For Friday, July 11, 2008

Urban farming photo licensed under Creative Commons by ambienttraffic

http://www.livescience.com/animals/080709-fish-eyes.html

Freaky Fish Was Cockeyed LiveScience

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080709144213.htm

Flatfish Fossils Fill In Evolutionary Missing Link

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080708092228.htm

Popular Fish, Tilapia, Contains Potentially Dangerous Fatty Acid Combination

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega-6_fatty_acid

Omega-6 fatty acid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7495717.stm

BBC NEWS Americas Urban farming takes root in Detroit


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

Urban agriculture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080711/ap_on_sc/taiwan_mammoth_display;_ylt=Age3itL5xj1g1U_y0Mp5Vt6s0NUE

Siberian mammoths on display in Taiwan - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080711/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/global_warming_smog;_ylt=AsovcfyE5hA9lLMvaj7YKTGs0NUE

EPA: Smog could get worse with global warming - Yahoo! News


http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080710/sc_livescience/antarcticiceshelfallbutlost;_ylt=Antxt9XGFDd1QLQ2xrazXlYPLBIF

Antarctic Ice Shelf All But Lost - Yahoo! News

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

Wilkins Sound - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7498502.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature 'Alarming' plight of coral reefs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/7498195.stm

BBC NEWS UK Wales South East Wales Worm-eating slug found in garden

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

Selenochlamys ysbryda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7499834.stm

BBC NEWS UK Scotland Highlands and Islands Fall in tiny animals a 'disaster'

http://www.buglife.org.uk/

Buglife Welcome to Buglife


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080709110839.htm

Big Brains Arose Twice In Higher Primates

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

New World monkey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

Catarrhini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080711090057.htm

Disproving Conventional Wisdom On Diversity Of Marine Fossils And Extinction Rates


http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/07/11/dnt.mysterious.reptile.kgo

Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com

For Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Photo licensed under Creative Commons by zaxy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25604837/

Museum unveils woolly mammoth skeleton - Science- msnbc.com

http://www.yahoo.com/s/914141

Milwaukee museum unveils woolly mammoth skeleton - Yahoo! News



Wayward dolphins following food inland, not to sea - Yahoo! News

Polar bear harassment by oil companies challenged - Yahoo! News


Wolverine advocates give notice of intent to sue - Yahoo! News



ADW: Gulo gulo: Information


Feather Fossils Could Yield Dinosaur Colors - Yahoo! News


BBC NEWS Science/Nature Fossil feathers reveal their hues



Fossil Feathers Preserve Evidence Of Color, Say Scientists


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7448013.stm

BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific Battle to save Cambodian dolphin

http://www.geocities.com/teerapongsf/

Orcaella brevirostris

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7497005.stm

BBC NEWS Africa Attack in DR Congo's gorilla park


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080708171539.htm

New Coral Reefs Teeming With Marine Life Discovered In Brazil

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080708200647.htm

Pandemic Mutations In Bird Flu Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080706194253.htm

Study Shows Rise In Cornwall's Dolphin, Whale, And Porpoise Deaths

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25598669/

Seaside town on alert after 'Jaws' sighting - Asia-Pacific - msnbc.com

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=751

Carcharodon carcharias, Great white shark: fisheries, gamefish


http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/07/08/growingglacier.ap/index.html

Despite warming, peak's glaciers still grow - CNN.com

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/07/08/pickens.plan/index.html

Oil billionaire Pickens puts his money on wind power - CNN.com


http://www.boonepickens.com/

T. Boone Pickens - Biography & Archive of T. Boone Pickens

For Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Photo licensed under Creative Commons by unforth

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080617/ap_on_sc/sci_dinosaur_find

Utah announces 'major dinosaur fossil discovery' - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080617/ap_on_re_as/china_quake_pandas;_ylt=Aknj0aWoPpTTdaeXpSUeo_6s0NUE

Panda habitat damaged by China quake - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080617/ap_on_re_us/sci_reversible_vasectomy;_ylt=Aop2X4jo60TNC050bdBivTys0NUE

Zoo performs first reverse vasectomy on horse - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080617/ap_on_sc/sci_there_there_now;_ylt=AsihAw2wG5UsHDEaMrABBQWs0NUE

Study: Chimps calm each other with hugs, kisses - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080617/sc_livescience/likehumansotherapesplanahead;_ylt=ApRA0efjHdMnDKKcfHJSaU8PLBIF

Like Humans, Other Apes Plan Ahead - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7458415.stm

BBC NEWS Health Egg-freezing technique 'is safe'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7458155.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Greenland whale hunt 'commercial'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7459472.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Space cameras to monitor forests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080613111131.htm

Uncovering The Truth Behind The Largest Marsupial To Walk The Earth

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

Diprotodon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080613165830.htm

Decision-Making, Risk-Taking Similar In Bees And Humans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080611135020.htm

Bee Species Outnumber Mammals And Birds Combined

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080612095527.htm

Chemists Get Scoop On Crude 'Oil' From Pig Manure

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080613101121.htm

Lizards Pull A Wheelie

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

Basiliscus basiliscus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080613092514.htm

Life's Raw Materials May Have Come From The Stars, Scientists Confirm

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

Murchison meteorite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080615142247.htm

Sea's Ebb And Flow Drive World's Big Extinction Events, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080612150144.htm

Humor Shown To Be Fundamental To Our Success As A Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080611144021.htm

Fossils Found In Tibet Revise History Of Elevation, Climate

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080611161038.htm

Woolly Mammoth Gene Study Changes Extinction Theory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080612144558.htm

Mysterious Mountain Dinosaur May Be New Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080613111410.htm

Australian Dinosaur Found To Have South American Heritage

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

Megaraptor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25197251/

Eight great extinct species - Science- msnbc.com

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

Monachus tropicalis

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25200135/

'White stuff' mystifies Mars researchers - Mars- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25082279

Another hand-raised zoo baby: It's a sloth! - Science- msnbc.com

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/06/16/dinosaur.mummy.ap/index.html

Dinosaur mummy holds many secrets - CNN.com

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/06/12/endangered.lions.ap/index.html

Alarm raised for Kenya's Amboseli lions - CNN.com

Mammoth Material for Auction

Updated Saturday, March 1, 2008: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080314/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_mastodon_garage;_ylt=Am.mUCVKWtyh6C81XzALFavtiBIF

Mastodon skeleton awaits sale in California garage

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

Mammut

Mammoth and other extinct giant mammal material is available at auction at Christie's...see URL: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070411/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_mammoth_christies_auction





See also the Cosmos article about attempts(?) to clone a mammoth: http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/903