For Wednesday, November 19, 2008

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Dodo and friends Inside the Natural History Museum's bird collection

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7725086.stm

Raphus cucullatus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodo_(bird)

Scientists find new penguin, extinct for 500 years

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081119/ap_on_sc/as_sci_new_zealand_new_penguin

Megadyptes antipodes

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

Tiny, long-lost primate rediscovered in Indonesia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081118/sc_nm/us_primate_indonesia

Tarsius pumilus

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

World's oldest polar bear dies

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7737193.stm

EU agrees cod stocks rescue plans

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7737485.stm

Rights group: Video shows turkey abuse

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27803335/

Meleagris

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_(bird)

Japanese scientists clone embryo of endangered rabbit

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081118/sc_afp/sciencejapanbiotechcloning;_ylt=AkQt38eAEo5GMXWK5qazkxcPLBIF

Pentalagus furnessi

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

ARKive link for Amami Rabbit

http://www.arkive.org/amami-rabbit/pentalagus-furnessi/


Ancient turtle discovered on Skye

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7736786.stm

Big cat fossil found in North Sea

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7735544.stm

Homotherium crenatidens

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


How Cockroaches Keep Their Predators 'Guessing'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081113140312.htm

Blattaria

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

Ginkgo Biloba Does Not Reduce Dementia Risk, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081118161234.htm

Gingko biloba

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

Garlic Chemical Tablet Treats Diabetes I And II, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081119084835.htm

Allium sativum

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



New Bacteria Discovered In Raw Milk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081117082051.htm

Pied Piper required as rats return to Hamelin

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7737604.stm

Cougar Attack During Burglary

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6273112