Koalas Saved and More for Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Cuon alpinus image licensed under Creative Commons by gargoylesoftware

Koala rescued from wildfires

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7883266.stm

Scorched koalas cuddle after fires

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29123220/

Phascolarctos cinereus

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

Wild dogs escape from animal park

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/7883629.stm?lss

Cuon alpinus

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

Spaniel wins top dog show

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/29118345/

Sussex spaniel

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

2009 Westminster Kennel Club Best in Show

http://www.westminsterkennelclub.org/2009/results/bis/index.html

Hot dog! Tiny breeds have warmer bodies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29138912/

Hummingbird 'Tag' Suggests Fragmentation May Be Part Of Pollination Crisis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209223515.htm

Airport uses radar, noise to scare off birds

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/02/11/seattle.bird.radar/index.html

18-foot python attacks tot; parents charged

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2009/02/11/ryan.parents.charged.python.ktnv

Python

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(genus)

Salamander Decline Found In Central America

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209205311.htm

Shark Attack in Sydney Harbour

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6852252

Rapid Burst Of Flowering Plants Set Stage For Other Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209205204.htm

High Carbon Dioxide Boosts Plant Respiration

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209205202.htm

Grass Strips Help Curb Erosion, Herbicide Transport

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090131123819.htm

House hearing to focus on peanut executives

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29125953/

Outbreak Tough Nut for Congress to Crack


http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=6848906&page=1

Tests show possible salmonella at Texas plant

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29119530/

Peanut firm boss urged shipping bad products

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29138430/

Peanut company owner refuses to testify

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090211/ap_on_go_co/salmonella_outbreak;_ylt=At6ClOP5M7WVWLRpxKcxlWMDW7oF

Granola bar may contain contaminated peanuts: CIFA

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/02/11/peanut-granola.html

Beyond peanuts: Salmonella tough to stop

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29060288/

That chicken dinner could make you sick

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28677495/

Biofuels To Cut Third Of Gasoline Use By 2030?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210133920.htm

White House Wants Wind Farms In Oil Plan

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/11/politics/washingtonpost/main4791946.shtml

Winds of Change: Where Turbines Work

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Business/story?id=6846349&page=1

Five Ways Women Can Avoid Heart Attack

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=6850404&page=1


Rhythm Abnormality Of Unknown Origin Strongly Predicts Sudden Death Risk In Heart Disease Patients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202175322.htm

Road Traffic Noise In Residential Areas Can Increase Risk Of Heart Attack

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202135936.htm

Medical society probes octuplets’ conception

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29123731/

Mediterranean Diet Combats Cognitive Impairment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209163305.htm

Nanoemulsion Potent Against Superbugs That Kill Cystic Fibrosis Patients, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204112248.htm

Prostate cancer urine test hope

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7878726.stm

Biochemists Discover New Biological Mechanism: Transport Factor Divides Protein Synthesis Between Mother And Daughter Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209094553.htm



Scientists Deconstruct Cell Division

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090208133145.htm

How Organisms Transcend Sum Of Their Genes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205214412.htm

Researchers link obesity to birth defects

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51979k-us-obesity-pregnancy/

Scientists Identify Potential Key To Lyme Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209205151.htm

Lyme Disease

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

New Technique Developed For Quick Detection Of Salmonella

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202121040.htm

Study debunks illegitimacy 'myth'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7881652.stm

Planet Earth: Avoiding The Hothouse And The Icehouse Of The Future

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211082405.htm

Unexpected Discovery Could Impact On Future Climate Models

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210134440.htm

Oil And Gas Production A Major Source Of Dallas-Fort Worth Smog

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210162037.htm

Galapagos in peril

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/10/f-tech-galapagos.html

Galápagos Islands

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

Human hair found in prehistoric hyena poop

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29119702/

Urine injection kills Bolivian woman

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29126420/

For Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Electophorus electricus image licensed under Creative Commons by skippy13

Japanese plant writes blog

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7681966.stm

Kyo no Midori-san (This is the "about" page. OOPS! See below.)

http://plant.bowls-cafe.jp/index.php

Our first message to Midori, the plant!!! "Greetings to you plant, Midori. I've never communicated directly with a plant before. This is a very exciting development to me. I am very pleased to meet you. I will treat all vegetation with greater respect from now on. I hope you can visit my blog "Bring Back the Dodo!" (http://www.bringbackthedodo.blogspot.com) on Google's Blogger site (blogger.com). There I have a special link to Flora called "Floralinks". I will include link to your site and the BBC story that brought me to you. Sorry that this message is in English, but my Japanese is not so good. Hope you are well and it is sunny tomorrow. Love, ******"

OOPS! Apparently the link does not connect to Midori. We were contacted by Masakazu OHTSUKA. Here is his response.

Dear ******,Hello,I'm a member of KAYAC Inc. (http://www.kayac.com/),the company which created the blogging plant system.Sorry I'm not the plant itself ;-pThanks for the contact and for your blog entry!The English blogging plant's English "about" page is here.http://plant.bowls-cafe.jp/about_en.phpMight be more information for you.There isn't any way to directly talk with Midori,but we have a blog widget here for you to show it on your blog.
(The Widget appears on the right-hand side of the blog. If you'd like us to email you the widget, contact us here).

--Masakazu OHTSUKA

Scientists believe they have erased specific memories in mice

http://www.yahoo.com/s/974667

Eels' shocking secrets could power devices

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27308292/

Electophorus electricus

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4535

Helping flippers How volunteers in Cyprus assist turtles on their way

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/08/sci_nat_the_turtle_project/html/1.stm

Diversity Decreases Risk Of Parasitic Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081021185059.htm

Why eating males pays off, for spiders

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre49l031-us-spiders/

Turtle Doves Commit Adultery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081015100033.htm

Streptopelia turtur

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

Egg Whites Solve The 3-D Problem

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081007123651.htm

Study Of Polar Dinosaur Migration Questions Whether Dinosaurs Were Truly The First Great Migrators

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081021185205.htm

Bird-Like Dinosaur Sported Bizarre Tail Feathers

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081022/sc_livescience/birdlikedinosaursportedbizarretailfeathers;_ylt=AoUka5Jd6nEpGtM1kmluS50PLBIF

LA councilman seeks to halt zoo elephant exhibit

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081022/ap_on_re_us/elephant_exhibit;_ylt=Arhe6vM3E.OIP2tCVoaw5FgPLBIF

Farmer sees future fuel in switchgrass

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26874307/

Panicum virgatum

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

Seeds May Hold Clues to Climate Change

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=6082221&page=1

Job choice 'affects Alzheimer's'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7681451.stm

Ancient Bone Tool Sheds Light On Prehistoric Midwest

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081021214301.htm

Out Of Mesopotamia: Evolutionary History Of Tuberculosis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081017085214.htm

Food allergies increasing in US kids, study says

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081022/ap_on_he_me/med_child_food_allergies;_ylt=AjqWAj5pIEd6SDZIessSDtis0NUE


Speed of eating 'key to obesity'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7681458.stm

Strep throat leads to amputation of legs

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/health/2008/10/22/tessman.strep.throat.kare

Scientists find 26 genes promoting lung cancer

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081022/ap_on_he_me/med_lung_cancer_genes;_ylt=Ao1j0n6yA3XXlJoMhL8ym7.s0NUE

Panel calls for vaccine for adult smokers

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081022/ap_on_he_me/med_vaccine_for_smokers;_ylt=AhBs56jNZ_8QWPd119fQ4LGs0NUE

FDA: Incontinence surgery linked to complications

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081022/ap_on_he_me/med_women_s_health;_ylt=AkFzBAbfoTvX5oUMI9wD_sWs0NUE

For Saturday, October 4, 2008

Sus scrofa image licensed under Creative Commons by Weefz @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/weefz/

Black rhinos released into wild

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7649043.stm

Diceros bicornis

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

Brazil's air force picks up hundreds of lost penguins

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7652171.stm

Obesity Clue: Newly Identified Cells Make Fat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081003173018.htm

Artificial Eel Cells: Electrifying Behavior

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081002172534.htm

Turning Freshwater Farm Ponds Into Crab Farms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081003191417.htm

Callinectes sapidus

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

Elderly turtle pair fails to produce offspring

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081004/ap_on_re_as/as_endangered_turtles_mate;_ylt=Ar_8qbkBp3wNRvv4myvmn2Ks0NUE

South Korea finds 4 more melamine-tainted products

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081004/ap_on_re_as/as_asia_tainted_milk;_ylt=AoK.WkjIviSg.OwM6WH41Ses0NUE

Numbers of wild boars surge

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081003/od_nm/us_boar;_ylt=As5FUjp35LrcAoYRgvtNEg2s0NUE

Sus scrofa

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

Rhode Island's Surprising Tropical Visitors

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=5952059&page=1

“Siamese Twin Fish” (Photo)

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/popup?id=2205608

For Friday, May 16, 2008

Parrot photo licensed under Creative Commons by Swamibu

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080516/hl_nm/myanmar_cyclone_cholera_dc

Some cholera confirmed in cyclone-hit Myanmar - Yahoo! News

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

Cholera - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080516/ap_on_sc/nitrogen;_ylt=AsczeGShq7B9wAQEr8ynb_Ks0NUE

Researchers warn of nitrogen hazard to environment - Yahoo! News

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

Nitrogen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080516/sc_livescience/12speciesonthebrinkofextinction;_ylt=AnEQ2fEb9iEHE9D88FpJlrYPLBIF

12 Species on the Brink of Extinction - Yahoo! News



http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080515/sc_afp/russiaspaceanimaloffbeat;_ylt=AiFbeTTGX8iWTKONHr_6f4YPLBIF

Russian scientists announce 'spaceroach' grandchildren: report - Yahoo! News

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

Cockroach - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080516/ts_afp/worldenvironmentanimals;_ylt=AoFgQ1KKs93opWdAoVYyuKkPLBIF

Wildlife numbers plummet globally: WWF - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7403989.stm

BBC NEWS UK Wildlife populations 'plummeting'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7404268.stm

BBC NEWS Health Obese blamed for the world's ills

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

Obesity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/beds/bucks/herts/7404581.stm

BBC NEWS UK England Beds/Bucks/Herts Woman led into river by guide dog

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7402853.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Ancestors had leg-up to trees

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7405004.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Alien threat to truffle delicacy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuber_(genus)#Black_truffle

Tuber melanosporum



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7401099.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Concern over small biomass option

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

Biomass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080515154635.htm

'Mitochondrial Eve' Research: Humanity Was Genetically Divided For 100,000 Years

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080515120759.htm

Rapid, Dramatic 'Reverse Evolution' Documented In Tiny Fish Species

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

Gasterosteidae

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080514131125.htm

Warming Climate Is Changing Life On Global Scale, Says New Study

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080515171023.htm

Simple Artificial Cell Created From Scratch To Study Cell Complexity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080514082019.htm

Bears And Hibernation: New Insights Into Metabolism In Extreme Conditions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080516111849.htm

Success By Learning -- Smallest Predator Recognizes Prey By Its Shape

http://www.americazoo.com/goto/index/mammals/48.htm

Savi's pygmy shrew, Etruscan shrew (Suncus etruscus)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080516112715.htm

Biodiversity Loss Puts People At Risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080513140127.htm

Introducing Virus Resistant 'Orange Bulldog' Pumpkins

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

Pumpkin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080515171017.htm

Bacteria-resistant Films Created: Microbe Adhesion Depends On Surface Stiffness

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080516123153.htm

55 Million Year Old Parrot Fossil Discovered In Scandinavia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080515145406.htm

Climbing As Easy As Walking For Smaller Primates

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24665086/

Death toll hits 43 in China from hand, foot and mouth disease virus sickening young kids - MSNBC Wire Services- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24624782/

Mom rejects rare tiger cub born on Mom's Day - Science- msnbc.com

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/16/croatia.body.ap/index.html

Woman's dead body lies in flat for 35 years - CNN.com

For Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Holstein image licensed under Creative Commons by ~ Pil ~
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080514/sc_nm/obesity_chemicals_dc;_ylt=Aqv3ptUEDApFCHzX9BQFSZus0NUE

Research links common chemicals to obesity - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080514/ap_on_he_me/china_child_virus;_ylt=Ajva06unATgqZTXerCfHIoCs0NUE

Beijing reports first child virus death - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080514/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_shrimp_rainbow;_ylt=AsXqAYdyXldb3e1GSXnHfCHtiBIF

Shrimp can see beyond the rainbow - Yahoo! News

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/crustacea/malacostraca/eumalacostraca/royslist/species.php?name=g_smithii

Gonodactylus smithii

(Warning!!! We at Bring Back the Dodo! do NOT recommend keeping the mantis shrimp in your home aquarium. It can be an extremely dangerous animal, with claws that snip off digits and break through aquarium glass. NOT RECOMMENDED!)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080514/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_zoo;_ylt=Ag1bCLH93hXEDz9dBWdGYMLtiBIF

Canadian zoo investigates puzzling stingray deaths - Yahoo! News

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

Stingray - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080513/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquake_pandas;_ylt=ApkaCbS36V_dOeHrhmKm4E0PLBIF

China's panda preserves reported safe - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080513/ap_on_sc/britain_ufo_files;_ylt=AhYoDacKqYMbMVuoopVaG7oPLBIF

Britain releases batch of files on UFO sightings - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080514/sc_nm/pope_extraterrestrials_dc;_ylt=AsgMCjs17fDiCVf2AJ_BPWQPLBIF

Vatican scientist says belief in God and aliens is OK - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7392243.stm

BBC NEWS UK Scotland Highlands and Islands Extinction fear for butterflies

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

Erebia epiphron

http://www.eurobutterflies.com/species_pages/epiphron.htm

Erebia epiphron

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7396356.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Sloth's lazy image 'a myth'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-toed_Sloth

Three-toed sloth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/somerset/7397623.stm


BBC NEWS UK England Somerset Bullock could be record breaker

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friesian_%28cattle%29

Holstein (cattle) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080513130424.htm

Biochips Can Detect Cancers Before Symptoms Develop

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080513103957.htm

Architecture For Fundamental Processes Of Life Discovered

http://www.yeastgenome.org/

Saccharomyces Genome Database

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080512153631.htm

First-Ever Comprehensive Global Map Of Freshwater Systems Released

http://www.feow.org/

Freshwater Ecoregions of the World

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080513101555.htm

Fecal Microorganisms Inhabit Sandy Beaches Of Florida

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080507084005.htm

It Started With A Squeak: Moonlight Serenade Helps Lemurs Pick Mates Of The Right Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080514094245.htm

Fighting Pests And Diseases Organically With Help From Wild Cocoa Trees In French Guiana

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

Cocoa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080514082740.htm

Deep Sea Methane Scavengers Captured


http://www.froglife.org/news/news/albino_spawn.htm

Froglife - latest news