For Friday, February 6, 2009

Claw image licensed under Creative Commons by yuvalh

Census Of Modern Organisms Reveals Echo Of Ancient Mass Extinction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205142139.htm

Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event

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

Origin Of Claws Seen In Fossil 390 Million Years Old

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205142145.htm

Key Insights Into How New Species Emerge

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205161109.htm

40-foot whale dies on icy beach

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2009/02/05/sotvo.ma.stranded.whale.dead.stringer

Dog gene 'may aid wolf survival'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7872826.stm

Raccoons Sneak Onto White House Grounds

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/02/raccoons-sneak.html

Procyon lotor

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

Birds' Strategic Mobbing Fends Off Parasitic Invaders

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090129122514.htm

Acrocephalus

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

Birds do it: 10 wild animal sex antics

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29042787/

Images: New frog species discovered

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Holy Guacamole: Invasive Beetle Threatens Florida's Avocados

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204121537.htm

Ambrosia beetle

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

Persea americana

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

Guacamole

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

Ants tricked into raising butterflies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29038257/

Pathway And Enzyme Unique To Deadly Tularemia Organism Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203110551.htm

Tularemia

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

Understanding Phosphorus In Soils Is Vital To Proper Management

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204112235.htm

Phosphorus

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

Study: Climate change may reshuffle western weeds

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090206/ap_on_sc/farm_scene_western_weeds;_ylt=AlwVIg_jueSNST5.PD3_uk4PLBIF

Collapse Of Antarctic Ice Sheet Would Likely Put Washington, D.C. Largely Underwater

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205142132.htm

More Extreme Weather In The Arctic Regions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205083526.htm

Global Warming

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

China suffering worst drought in 50 years

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/06/china.drought.half.century/index.html

UN chief in India climate warning

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7871236.stm

La Nina seen gradually weakening in 2009: NOAA

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5144bq-us-weather-lanina/

El Niño-Southern Oscillation

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

Flu may not have killed most in 1918 pandemic

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5146pd-us-flu-1918/

1918 Flu Pandemic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic

Kmart recalls baked goods linked to outbreak

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29052218/

Suspect peanuts sent to schools for lunches

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29046457/

Bad food makers unstoppable, expert says

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/05/peanut.recall/index.html

Video: 'I'd like to see some people go to jail'

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Toys with phthalates must come off shelves, U.S. judge rules

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/02/06/phthalates-judge.html

Nigeria baby poison deaths rise

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7874723.stm

Human DNA Repair Process Recorded In Action

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090129102340.htm

Adult Stem Cells Convert Into Embryonic-like Stem Cells, With Single Factor

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205133744.htm

Cancer Costs Squeeze Even the Insured

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/OnCall/story?id=6811555&page=1

Campaign warns against reusing plastic syringes

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090205/ap_on_he_me/med_hepatitis_syringes;_ylt=Ao1I2Yso58We9QEDKN3I9bKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkZDl2aDVsBHBvcwMxNDAEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA2NhbXBhaWdud2Fybg--

Hepatitis

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