Sea-level Rise and Rise of the Hippocampus & More for Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Hippocampus image licensed under Creative Commons by Tambako the Jaguar

Sonar Images Reveal Clues To Sea-level Rise

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090505072502.htm

Larter et al. Subglacial bedforms reveal complex basal regime in a zone of paleo-ice stream convergence, Amundsen Sea embayment, West Antarctica. Geology, 2009; 37 (5): 411 DOI: 10.1130/G25505A.1

http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G25505A.1

Better Water Use Could Reduce Future Food Crises

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090505061838.htm

Wildfires scorch parts of California, Arizona

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/06/western.wildfires/index.html

Prince, frog and friends fight for rainforests

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30599779/

The Prince’s Rainforest Project

http://www.rainforestsos.org/

http://www.rainforestsos.org/

Two Brown Bear Populations In Spain In Danger of Extinction Have Been Isolated For Past 50 Years


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429125243.htm


Ursus arctos



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

Hyena's laugh actually a sign of frustration

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30588225/

Crocuta crocuta

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

Ecosystem Gone Haywire: Cape Gannet Bird Threatened With Extinction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090424114309.htm

Morus capensis

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

Prosecutors: Smuggler hid 13 birds in his pants

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30593503/

'Sobering' Decline Of Caribbean's Big Fish, Fisheries: Overfishing Deemed Most Likely Cause

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090505200711.htm

Overfishing

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

Seahorses 'stood up' 25 million years ago

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30600080/

Hippocampus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocampus_(fish)

Ants In Southern Hemisphere Richer And More Diversified Than Northern Hemisphere Ants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090506094103.htm

Formicidae

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

How Social Insects Recognize Dead Nestmates

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090505124750.htm

Necrophoresis

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O8-necrophoresis.html

Sewage Treatment In The East May Be Enough To Reduce Baltic Algal Blooms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090506093835.htm

How spicy foods can kill cancers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6244715.stm

Capsaicin

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

Scientists pinpoint fats danger

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8033205.stm

Great apes suffer setback in EU animal testing vote

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5443is-us-eu-animals-testing/

EU and US reach deal in beef row

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8036202.stm

Livestock traceback participation disappoints -USDA

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5446sw-us-livestock-tracking-study/

Car made from veg runs on chocolate

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8031737.stm

Astronomer To Search Space For Precursors Of Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429151946.htm

Scientists hunt swine flu's mysterious origins

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/06/swine.flu.origins/index.html

Swine flu is same strain in Canada and Mexico

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/05/06/swine-flu-sequencing060.html

Does New Swine Flu Virus Kill By Causing A 'Cytokine Storm'?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090505174547.htm

Cytokine

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

Flu virus kills Texan, European cases reach Sweden

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5430s8-us-flu/

Flu Pandemic In Prison?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090505174549.htm

For Friday, January 9, 2009

Rare venomous mammal is caught on camera

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7791989.stm

Solenodon paradoxus

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

How many meerkats? London Zoo critter count

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28562653/

Suricata suricatta

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

Mosquitoes make sweet love music

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7814404.stm

Culicidae

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

Ancient Odor-detecting Mechanism In Insects

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108121625.htm

To Bee Or Not To Bee

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/09/tech/main4709462.shtml

Big, Old Mice Spread Deadly Hantavirus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090106230720.htm

Nose-spray Vaccine Against Botulism Effective In First Tests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108101633.htm

Structure Mediating Spread Of Antibiotic Resistance Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108144753.htm

Neanderthals done in by competition

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28562264/

Mothers Pass On Disease Clues To Offspring

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105120312.htm

Half Of World's Population Could Face Climate-induced Food Crisis By 2100

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108144745.htm

Heat may spark world food crisis

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7817684.stm

FDA scientists complain to Obama of 'corruption'

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_go_ot/fda_dissidents;_ylt=AlnerMv5NcxjfMjXXVZGSFus0NUE

Salmonella outbreak: 1 in 5 victims in hospital

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28567096/

'Unprecedented' UK rise in measles

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7819874.stm

Global Warming: Overrides Volcano Cooling?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105175356.htm

Decline Of Carbon-dioxide-gobbling Plankton Coincided With Ancient Global Cooling

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108111419.htm

Andes' Formation Was A 'Species Pump' For South America

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090109083451.htm

Animals in Bulgaria zoo shiver without gas heating

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090109/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_russia_ukraine_gas_zoo;_ylt=ArcvhOosbaCOB_.iYjaZVJwPLBIF

Japan scientists clone legendary bull

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090108/sc_afp/sciencejapanbiotechcloningfood_newsmlmmd;_ylt=Aj0P1o6Zi9.xiJM7UsJTJokPLBIF

What Are These Remains?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1109174/Is-Beast-Exmoor-Body-mystery-animal-washes-beach.html

Beast of Exmoor

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

For Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Alepisaurus ferox photo licensed under Creative Common's by Nemo's great uncle

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7432583.stm

BBC NEWS Special Reports UN sets out food crisis measures

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080603/ap_on_re_eu/un_food_crisis;_ylt=AvyKi.lgyhv2wgx1ZkLMUFWs0NUE

UN chief: food production must rise 50 percent by 2030 - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080602/lf_nm_life/marijuana_brain_dc;_ylt=Ar1.fVUKguSUvvpmafPoxx2s0NUE

Heavy marijuana use shrinks brain parts: study - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080603/ap_on_sc/phoenix_mars;_ylt=Aoh1KQVLMJZWp_hW3XITZuSs0NUE

NASA robot scoops Martian soil for first time - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080602/ap_on_go_co/climate_showdown;_ylt=AgraikpCsdiwTIOhiegM2Bqs0NUE

Senate votes to begin global warming debate - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080602/ap_on_sc/nasa_censor;_ylt=Am6YlFjh_X4HQB2B9Kgr.MSs0NUE

NASA's own watchdog: Agency misled on global warming - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080602/ap_on_sc/new_fossil;_ylt=Ao1e5G6WuI8HIjnABy.dkSGs0NUE

Museum PR coordinator finds new dinosaur fossil - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080602/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_birds_feathers;_ylt=AgH8_EeKycXH8vFE.XRF2IvtiBIF

Feathers make the man in world of birds - Yahoo! News

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

Hirundo rustica



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080602/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/brazil_shark_attack;_ylt=Ah6TpykxiWCu4cPFHP8nW94PLBIF

Shark rips off teenager's right hand in Brazil - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/britain_wolves_dc;_ylt=AuCB3f_MwC.s9UbBhWpRv0ADW7oF

Moose on the loose in Scotland, wolves to follow? - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/allergies_yoghurt_dc;_ylt=Ai5HE44NuARYSXl0bT.KgnADW7oF

"Good" bacteria may ease hay fever symptoms: study - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7431589.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Images reveal 'rapid forest loss'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7425087.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Post-mortem examines turtle death

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080602144411.htm

Toad Research Could Leapfrog To New Muscle Model

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080529105357.htm

Wireless Vision Implant: Implantable Prosthesis Lets Patients Perceive Visual Images

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080530102627.htm

Self-assembled Viruses Efficiently Carry Genes And Drug Molecules Into Tumor Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080602132248.htm

Globalization Exposes Food Supply To Unsanitary Practices

http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=208190

Daily Dispatch Online

‘Rottweiler and mermaid’ fish cross identified


http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=99&genusname=Alepisaurus&speciesname=ferox

Alepisaurus ferox