Alaskan Algal Bloom & More for Sunday, July 20, 2009

White House creates climate job

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31970467/ns/us_news-environment/

Global Model For The Origin Of Species Independent Of Geographical Isolation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090717150258.htm

Rare whale spotted off N.J. coast

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Dolphin spotters at watch event

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8157291.stm

Injured rare tiger cub put down

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/8157891.stm

Panthera tigris sumatrae

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

Panthera tigris sumatrae (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1271383

Pair convicted in Namibia for filming seal hunt

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090717/sc_afp/namibiaenvironmentarrestseals;_ylt=Ag2wt32.x4G1F26bvL6.yxAPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTMzZGk1cDJmBGFzc2V0Ay9hZnAvMjAwOTA3MTcvc2NfYWZwL25hbWliaWFlbnZpcm9ubWVudGFycmVzdHNlYWxzBHBvcwMxMwRzZWMDeW5fc3ViY2F0X2xpc3QEc2xrA3BhaXJjb25

Cattle return to cliff-top woods

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somerset/8158156.stm

'Slow and steady' wins 114-pound (52-kilo) circus tortoise a week of freedom

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/090718/K071806AU.html

Breeding success for aquarium's rare amphibians

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/sussex/8157908.stm

Ambystoma mexicanum

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

Ambystoma mexicanum (IUCN Red List)

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

Ambystoma mexicanum (EOL Link)

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

Shark attack victims fight for their attackers

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090719/ts_alt_afp/environmentanimalssharksoffbeat;_ylt=AoyM3F.EqClmH9gmhXlvhKAPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTM2Yjc3cDN1BGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDA5MDcxOS9lbnZpcm9ubWVudGFuaW1hbHNzaGFya3NvZmZiZWF0BHBvcwMxMQRzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA

Arctic Mystery: Identifying the Great Blob of Alaska (TIME magazine link)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090718/us_time/08599191151700

Algal bloom

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

Why Winning Athletes Are Getting Bigger

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090717090829.htm

Canadian swine flu vaccine set for October

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/17/health-minister-canada-swine-flu.html

Scientists could reduce the risk of allergic reactions to peanuts

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8157941.stm

Peanut allergy

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

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

For Thursday, June 19, 2008

Frocodile Spore creature licensed under Creative Commons by 剛

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_on_el_pr/mccain;_ylt=At8TaWjaAMh603kDmugj0AKs0NUE

McCain calls for building 45 new nuclear reactors - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_on_he_me/med_melanoma_treatment;_ylt=AsGXkh6XsolZddpFgqgvfbms0NUE

Man with deadly skin cancer saved by new treatment - Yahoo! News

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

Melanoma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

Immunotherapy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080619/sc_nm/iran_cheetah_dc;_ylt=AppGhkXDJqFS3xMH5uQNLykPLBIF

Bridging the Iran-West divide to save cheetahs - Yahoo! News

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

Acinonyx jubatus venaticus

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080618/sc_afp/cambodiaenvironmentconservationanimalotter;_ylt=AoNEYYE7UIM07By9YftRk20PLBIF

Rare otter gets sanctuary in Cambodian zoo - Yahoo! News

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy-nosed_otter

Lutra sumatrana

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_on_sc/sci_britain_mutant_mosquitoes;_ylt=AunKwv6GNnij0NwUIPQPxVkPLBIF

Genetically modified mosquitoes may combat malaria - Yahoo! News

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

Anopheles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

Malaria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080612/sc_afp/madagascarfrancewildlifewwfenvironment;_ylt=Arnq14t3_Ht5LAGStvH8S4B4hMgF

Madagascar signs conservation deal with France: WWF - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080611/ap_on_re_af/namibia_wildlife;_ylt=AnrsB8Q1RQ98cLCxraT1Vxd4hMgF

Namibia begins world's largest census of animals - Yahoo! News

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

Namibia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080610/ap_on_re_us/philly_zoo_elephant_dies;_ylt=Au.YXsADymNwxxelJUBhfIp4hMgF

Petal, oldest African elephant in US zoo, dies - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080611/sc_afp/japanaustraliadiplomacywhaling;_ylt=Amx0YGl_Usz9v.O87tssmNd4hMgF

Australian leader, in Japan, stands firm against whaling - Yahoo! News

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

Kevin Rudd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7460008.stm

BBC NEWS Africa Insecticide 'killing Kenya lions' (WARNING: VIDEO CONTENT OF DISTURBING AND SHOCKING NATURE. YOU ARE WARNED NOT TO VIEW THE VIDEO EMBED IN THIS LINK).

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

Carbofuran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7463411.stm

BBC NEWS In Pictures In Pictures: Creature creations

http://www.spore.com/ftl

The Official Spore™ and Spore™ Creature Creator Site (link to site)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080618133715.htm

Worm-like Marine Animal Providing Fresh Clues About Human Evolution

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

Cephalochordata

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080618161546.htm

Thinking Ahead: Bacteria Anticipate Coming Changes In Their Environment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080611135103.htm

Flies Found To Have Internal Thermosensors To Monitor Environmental Temperatures

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_%28animal%29

Diptera

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616115703.htm

Marine Biologists Investigate Aliens Beneath The Waves

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

Styela clava - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616115718.htm

Test Of Bacteria Toxin Delivery System Could Pave Way For New Antibiotic Drugs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_III_secretion_system#Type_III_secretion_system_.28T3SS.29

Secretion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080619090739.htm

Ancient Fort Opens New Chapter In First Nations' History

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25197962/

Science proves that bikinis turn men into boobs - Sexploration - msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25257616/

Dad gets life sentence for baby's cocaine death - Crime & courts- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25244754/

CDC: 383 tainted tomato cases confirmed - Infectious diseases- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24932435/

Ethanol backers look way beyond corn - World environment- msnbc.com

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/tom_verducci/06/17/verducci.maplebats/index.html?bcnn=yes

The danger of maple bats is a major problem for MLB - Tom Verducci - SI.com