Poisoning of Gulls and Lions and More for Monday, March 30, 2009

Dying Lion image licensed under Creative Commons by cavorite

Nasa man's 'extinction' warning

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7951833.stm

Poison Takes Toll On Africa's Lions

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/26/60minutes/main4894945.shtml

Furadan

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

Panthera leo

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

Coyote attacks in urban areas on the rise, alarming residents

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1050867

Canis latrans

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

Mysterious Bleeding Disease in German Cattle

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,615962,00.html#ref=rss

Fish Oils Help Flatulent Cows Emit Less Gas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090329205457.htm

Caffeine overdose linked to St. John's seagull deaths

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/03/30/caffeine-seagulls.html

Caffeine

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

Laridae

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

Aussie Meat Ants May Be Invasive Cane Toad's Achilles' Heel

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330091601.htm

Bufo marinus

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

Iridomyrmex purpureus

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

Evolutionary study aims to examine pace of change in snail

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7971200.stm

Helix aspersa

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

'Leaf Tatters' Linked To Herbicides: Study Explores Effects Of Herbicide Drift On White Oak

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325162624.htm

Microbes In Mud Flats Clean Up Oil Spill Chemicals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090329205505.htm

Genes That Make Bacteria Make Up Their Minds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090329205455.htm

Corrosion-inhibiting Coatings Containing 'Good' Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090329205443.htm

Strategy Discovered For Fighting Persistent Bacterial Infections

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323143910.htm

Doctors treating virtual patients in Second Life

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/30/doctors.second.life/index.html



Panel: All teens should be tested for depression

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29945008/

Statin cuts risk of blood clots

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7971414.stm

Family History Associated With Increased Risk Of Blood Clots

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323161119.htm

Thrombus

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

Genetic Changes Outside Nuclear DNA Suspected To Trigger More Than Half Of All Cancers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324101759.htm

TV Crime Drama Compound Highlights Immune Cells' Misdeeds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090322154439.htm

Luminol

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

Improved Antibiotic: Genes For Synthesizing Thiostrepton Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323161123.htm

Thiostrepton

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

Quantum Effect May Hold Promise For Low-cost DNA Sequencing, Sensor Applications

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090322154420.htm

Quantum tunneling

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

Fish with Human Facesand the Pink Tursiops and More for Thursday, March 5, 2009

Lemurs: Secret Social Life Surprisingly Complex

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090304091335.htm

Propithecus diadema

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

Oldest known wild jaguar in U.S. euthanized

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29529179/

Panthera onca

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

Pink dolphin appears in US lake

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4927224/Pink-dolphin-appears-in-US-lake.html

Tursiops truncatus

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

Rare Java rhino captured on film

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7926184.stm

Rhinoceros sondaicus

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

Fossil of 10 million-year-old bird found in Peru

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29433376/


Life-saving Trend Discovered Among Seagulls

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220110914.htm

Tropical Lizards Can't Take The Heat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090303193954.htm

Genetic Study Finds Treasure Trove Of New Lizards

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090303210053.htm

Frog's Immune System Is Key In Fight Against Killer Virus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090227122252.htm

Reverse 'Bad' Fish Evolution: Let Big Ones Go

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090303193950.htm

Futuristic Seafood: Raising Delicious Cobia And Pompano Fish -- Inland

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220182248.htm

First Fossil Brain: Shark Relative That Lived 300 Million Years Ago Yields Very Rare Specimen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302183128.htm

Fish with human faces spotted in South Korea

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4929620/Fish-with-human-faces-spotted-in-South-Korea.html

Human Face Fish

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

Controversy Over World’s Oldest Traces Of Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090216131450.htm

Highest Microbial Systems Fueled By Volcanoes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090303112437.htm