Beatragus hunteri Still Critically Endangered & More for Sunday, July 5, 2009

A sanctuary threatened

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8130261.stm

Pantanal

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

Chimpanzees learn from video demo

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8128325.stm

Pan

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

California water plan aims to save Puget Sound orcas

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090705/sc_mcclatchy/3264807;_ylt=AnrKT5VQXe7UQ7nWiw2G7ogPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJwbGlxNnRoBGFzc2V0Ay9tY2NsYXRjaHkvMjAwOTA3MDUvc2NfbWNjbGF0Y2h5LzMyNjQ4MDcEcG9zAzQEc2VjA3luX21vc3RfcG9wdWxhcgRzbGsDY2FsaWZvcm5pYXdh

Orcinus orca

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

Orcinus orca (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/328534

Orcinus orca (IUCN Red List Link – ‘Data deficient’)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/15421/0

First Asian elephant born in Australian zoo

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090705/ap_on_re_au_an/as_australia_baby_elephant;_ylt=ApHfGJJD_3bb9kewJamPurgPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJyMzczODMxBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzA1L2FzX2F1c3RyYWxpYV9iYWJ5X2VsZXBoYW50BGNwb3MDMgRwb3MDNQRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3J5BHNsawNmaXJzdGFzaWFuZWw

Elephas maximus

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

Elephas maximus (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/997407

Elephas maximus (IUCN Red List Link – Endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/7140/0

Thai zoo's 1st baby panda goes on display

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_as/as_thailand_panda_cub;_ylt=AgiPPK3XR7S31f_pr9r_9IIPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJxNnR2ZGxvBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzA0L2FzX3RoYWlsYW5kX3BhbmRhX2N1YgRwb3MDNgRzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA3RoYWl6b29zMXN0Yg--

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

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

Ailuropoda melanoleuca (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/328070

Ailuropoda melanoleuca (IUCN Red List Link – Endangered)

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

No safe haven for rarest antelope

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8132000/8132835.stm

Beatragus hunteri

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

Damaliscus hunteri (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/308533

Beatragus hunteri (IUCN Red List Link – Critically endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/6234/0

Afghanistan's only pig freed after flu scare

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8135116.stm

Sus

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

Twin koalas born in Australia

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Phascolarctos cinereus

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

Phascolarctos cinereus

http://www.eol.org/pages/128425

Obama’s Namesake Rescue Turtle Freed

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_obama_turtle;_ylt=AnhzQ3T5DNzlgTcTo8GbBJ_tiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJvOG5nNmM2BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzA0L3VzX29kZF9vYmFtYV90dXJ0bGUEcG9zAzgEc2VjA3luX2FydGljbGVfc3VtbWFyeV9saXN0BHNsawN0dXJ0bGVuYW1lZGY-

Caretta caretta

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

Caretta caretta (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1056566

Caretta caretta (IUCN Red List Link – Endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/3897/0

Honeybee mobs overpower hornets

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8129536.stm

Apis cerana japonica

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

Vespa mandarinia

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

Human-like Brain Disturbances In Insects

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090702170207.htm

Bugs: The Forgotten Victims of Climate Change

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090704/sc_livescience/bugstheforgottenvictimsofclimatechange;_ylt=AlMfAp53IQOOkzAhD1hJShQPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTN0YjkxNmpkBGFzc2V0Ay9saXZlc2NpZW5jZS8yMDA5MDcwNC9zY19saXZlc2NpZW5jZS9idWdzdGhlZm9yZ290dGVudmljdGltc29mY2xpbWF0ZW

Researchers Describe The 90-year Evolution Of Swine Flu

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090629200641.htm

Methane-producing Molecule Can Also Repair DNA

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090702080527.htm

Castor-oil Plants Genetically Altered To Produce New Bio-lubricants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090625074514.htm

Ricinis communis

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

Ricinus communis (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1151096

Up to 6,000 exposed to hepatitis at hospital

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31726793/ns/health-health_care/


Mars More Like Earth Than Thought? New Details About History Of Water On Red Planet

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090702140841.htm

How Martian clouds create snowfall

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31713000/ns/technology_and_science-space/

'Earth-like' snow falls on Mars: study

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/03/tech-snow-mars-whiteway-clouds.html

Scientists explain Martian soil surprises

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31712980/ns/technology_and_science-space/

Researchers Unveil Whiskered Robot Rat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090630163538.htm

Megaptera in NY and More for Friday, April 10, 2009

Humpback Whales Feeding 1 image licensed under Creative Commons by Peat Bakke

Humpback whale in New York Harbour

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7993135.stm

Megaptera novaeangliae

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

Charles Darwin's egg is rediscovered in a museum

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7992911.stm

Tinamidae

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

As the bird turns: Scientists figuring out flight

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30142188/

Aves

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

Snake diet find aids anti-venom

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_west/7990317.stm

Echis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw-scaled_vipers

Amphibians May Develop Immunity To Fatal Fungus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401101745.htm

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

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

iReport.com: Killer bees take over backyard

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-241592

Africanized bee

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

US wages war on bugs afflicting troops abroad

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090410/ap_on_re_us/war_and_bugs;_ylt=Ao_N2HJdhd.RYexFyPYa81MPLBIF

Researchers Unravel Role Of Priming In Plant Immunity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090402143449.htm

Algae Genes Shed Light On Carbon In Oceans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090409142240.htm

Algae

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

Robot gardener plants, tends and harvests

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30109901/

Flame Retardants Concern To US Coastal Ecosystems, NOAA Reports

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401112450.htm

Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers

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

Water monitor eyes farm runoff in Gulf of Mexico

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090410/ap_on_bi_ge/farm_scene_gulf_runoff;_ylt=Atg5i7GKRjvKB.yTJFUu0mEPLBIF

Gulf of Mexico

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

Eye 'compensates for blind spot'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7958838.stm

Human eye

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

Waist Size Found To Be Predictor Of Heart Failure In Both Men And Women

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090407174647.htm

Sagittal Abdominal Diameter

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

Early HIV therapy improves survival: review

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/09/hiv-treatment-early.html

HIV

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

Chemical Compound May Stop Deadly Brain Tumors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090409142256.htm

α-KG (α-Ketoglutaric acid?)

Cancer, Asthma: New Light Shed On Inflammatory Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090409142238.htm

Increase In P53 Mutation Linked To Advanced Colorectal Cancer In African Americans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401101741.htm

p53

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P53_(protein)



New Studies Examine Elimination Of Hepatitis B And C

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401112452.htm

Hepatitis B

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

Hepatitis C

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

Non-antibiotic Drugs To Combat Infections?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090408145546.htm

Adults should be vaccinated for whooping cough, says N.S. expert

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/10/whooping-cough-study-dalhousie889.html

Pertussis

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


Chicken Soup May Fight Blood Pressure: Passover's Matzoh Ball Soup May Be Good For Your Health

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090402120707.htm

Passover

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

Peanut Plant Fined $14.6M For Salmonella

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/10/health/main4934238.shtml

Plainview Peanut Corp. LLC

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

Report: Source of Okla. E. coli outbreak a mystery

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090409/ap_on_re_us/deadly_bacteria;_ylt=AgtjC5xaEQ8A.3J.HLLeJDas0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkMm1mYXFsBHBvcwMxNDIEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA3JlcG9ydHNvdXJjZQ--

E. Coli

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Coli

Water cut off in Mexican capital

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/country_profiles/7993279.stm

Mexico City

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

City to run solely on sun's power

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2009/04/09/boxleitner.fl.solar.city.wbbh

PETA asks Pet Shop Boys to change name

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/10/peta.pet.shop.boys/index.html

PETA

http://www.peta.org/

Isoptera Asexual Reproduction and More for Sunday, March 29, 2009

Image licensed under Creative Commons by Army.mil

Recruited to serve and sniff — again

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29941206/

Canis lupus familiaris

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

Weekend Window: Sandhill Crane Migration

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=7189778&page=1

Grus canadensis

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

Zoo reports rare captive birth of Asian bird

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29917044/

Garrulax leucolophus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-crested_Laughingthrush

American Birds Sending Troubling Message About The Environment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323113103.htm

Study Assesses Impact Of Fish Stocking On Aquatic Insects

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090326162749.htm

Termites Can Reproduce Sexually And Asexually

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090326141549.htm

Isoptera

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

Nobel laureate Obama adviser on a new era for science in the US

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/7968205.stm

Harold E. Varmus

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

10 colonoscopy patients have hepatitis, VA says

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29916792/

Hepatitis

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

College closes after virus sickens 100

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29933995/

Babson

http://www.babson.edu/

Norovirus

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

Film sheds light on shadowy world of germ warfare

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/27/f-tech-090327-anthrax-war.html

Anthrax War (documentary)

http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/passionateeyeshowcase/2009/anthraxwar/

Biological Warfare

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

Structure Of Protein That Makes Cancer Cells Resistant To Chemotherapy Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090326141555.htm

Smokers face a hit as tobacco taxes spike

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090329/ap_on_go_ot/tobacco_tax;_ylt=AkH.vdjT7r04CWbDD1305e2s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFhN2dlanA3BHBvcwM0BHNlYwN5bl9tb3N0X3BvcHVsYXIEc2xrA3Ntb2tlcnNmYWNlYQ--

Insight Into The Way Nicotine Works In The Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323161121.htm

Nicotine

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

Health Canada puts foot down on electronic cigarettes

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/03/27/electronic-smoking.html


Time (and PPAR-beta/delta) Heals All Wounds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323092709.htm

Researchers Pump Up Artificial Muscles

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090328163057.htm

Hollow Gold Nanospheres Show Promise For Biomedical And Other Applications

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090322154415.htm

New Device Helps Control Disease-causing Ticks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090328152625.htm

Ixodes scapularis

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

Amblyomma americanum

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

U.S. to push for U.N. climate deal

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52q2ck-us-climate/

Solar Activity And Climate Change: New Sun-Watching Satellite To Monitor Sunlight Fluctuations

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090328163643.htm

Glory satellite mission profile

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?MCode=GLORY

Atlantic Warming Mainly Due To Dust Reduction?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090326141553.htm

Airborne Acid May Help Soot Turn Into Cloud Seeds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325155535.htm

Climate Change Redraws the Map

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/GlobalWarming/story?id=7191533&page=1