging

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331183504.htm

Cimicidae

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

To Swim Or To Crawl: For The Worm It's A No Brainer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331091254.htm

Caenorhabditis elegans

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._elegans

Fragility Of World's Coral Is Revealed Through Study Of Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090406132609.htm

Anthozoa

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

Mouse Models Of Leukemia That Predict Response To Chemotherapy Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331183753.htm

Leukemia

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

Bad Mix Of Bacterial Remnants And Genetics Leads To Arthritis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331101111.htm

‘Junk’ DNA assists evolution

http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20090604-18994.html

Mysterious mouth reaction linked to pollen

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/08/oral.allergy.syndrome/index.html

Oral sex throat cancer link

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6639461.stm

Warning issued over some ground beef sold in Manitoba, Sask., Ontario

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/04/08/mb-beeef-recall.html


More pistachios recalled as salmonella verified

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30078271/

Pistacia vera

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

Use Of Native Southern African Plants In Veterinary Medicine

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330123245.htm

Going Bananas For Sustainable Research: Scientists Create Fuel From African Crop Waste

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090406132819.htm

Musa

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

Rapid Shifts In Wildfire Hotspots To Come?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090407223642.htm

PM heralds 'green economy' Budget

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7989015.stm

Beach rubbish problem 'piling up'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7988726.stm

What's In Your Water? Disinfectants Create Toxic By-products In Drinking Water And Public Swimming Pools


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331112725.htm
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

For Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Report: FDA scaled back enforcement at labs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_on_go_ot/fda_lab_quality;_ylt=ArlDajD8_U5A5g516H6UA_us0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkYjFxcjk4BHBvcwMxNDAEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA3JlcG9ydGZkYXNjYQ--

Tiny 'Lab-on-a-chip' Detects Pollutants, Disease And Biological Weapons

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217125732.htm

Secrets Of Potential Bioterror Virus Uncovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217102149.htm

Rift Valley fever virus

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

AIDS becomes top infectious disease in China

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29240222/

Hospitals see big drop in staph superbugs

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29241041/

Engineers Create Intelligent Molecules That Seek And Destroy Diseased Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213114323.htm

Fetal stem cells trigger tumors in ill boy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29243132/

Engineer Develops Method To Combat Congenital Heart Disease In Children

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209152418.htm

Man's family finds kidney donor on Craigslist

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/18/kidney.donor.craigslist/index.html

Gene Linked To Aggressive Progression Of Liver Cancer Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090216175114.htm

Smoker's widow seeks $130 million US in damages

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/02/18/cigarette-lawsuit.html

Fibromyalgia Pain Linked To Central Nervous System Dysfunction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217123124.htm

Statistical Analysis Could Yield New Drug Target For Multiple Sclerosis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213103053.htm

Working Toward Artificial Corneas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213172052.htm

Does An Apple A Day Keeps Breast Cancer Away?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217125742.htm

Robots Sense Emotions Of Children With Autism

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217141544.htm

Loneliness Affects How The Brain Operates

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090215151800.htm

Multiracial Identity Associated With Better Social And Personal Well-being

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210110045.htm

Multilingualism Brings Communities Closer Together

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210092721.htm

Environmental Impact Of Building Construction Can Now Be Predicted

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204140815.htm

Climate curbs need 'people power'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7892992.stm

Cancer-causing Toxins Linked To Unexploded Munitions In Oceans
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Sunday, February 15, 2009

Devastating Climate Change and More for Sunday, February 15, 2009





Same Species Found at Both Ends of Earth

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090215/sc_livescience/samespeciesfoundatbothendsofearth;_ylt=At8iI6H.dmezQDTbVSsasT8PLBIF

The Tiny, Slimy Savior of Global Coral Reefs

http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=6870585&page=1

Male whales prefer enormous females

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29187881/


Vibrations 'could save elephants'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7890919.stm

Tigers' latest hope: Maggie the dung-sniffing dog

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090213/ap_on_re_as/as_cambodia_chasing_tigers;_ylt=Avo69M_6Bb6VvBogZ2fFvIQPLBIF

Better Artificial Nose Inspired By Sniffer-dogs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213172533.htm

White-nose Kills Hundreds Of Bats Near Abandoned Mines In Pennsylvania

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203172713.htm

White nose syndrome

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

Feds to consider protection for American pika

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090212/ap_on_re_us/pika_protection;_ylt=AmT4eQ.upS2wIqddd_Xrl50PLBIF

Ochotona princeps

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

Penguins Marching Into Trouble

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212171936.htm

Spheniscus magellanicus

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

World’s Oldest Swan Found Dead In Denmark

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213115129.htm

Cygnus olor

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

Ultimate 'gentleman's agreement' helps tropical birds mate

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7891243.stm

Chiroxiphia linearis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-tailed_Manakin

Cheap Roses Cost The Earth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213070917.htm

Survey shows polar seas are no biological desert

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090215/ap_on_re_au_an/as_antarctica_bountiful_sea;_ylt=Ar7OP39k0lCnbdpSNAjH9Vus0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJtZTg1dDNtBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwMjE1L2FzX2FudGFyY3RpY2FfYm91bnRpZnVsX3NlYQRwb3MDMTMEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yeQRzbGsDc3VydmV5c2hvd3Nw

People pump out more carbon than expected

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29199545/

Seeing The Forest And The Trees Helps Cut Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213114313.htm

Biofuels Boom Could Fuel Rainforest Destruction, Researcher Warns

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090214162758.htm

How Deadly Fungus Protects Itself

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203175341.htm

Cryptococcus neoformans

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

Artificial Cells, Simple Model For Complex Structure

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090214162646.htm

Atlanta Flight Test Evaluates Technique For Saving Fuel And Reducing Noise In Airliners





Obama to lift ban on stem cell research soon: aide

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51e122-us-usa-obama-stemcells/

Light 'could detect Parkinson's'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7890040.stm

Pollution link to asthma in womb

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7888735.stm

Smokers Putting Their Loved Ones At Risk Of Heart Attacks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211101714.htm

How Influenza Virus Hijacks Human Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204131615.htm

Shades Of 1918? Comparing Avian Flu With A Notorious Killer From The Past

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210092842.htm

VA clinic warns of possible contaminant exposure

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090214/ap_on_re_us/veterans_colonoscopies;_ylt=AjraNKPPEMeb3hYIj2jSr2as0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkZmozMDI3BHBvcwMxMzkEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA3ZhY2xpbmljd2Fybg--

‘Wake Up’ To Health Risks Of Heavy Snoring

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203140837.htm

Sleep apnea

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

Vigorous Exercise May Help Prevent Vision Loss

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210092840.htm

Mixed Population Provides Insights Into Human Genetic Makeup

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090214162756.htm

Ways To Minimize Tinnitus -- Troublesome Noises In The Ears

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204165913.htm

Tinnitus

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

Words give brain handle on feelings: U.S. researcher

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51d20l-us-feelings-words/

New Happiness Research Demonstrates When Material Items Are The Best Option

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211111000.htm

Computerized Writing Aids Make Writing Easier For Persons With Aphasia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203081611.htm

Aphasia


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Friday, February 13, 2009

For Friday, February 13, 2009

Dung is key to tracking elusive Cambodian tiger

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090213/ap_on_re_as/as_cambodia_chasing_tigers;_ylt=Aie6HLmQsw_RVG_QfC6Svb0PLBIF

Bleak forecast on fishery stocks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7887536.stm

Fish Oil Alternatives To Farmed Fish Feed May Alleviate Global Seafood Shortage

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211122408.htm

Bird brain? Animal smarts surprise experts

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29169229/

Tracking reveals songbirds' route

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7885622.stm

Penguins in Peril, Research Shows

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090213/sc_livescience/penguinsinperilresearchshows;_ylt=AqIafmRI2usP1VQX3d3RoWkPLBIF

Fish migrating to cooler waters, study says

science/02/12/fish.migration.study/index.html
Stem Cells From Skin Cells To Heart Muscle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212161808.htm

Code Of The Common Cold Cracked

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212141149.htm

Rhinovirus

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

Antibacterial Plaster Could Put A Clean Sheen On Walls

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213103750.htm

Drug Found To Prevent Colon Cancer Development In Mice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212093648.htm

Uranium Poisoning Treatment Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212112738.htm

Wrinkles Removed With Protein RHAMM, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211161936.htm

Fresh Fruits And Vegetables Are Increasingly Recognized As A Source Of Food Poisoning Outbreaks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211122613.htm

How Do You Build A Synthetic Brain?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211194151.htm

Restoring Mutant Gene Without Altering DNA

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211161946.htm

Method For Detecting 23 Drugs And Medicines In Saliva Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211122532.htm

Study ties passive smoking to dementia
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