Ida Hypothesis Challenged and "Dino Mummy" Back in the News and More for Wednesday, July 1, 2009

New Fossil Primate Suggests Common Asian Ancestor, Challenges Primates Such As 'Ida'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090630202125.htm

Ganlea megacanina

http://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/15007.php

Exclusion zone for special whale

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8126237.stm

Migaloo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migaloo#Migaloo

Megaptera novaeangliae (EOL Lin)

http://eol.org/pages/328575


Namibian animal rights activist bids to stop seal slaughter

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/sc_afp/namibiaanimalsenvironmentseal;_ylt=ArhwcYWzLB5y1cIYPhHMuTEPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTMzYmQ5MjdwBGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDA5MDcwMS9uYW1pYmlhYW5pbWFsc2Vudmlyb25tZW50c2VhbARwb3MDOARzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA25hbWliaWF

Giant Moa Rebuilt Using Ancient DNA

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090630215938.htm

Dinornis

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

Tags to help solve puffin decline

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8126331.stm

Alcid

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

Biological 'Fountain Of Youth' Found In New World Bat Caves

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090630101229.htm

Tadarida brasiliensis

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

Avoidance Of Inbreeding In Birds Demonstrated

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090629200636.htm

Dino Tooth Sheds New Light On Ancient Riddle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090629200632.htm

Dinosaur mummy yields its secrets

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8124098.stm

Edmontosaurus

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

Trachodon mummy

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

Is this ant mega-colony set for world domination?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8127000/8127519.stm

Linepithema humile

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

Linepithema humile (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/473775

North America faces beetle plague

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8126663.stm

Dendroctonus ponderosae

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

Dendroctonus ponderosae (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/696188

Pinus contorta

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

Pinus contorta (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/search?q=Pinus+contorta&search_image=&cx=005034203190629281476%3Adcs9wj9m5c4&cof=FORID%3A11&ie=UTF-8&search_type=text

Ladybird 'risk to 1,000 species'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8124099.stm

Harmonia axyridis

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

Harmonia axyridis (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/1174381




Should spitting worms be protected?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31683588/ns/us_news-environment/

Driloleirus americanus

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

Driloleirus americanus (IUCN Red List – Vulnerable)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/6828/0

Rising Acidity Levels Could Trigger Shellfish Revenue Declines, Job Losses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090601111948.htm

Flower Color Shows Evolution In Action

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090629165110.htm

Mangrove-dependent Animals Globally Threatened

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090701082905.htm

Mangrove

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

Philippines foils tree smugglers

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/sc_afp/environmentphilippinestree;_ylt=AuHB0tLNr_2onSVoKyFZpa4PLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTMwNmZhYnAyBGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDA5MDcwMS9lbnZpcm9ubWVudHBoaWxpcHBpbmVzdHJlZQRwb3MDMQRzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA3BoaWxpcHBpbmVzZg

From bush to bike - a bamboo revolution

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8125274.stm

Bamboo

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

Vegetarians 'avoid more cancers'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8127215.stm

Peer Pressure Plays Major Role In Behavior

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090629200802.htm

Orange Juice Worse For Teeth Than Whitening Agents, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090630132007.htm

FDA: Chantix must carry mental health warning

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31685329/ns/health-addictions/

Varenicline

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

WHO: TB vaccine could kill babies with HIV

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31681799/ns/health-infectious_diseases/

Mechanical jaw aids research

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somerset/8126408.stm


Particulate Pollution Combined With Airborne Soot Adds To Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090629200808.htm

Study Advises Chinese Government To Change Fuel In Millions Of Households

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090622165924.htm

Battling a July Fourth Beef Recall

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=7968471&page=1

For Sunday, June 21, 2009

Hello, we're back, if only briefly - our duties at the Museum have kept us quite busy. (Our senior editor is the Registrar). A brief TV program review. Last night, on one of our local PBS stations, we were presented with a special program about the domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus). Though not very scientific, the numbers of this animal and their eggs consumed by humanity is staggering. The program gets more into the legend, "popular tales" and personalities of this quirky little creature. They are indeed creatures to be loved, studied and admired. Miraculous stories of their bravery and resurrections are not to be missed. Sigh...unfortunately the producers felt it necessary to include a bit on Mike the headless chicken. Well, we suppose so... We tried to find a link to the program on the PBS website and failed...sorry! Overall, the program is a delight and not to be missed.

Nestlé recalls cookie dough products

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31444614/ns/health-infectious_diseases/

Nestle Toll House Refrigerated Cookie Dough Voluntary Recall

http://www.verybestbaking.com/products/tollhouse/dough.aspx

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

http://www.cdc.gov/

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

http://www.fda.gov/

New Vaccination Strategy May Protect Against Both Lethal 1918 And H5N1 Influenza Viruses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090619112429.htm

1918 Flu Pandemic

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

H5N1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H5N1



Humans More Related To Orangutans Than Chimps, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090618084304.htm

Homo sapiens

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

Pongo

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

Pan

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

Mammoths survived late in Britain

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8106090.stm

Mammuthus

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

Polar Bear And Walrus Populations In Trouble

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090618195804.htm

Ursus maritimus

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

Odobenus

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

Highland park unveils tiger cubs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8104260.stm

Panthera tigris altaica

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

Canadian seal hunt 'collapsing'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8106539.stm

Red panda has rare set of triplets

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31465921/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Ailurus fulgens

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

Streetlights ruin a bat's commute, a study shows

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8108912.stm

Chiroptera

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

Rats play odds in gambling task

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8105963.stm

Rattus

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

Squirrel nuts over builder friend

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8108297.stm

Sciuridae

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

Severely Memory-deficit Mutant Mouse Created

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090619112331.htm

Mus

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

'Weedy' Bird Species May Win As Temperatures Rise

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090609215939.htm

Antibiotics-resistant Gulls Worry Scientists

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090618093242.htm

New dino gives bird wing clue

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8105513.stm

Limusaurus inextricabilis

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

Thai Navy Helps Turtles

javascript:vPlayer('31445764','d776c9f4-232e-4609-b596-9298623a527b')

Banning Certain Fishing Gear Can Help Save Reefs From Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090617154405.htm

Caribbean Coral Reefs Flattened

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090609215924.htm

Deadly Parasite Could Endanger Salmon And Trout Populations In U.K.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090617155011.htm

Sphaerothecum destruens

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

Ancient crustaceans produced enormous sperm, scientists find

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8107515.stm

Ostracoda

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

Insects' Sex Scents Can Save Lives

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090617155009.htm

Rhodnius prolixus

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

Triatoma brasliensis

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

Chagas disease

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

Scientists Show Bacteria Can 'Learn' And Plan Ahead

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090617131400.htm

Hysterectomies a stem cell source

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8103345.stm

Hysterectomy

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

Stem cell

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

The plant that pretends to be ill

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8108000/8108940.stm

Caladium steudneriifolium

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

Plants Engage In Self-recognition?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090619171244.htm

Artemisia tridentata

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

Canada to ban some chemicals in toys, vinyl bibs

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n19449699-us-phthalates/

Phthalate

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

Reproductive Health Effects Found From Low Doses Of Bisphenol-A

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090617104911.htm

BPA

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

Certain Zinc-based Cold Remedies Linked To Loss Of Sense Of Smell, FDA Says

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090618130709.htm

Punching Holes Into Herpes Viruses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090611194127.htm

Herpes

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

For Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Mixed fortunes for world's whales

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7553805.stm

Southern seals sample salty seas

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7550199.stm

Radio hogs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7511030.stm

Prized eggs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7529335.stm

Eretmochelys imbricata

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

Bugs Put The Heat In Chili Peppers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080811195315.htm

Prehistoric Animal Extinctions Humans' Fault?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080811200028.htm

Mass Extinction Of Amphibians 'Unprecedented'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080811195627.htm

Low Vitamin D Levels Pose Large Threat To Health; Overall 26 Percent Increased Risk Of Death

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080811195629.htm

Vitamin D

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


Electronic Tongue Tastes Wine Variety, Vintage

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080804100254.htm

Aphids Are Sentinels Of Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080806113145.htm

Aphidoidea

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

Dying frogs could bring mosquito boom

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2008/08/12/simon.pip.frogs.cnn

What is this hairless, big-nosed beast?

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/08/12/pkg.tx.chupucabra.kens

For Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Red Kite image licensed under Creative Commons by Chubby Bat

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080722/ap_on_he_me/salmonella_tomatoes;_ylt=AnOpvtB1oC5bJi0o0Gtwze6s0NUE

FDA finds salmonella strain in jalapeno pepper - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080723/ap_on_sc/dead_zone;_ylt=Anmqluy_Ajig2SsHVYqzdx2s0NUE

Researcher says Gulf dead zone bigger than ever - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080720/ap_on_sc/brazil_dead_penguins;_ylt=AgDFccpy4PHwrRstKh08_ZWs0NUE

Hundreds of baby penguins found dead in Brazil - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080719/ap_on_sc/wolf_delisting;_ylt=AiaHCLR9m5eESsjgLvsN7M6s0NUE

Judge restores protection for Rockies wolves - Yahoo! News


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080722/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_galapagos_george;_ylt=Ao7DQWR.5Mx13_HOhIwXDvftiBIF

Lonesome George may end bachelor days on Galapagos - Yahoo! News

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

Geochelone nigra abingdoni - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080723/ap_on_re_eu/eu_canada_seal_hunt;_ylt=AtUZQdHQMFgqwQ2fyYL.6HUPLBIF

EU proposes crackdown on seal hunt - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080722/ap_on_re_as/china_pandas;_ylt=Al_lNGZ7KunoGVpIc6lmhucPLBIF

7 pandas remain at famed breeding center in China - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080722/sc_livescience/fossilsuggestsantarcticamuchwarmerinpast;_ylt=AtXKsCdJM9tIp025etssVScPLBIF

Fossil Suggests Antarctica Much Warmer in Past

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7519614.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Fossils date Dry Valleys' origin

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080722192345.htm

Unique Fossil Discovery Shows Antarctic Was Once Much Warmer

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

Ostracod - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7511352.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Dolphin call tells calf who's mum

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

Tursiops truncatus and T. aduncus

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7513635.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature '100 months to save the planet'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7519263.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature New white whale spotted

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

Megaptera novaeangliae

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

Leucism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7517700.stm

BBC NEWS UK Northern Ireland Back from the brink, Red Kites return

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

Milvus milvus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080722091652.htm

Ultrasonic Frogs Can Tune Their Ears To Different Frequencies

http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi/amphib_query?where-genus=Odorrana&where-species=tormota

AmphibiaWeb - Odorrana tormota

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080722072025.htm

New Population Of Highly Threatened Greater Bamboo Lemur Found In Madagascar

http://www.animalinfo.org/species/primate/hapasimu.htm

Animal Info - Greater Bamboo Lemur

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080721001742.htm

Adding Lime To Seawater May Cut Carbon Dioxide Levels Back To Pre-industrial Levels

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

Calcium oxide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080721092416.htm

90 Billion Tons Of Microbial Organisms Live In Deep Marine Subsurface: More Archaea Than Bacteria


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080720150203.htm

Genetics Of White Horses Unraveled: One Mutation Makes Ordinary Horses Turn Grey, Then White, Very Young

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080722225336.htm

Commercial Bees Spreading Disease To Wild Pollinating Bees


http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1825244,00.html?cnn=yes


When Jellyfish Attack - TIME

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

Pelagia noctiluca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For Thursday, May 29, 2008

Hoopoe photo licensed under Creative Commons by jcoelho

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080529/od_nm/israel_bird_odd_dc;_ylt=AlJsoH3TtRfut2CDyrUU9aus0NUE

Israel names biblically banned Hoopoe national bird - Yahoo! News

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

Upupa epops


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080528/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_brain_monkey;_ylt=AjcLIBDaVxUT1YYVVSpDyyvtiBIF

Monkey think, monkey do - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080529/ap_on_fe_st/odd_hotel_bear;_ylt=AnStqXzky4jvtplKxZu96UHtiBIF

Bear spotted taking a dip at the Hard Rock Hotel - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080529/ts_afp/indonesiawildlifeanimalspeciesrhino;_ylt=AuU5nycPj4IJ7MlTrqBsNq4PLBIF

Cameras catch glimpse of world's rarest rhino: WWF - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7424918.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Rarest rhinoceros wrecks camera

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

Rhinoceros sondaicus

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080529/ap_on_sc/ice_seals;_ylt=Avu7sYF3CDSuSqI5RF680LkPLBIF

Conservation group petitions to protect ice seals - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080529/sc_nm/fish_evolution_dc;_ylt=Alxj0o.JoMtkJHTTwW4yYpgLBIFP

Fossilized fish reveals first vertebrate sex - Yahoo! News

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

Materpiscis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080529/sc_livescience/courtclaimchimpsarepeopletoo;_ylt=Ar0Jdwmp_j1aoWqJKUqOs1QPLBIF

Court Claim: Chimps Are People, Too - Yahoo! News


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7426273.stm

BBC NEWS Business UN warns about higher food costs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7424535.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Nature loss 'to hurt global poor'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7425073.stm

BBC NEWS UK England London Bug used to suck zoo animal blood

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7423470.stm

BBC NEWS UK Scotland Edinburgh, East and Fife Malaria parasites 'family plan'

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

Malaria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080528140303.htm

'Barren' Seafloor Teeming With Microbial Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080527201804.htm

Authentic Viking DNA Retrieved From 1,000-year-old Skeletons

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

Viking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24874002/

Japanese brewery testing 'space beer' - Space- msnbc.com


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/28/dining/28flavor.html?no_interstitial

The Miracle Fruit, a Tease for the Taste Buds - NYTimes.com

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

Miracle fruit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

Miraculin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For Friday, May 2, 2008

King Penguin photo licensed under Creative Commons by Yukon White Light

Today we explore: a fur seal that seems to prefer sex with a King Penguin (!) - pictured at right - , elephant killings in the Congo, Martian life and fossils, a project to DNA Barcode trees, the rediscovery of the cloud rat, a rare parasitic plant from Mexico, the endangered Asian vulture, how spiders communicate sexual intent through UVB rays, a very nasty and dangerous germ (Clostridium difficile - you don't want this thing), Paranthropus bosei, parachuting dogs, the death of Ling Ling, the mysterious die-off of hundreds of Mallards, the mortality of caribou calves, a carcinogen in human milk, and how the Sun might actually create extinctions through its movement and interaction with comets. Please browse on, click and enjoy. We've also added a new link list: Floralinks. Also added today (finally): Dodolinks. Our newest links are listed on the top right hand side of the page.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080502/ap_on_sc/tree_dna;_ylt=Ao5znBchb6gplxar_4xdJRqs0NUE

Scientists to capture DNA of trees worldwide for database - Yahoo! News





http://www.livescience.com/animals/080501-cloud-rat.html

Cloud Rat Rediscovered after 112 Years LiveScience

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

Carpomys melanurus

Carpomys melanurus (Zipcode zoo)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080430/sc_afp/scienceanimalsbirdsoffbeat;_ylt=AuKuByVOGPEsPcoRROOnM24PLBIF

Where am I? Chemical compass helps bird brains - Yahoo! News

http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/category/colossal-squid/

Colossal squid « Te Papa’s Blog

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080501-am-mars-life-iron.html

SPACE.com -- What Mars Fossils Might Look Like








http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080501/ap_on_sc/rare_plant;_ylt=AqV_hdQXuQnB8EZv77U0DvMPLBIF

Scientist rediscovers rare plant unseen since 1985 - Yahoo! News

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

Conopholis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7379554.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature 'Sex pest' seal attacks penguin

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

Arctocephalus gazella

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

Aptenodytes patagonicus



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7378196.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Study sheds light on spider sex

http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/P/Phintella_vittata.asp

Phintella vittata (No common name)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7379775.stm

BBC NEWS World Africa Fears over Congo elephant killing

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7373381.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature 'Decade to save Asian vultures'

http://www.wwfpak.org/sc_vulture.php

Oriental White-backed Vulture (Gyps benegalensis) and Long-billed Vulture (Gyps indicus)




http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24407803/

A bad germ gets worse - Health care- msnbc.com

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

Clostridium difficile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia




http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24388112/

Nutcracker Man strangely preferred fruits - LiveScience- msnbc.com

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

Paranthropus boisei - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24386579/

Bats can put on the loudest rock concert — ever - LiveScience- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24405578/

Parachuting dog helped win WWII - LiveScience- msnbc.com



http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24386784/

Ling Ling, Japan's oldest giant panda, dies - Science- msnbc.com

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

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/05/01/canada.ducks.ap/index.html

Canada probes deaths of hundreds of ducks - CNN.com

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

Anas platyrhynchos



http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080501180253.htm

Global Warming Linked To Caribou-calf Mortality

http://zipcodezoo.com/animals/r/rangifer_tarandus_tarandus.asp

Rangifer tarandus tarandus (Caribou, Eurasian Tundra Reindeer)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080428203702.htm

Life-Probing Instrument Preparing For Mission To Mars

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/images/pia09174.html

NASA - Urey: Mars Organic and Oxidant Detector

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080502092145.htm

Sun's Movement Through Milky Way Regularly Sends Comets Hurtling, Coinciding With Mass Life Extinctions

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

Sol