For Monday, January 12, 2009

Alces alces image licensed under Creative Commons by An en Alain

Senate boosts wilderness protection across US

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090111/ap_on_go_co/congress_wilderness;_ylt=Ask1KSZTrjiv.O0B.s5e4T0PLBIF

New Zealand man surfs with killer whales

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090111/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_newzealand_orca;_ylt=AolTXzh574pD5jvq3aPxGF_tiBIF

NJ's wayward dolphins head to sea, then turn back

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090112/ap_on_re_us/wayward_dolphins;_ylt=Al0XEAsEiH190k1y1aGUnpes0NUE

Baby moose falls through Wash. family's window

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090110/ap_on_re_us/odd_baby_moose;_ylt=AjCH0_55_YQIc6FL4xZHX3ftiBIF

Alces alces

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

Why The Swamp Sparrow Is Hitting The High Notes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090109125636.htm

UK fungi get protection strategy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7823970.stm

Baby selected to be free of cancer gene

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/01/is-this-the-start-of-designer.html

Keeping home life-support up when power goes out

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090112/ap_on_he_me/med_electricity_for_life;_ylt=Av4QvzOQeEbOZ5yUdvhsFYqs0NUE

Clothing To Crow About: Chicken Feather Suits And Dresses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090112094607.htm

Flu shot mismatched on B virus, early data suggests

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/12/flu.html

What Is The Connection Between Sleep Apnea, Stroke And Death?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090106100009.htm

Women-only gene link to dementia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7820650.stm

Operating on the virtual human

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7774016.stm

'Carbon cost' of Google revealed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7823387.stm

Sea Level Rise Of One Meter Within 100 Years

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108101629.htm

Top 11 Compounds in US Drinking Water

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16397-top-11-compounds-in-us-drinking-water.html

Ground-based bacteria may be making it rain

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126903.800-groundbased-bacteria-may-be-making-it-rain.html

60 arrested over China's tainted milk

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/12/china.milk/index.html

For Saturday, January 3, 2009

Porcupine image licensed under Creative Commons by sixlegs

More Polar Bears Going Hungry

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AmazingAnimals/story?id=6567708&page=1

On Elephant Sanctuary, Unlikely Friends

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/02/assignment_america/main4696340.shtml

Elephants give up treats and lose 11,314 pounds

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090102/ap_on_fe_st/odd_jumbo_diet;_ylt=AtrZKQnBDiRzPQgJFv_o3SAPLBIF

New Breeding Ground For Endangered Whales?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081231174309.htm

Bolivia cracks down on rabies

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7809228.stm

Porcupine Plague Causes $100K In Damage In Colo.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/02/ap/strange/main4696268.shtml

Hystricomorpha

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

Erethizon dorsatum

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

Fast-growing fish farming can help the environment, researcher says

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/02/aquaculture-benefits.html

Smokers with family history of aneurysm are at 'extremely high risk'

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/31/stroke.html

Common Oral Osteoporosis Drugs Linked To Serious Jaw Necrosis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090101135207.htm

Bisphosphonate

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphosphonate
Trying To Eat Less Becomes More Important To Fend Off Middle-Age Weight Gain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090102163237.htm

New Model For Nuclear Pore Complex Backed By Structural Study

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081227224147.htm

China milk scare in U.S.: Adopted kids tested

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28471558/