Soon-To-Be-Extinct? The Aral Sea? and More for Sunday, July 12, 2009

Declining Aral Sea: Dramatic Retreat Seen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090710092228.htm

Aral Sea

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

Humans May Give Swine Flu To Pigs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090709201847.htm

On Malaria Struggle, Baboons And Humans Have Similar Stories To Tell

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090624152822.htm

Monkeys And Humans Use Parallel Mechanism To Recognize Faces

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090625133102.htm

An evolution insight as scientists explain how a turtle gets its shell

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8142664.stm

Ladybug swarm turns large tree red

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/07/11/vanderveen.ladybug.infestation.kusa

Scientists explain how flowering plants spread across the Earth

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8143000/8143095.stm

Namibia To Club Seals & More for Monday, July 6, 2009

Ambystoma mexicanum image licensed under Creative Commons by LPEstrela

G8 leaders to set emissions goals

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8135261.stm

G8

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G8

Frozen Carbon In Arctic Could Worsen Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090630132005.htm

Arctic

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

Many Antarctic Species Ill Prepared To Cope With Warmer Ocean

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090630074951.htm

$1B needed to fight swine flu: UN

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/06/swine-flu-un.html

Climate change may spur chronic hunger, Oxfam says

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/06/oxfam-g8-hunger265.html

Oxfam

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


Echolocation In Humans Developed To Aid Blind

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090630075445.htm

Echolocation

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

Vitamin D Deficiency Is Widespread And On The Increase

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090630143523.htm

Vitamin D

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

Hypovitaminosis D

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

Potential New Drugs: 970 Million And Still Counting

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090629124912.htm

Prescription drug abuse ravages state's youth

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31707246/ns/health-addictions/


Do tiger farms earn their stripes?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8124176.stm

Panthera tigris

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

Panthera tigris (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/328674

Panthera tigris (IUCN Red List Link – Endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/15955/0

iReport.com: Rin-Tin-Tin's grave found in France

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-292504

Rin-Tin-Tin

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

Namibian seal hunt to go on, 90,000 to be clubbed

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090706/ap_on_re_af/af_namibia_seal_hunt;_ylt=ApMTbdYgvD.FMM3R8WooJ5YPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJwbm5vazZwBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzA2L2FmX25hbWliaWFfc2VhbF9odW50BHBvcwM5BHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDbmFtaWJpYW5zZWFs

Namibia

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

Caffeine Reverses Memory Impairment In Mice With Alzheimer's Symptoms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090705215237.htm

Caffeine

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

Alzheimer’s

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alzheimer%E2%80%99s

Challenge of Living With Celiac Disease

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WellnessNews/story?id=7988436&page=1

Coeliac disease

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


Battle Of The Sexes Benefits Offspring, Says Research In Birds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090706090604.htm


Regenerated legs no big trick for salamanders

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5606a6-us-salamanders-limbs/

Ambystoma mexicanum

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

Ambystoma mexicanum (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1019571

Ambystoma mexicanum (IUCN Red List Link – Critically Endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/1095/0



Spider builds life-sized decoys

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8135000/8135844.stm

Cyclosa mulmeinensis (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1194961

Melons Sweetened With DNA Sequence

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090626190939.htm

Melon

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

Nut growers look to space for support, guidance

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31761162/ns/technology_and_science-space/

Uncle Sam to pond scum: I want you!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31750260/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/

Algae

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

Revised/Updated Monday, June 22, 2009 from Sunday, June 21, 2009

Nestlé recalls cookie dough products

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31444614/ns/health-infectious_diseases/

Nestle Toll House Refrigerated Cookie Dough Voluntary Recall

http://www.verybestbaking.com/products/tollhouse/dough.aspx

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

http://www.cdc.gov/

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

http://www.fda.gov/

New Vaccination Strategy May Protect Against Both Lethal 1918 And H5N1 Influenza Viruses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090619112429.htm

1918 Flu Pandemic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic

H5N1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H5N1

Cancer In Humans: Cost Of Being Smarter?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090610091222.htm

Apoptosis

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

Humans More Related To Orangutans Than Chimps, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090618084304.htm

Homo sapiens

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

Pongo

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

Pan

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

Whaling talks target compromise

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8112055.stm

Mekong dolphins almost extinct, WWF says

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/17/cambodia.dolphins/index.html

Orcaella brevirostris

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

Orcaella brevirostris (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/328535

Orcaella brevirostris (IUCN Red List – Vulnerable)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/15419/0

Mammoths survived late in Britain

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8106090.stm

Mammuthus

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

Polar Bear And Walrus Populations In Trouble

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090618195804.htm

Ursus maritimus

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

Ursus maritimus (IUCN Red List – Vulnerable)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22823/0

Ursus maritimus (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/328580

Odobenus

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

Highland park unveils tiger cubs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8104260.stm

Panthera tigris altaica

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

Panthera tigris altaica (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/1253183

Fox cubs make public debut

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Vulpes zerda

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

Vulpes zerda (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/328001

Canadian seal hunt 'collapsing'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8106539.stm

Red panda has rare set of triplets

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31465921/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Ailurus fulgens

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

Ailurus fulgens (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/327984

Ailurus fulgens (IUCN Red List – Vulnerable)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/714/0

Streetlights ruin a bat's commute, a study shows

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8108912.stm

Chiroptera

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

Rats play odds in gambling task

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8105963.stm

Rattus

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

Squirrel nuts over builder friend

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8108297.stm

Sciuridae

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

Severely Memory-deficit Mutant Mouse Created

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090619112331.htm

Mus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus_(genus)

'Weedy' Bird Species May Win As Temperatures Rise

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090609215939.htm

Antibiotics-resistant Gulls Worry Scientists

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090618093242.htm

Boy Or Girl? In Lizards, Egg Size Matters

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604124015.htm

Dinosaurs May Have Been Smaller Than Previously Thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090621195620.htm

Dinosauria

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

New dino gives bird wing clue

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8105513.stm

Limusaurus inextricabilis

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

Thai Navy Helps Turtles

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Banning Certain Fishing Gear Can Help Save Reefs From Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090617154405.htm

Caribbean Coral Reefs Flattened

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090609215924.htm

Great whites 'plan' seal attacks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8110000/8110246.stm

Carcharodon carcharias

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

Carcharodon carcharias (FishBase Link)

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=751&genusname=Carcharodon&speciesname=carcharias

Carcharodon carcharias (IUCN Red List)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/3855/0

Carcharodon carcharias (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/213726

Deadly Parasite Could Endanger Salmon And Trout Populations In U.K.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090617155011.htm

Sphaerothecum destruens

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

Ancient crustaceans produced enormous sperm, scientists find

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8107515.stm

Ostracoda

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

Insects' Sex Scents Can Save Lives

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090617155009.htm

Rhodnius prolixus

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

Triatoma brasliensis

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

Chagas disease

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

Scientists Show Bacteria Can 'Learn' And Plan Ahead

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090617131400.htm

Hysterectomies a stem cell source

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8103345.stm

Hysterectomy

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

Stem cell

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

The plant that pretends to be ill

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8108000/8108940.stm

Caladium steudneriifolium

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

Plants Engage In Self-recognition?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090619171244.htm

Artemisia tridentata

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

Canada to ban some chemicals in toys, vinyl bibs

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n19449699-us-phthalates/

Phthalate

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

Reproductive Health Effects Found From Low Doses Of Bisphenol-A

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090617104911.htm

BPA

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

Certain Zinc-based Cold Remedies Linked To Loss Of Sense Of Smell, FDA Says

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090618130709.htm

Punching Holes Into Herpes Viruses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090611194127.htm

Herpes

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

For Sunday, June 21, 2009

Hello, we're back, if only briefly - our duties at the Museum have kept us quite busy. (Our senior editor is the Registrar). A brief TV program review. Last night, on one of our local PBS stations, we were presented with a special program about the domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus). Though not very scientific, the numbers of this animal and their eggs consumed by humanity is staggering. The program gets more into the legend, "popular tales" and personalities of this quirky little creature. They are indeed creatures to be loved, studied and admired. Miraculous stories of their bravery and resurrections are not to be missed. Sigh...unfortunately the producers felt it necessary to include a bit on Mike the headless chicken. Well, we suppose so... We tried to find a link to the program on the PBS website and failed...sorry! Overall, the program is a delight and not to be missed.

Nestlé recalls cookie dough products

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31444614/ns/health-infectious_diseases/

Nestle Toll House Refrigerated Cookie Dough Voluntary Recall

http://www.verybestbaking.com/products/tollhouse/dough.aspx

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

http://www.cdc.gov/

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

http://www.fda.gov/

New Vaccination Strategy May Protect Against Both Lethal 1918 And H5N1 Influenza Viruses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090619112429.htm

1918 Flu Pandemic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic

H5N1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H5N1



Humans More Related To Orangutans Than Chimps, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090618084304.htm

Homo sapiens

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

Pongo

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

Pan

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

Mammoths survived late in Britain

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8106090.stm

Mammuthus

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

Polar Bear And Walrus Populations In Trouble

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090618195804.htm

Ursus maritimus

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

Odobenus

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

Highland park unveils tiger cubs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8104260.stm

Panthera tigris altaica

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

Canadian seal hunt 'collapsing'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8106539.stm

Red panda has rare set of triplets

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31465921/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Ailurus fulgens

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

Streetlights ruin a bat's commute, a study shows

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8108912.stm

Chiroptera

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

Rats play odds in gambling task

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8105963.stm

Rattus

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

Squirrel nuts over builder friend

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8108297.stm

Sciuridae

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

Severely Memory-deficit Mutant Mouse Created

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090619112331.htm

Mus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus_(genus)

'Weedy' Bird Species May Win As Temperatures Rise

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090609215939.htm

Antibiotics-resistant Gulls Worry Scientists

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090618093242.htm

New dino gives bird wing clue

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8105513.stm

Limusaurus inextricabilis

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

Thai Navy Helps Turtles

javascript:vPlayer('31445764','d776c9f4-232e-4609-b596-9298623a527b')

Banning Certain Fishing Gear Can Help Save Reefs From Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090617154405.htm

Caribbean Coral Reefs Flattened

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090609215924.htm

Deadly Parasite Could Endanger Salmon And Trout Populations In U.K.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090617155011.htm

Sphaerothecum destruens

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

Ancient crustaceans produced enormous sperm, scientists find

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8107515.stm

Ostracoda

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

Insects' Sex Scents Can Save Lives

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090617155009.htm

Rhodnius prolixus

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

Triatoma brasliensis

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

Chagas disease

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

Scientists Show Bacteria Can 'Learn' And Plan Ahead

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090617131400.htm

Hysterectomies a stem cell source

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8103345.stm

Hysterectomy

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

Stem cell

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

The plant that pretends to be ill

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8108000/8108940.stm

Caladium steudneriifolium

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

Plants Engage In Self-recognition?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090619171244.htm

Artemisia tridentata

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

Canada to ban some chemicals in toys, vinyl bibs

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n19449699-us-phthalates/

Phthalate

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

Reproductive Health Effects Found From Low Doses Of Bisphenol-A

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090617104911.htm

BPA

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

Certain Zinc-based Cold Remedies Linked To Loss Of Sense Of Smell, FDA Says

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090618130709.htm

Punching Holes Into Herpes Viruses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090611194127.htm

Herpes

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