Soon-To-Be-Extinct? The Aral Sea? and More for Sunday, July 12, 2009

Declining Aral Sea: Dramatic Retreat Seen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090710092228.htm

Aral Sea

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

Humans May Give Swine Flu To Pigs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090709201847.htm

On Malaria Struggle, Baboons And Humans Have Similar Stories To Tell

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090624152822.htm

Monkeys And Humans Use Parallel Mechanism To Recognize Faces

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090625133102.htm

An evolution insight as scientists explain how a turtle gets its shell

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8142664.stm

Ladybug swarm turns large tree red

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/07/11/vanderveen.ladybug.infestation.kusa

Scientists explain how flowering plants spread across the Earth

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8143000/8143095.stm

For Sunday, October 5, 2008

Dionaea muscipula photo licensed under Creative Commons by BotheredByBees

Venus flytraps caught in shrinking natural habitat

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081005/ap_on_sc/venus_flytrapped;_ylt=Aohj9rCD8AsHxf8YwB2a6Gms0NUE

Dionaea muscipula

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

Topsoil's Limited Turnover: A Crisis In Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081002103651.htm

Ultra-Endurance Competitors: Lessons From Sled Dogs In The Iditarod

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925072436.htm

Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iditarod_(sled_race)

Hong Kong: Products have high melamine levels

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/05/china.milk/index.html

Tainted Cadbury chocolate found in Hong Kong

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081005/ap_on_bi_ge/as_asia_tainted_milk;_ylt=Ai0El5OuOxxQysF2o84gnDms0NUE

Salmonella sickens people in 12 states

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081005/ap_on_he_me/salmonella_chicken;_ylt=AhXRznt01E2cKUmJvlikdM2s0NUE

Oldest 'Footprints' on Earth Found

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081005/sc_livescience/oldestfootprintsonearthfound;_ylt=AjlxMJV0tM8ySq9RZE7oSc0PLBIF


Attempt To Breed Rare Chinese Turtle Fails

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/04/tech/main4501989.shtml

For Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Penicillin bug genome unravelled

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7638379.stm

Carbon Dioxide Capture Device: Warming Fix?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080929123941.htm

New Dinosaur Had Bird-Like Breathing System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080929212931.htm

Mars Lander Sees Falling Snow On Red Planet

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080929175934.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080929220900.htm

Free-Living Protozoa Found In Meat-Cutting Plants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080926162142.htm

Like An Arrow: Jumping Insects Use Archery Techniques

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080929212928.htm

Mass Extinctions And The Evolution Of Dinosaurs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080930102631.htm

TB Bacterium Uses Its Sugar Coat To Sweeten Its Chances Of Living In Lungs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080929163722.htm

Officials: Amazon deforestation speeding up

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/09/29/amazon.rainforest.destruction.ap/index.html

Crested pterodactyl inspires aircraft design

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26949339/

Elephants 'phone' friends with rumbles

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26957207/


Turtles rescued as highway project looms

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26956682/

Fla. man dives in to save dog from shark

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26956958/

'Iceman' row ends after 17 years

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7643286.stm

For Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Martian soil may contain detrimental substance

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080805/ap_on_sc/phoenix_mars;_ylt=Ai1DP0HO1ry0AWSRZ2ye6Fis0NUE

Perchlorate

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080805/ap_on_sc/phoenix_mars;_ylt=Ai1DP0HO1ry0AWSRZ2ye6Fis0NUE

Scientists: 125,000 gorillas found in African zone

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080805/ap_on_sc/britain_primate_in_peril;_ylt=AmHCTzpgkGKP05DKPLl1vT6s0NUE

'Astonishing' gorilla find reported

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/05/congo.gorillas/index.html

Ancient moss, insects found in Antarctica

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080804/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/sci_southern_tundra;_ylt=AlxMkDHTbFdPbjzEt7hyOfes0NUE

SKorean firm delivers commercial dog clones

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080805/ap_on_fe_st/odd_skorea_cloned_dogs;_ylt=Ah4xFsuVPjLHWZMQbit3LQPtiBIF

RNL Bio

http://www.rnl.co.kr/


Unusually large swarms of jellyfish invading world's beaches

http://www.yahoo.com/s/929163

Primates 'face extinction crisis'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7541192.stm

Ancient shark had colossal bite

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7540835.stm

Carcharodon megalodon

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

'Sex link' to French oyster rout

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7541645.stm

Ostreidae

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

Bird Could Rewrite 'Ring Theory' Of Speciation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080731140317.htm

Platycercus elegans

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

Researchers Tag First-ever Free-swimming Leatherback Turtles In New England

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080731173123.htm

For Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Alepisaurus ferox photo licensed under Creative Common's by Nemo's great uncle

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7432583.stm

BBC NEWS Special Reports UN sets out food crisis measures

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080603/ap_on_re_eu/un_food_crisis;_ylt=AvyKi.lgyhv2wgx1ZkLMUFWs0NUE

UN chief: food production must rise 50 percent by 2030 - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080602/lf_nm_life/marijuana_brain_dc;_ylt=Ar1.fVUKguSUvvpmafPoxx2s0NUE

Heavy marijuana use shrinks brain parts: study - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080603/ap_on_sc/phoenix_mars;_ylt=Aoh1KQVLMJZWp_hW3XITZuSs0NUE

NASA robot scoops Martian soil for first time - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080602/ap_on_go_co/climate_showdown;_ylt=AgraikpCsdiwTIOhiegM2Bqs0NUE

Senate votes to begin global warming debate - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080602/ap_on_sc/nasa_censor;_ylt=Am6YlFjh_X4HQB2B9Kgr.MSs0NUE

NASA's own watchdog: Agency misled on global warming - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080602/ap_on_sc/new_fossil;_ylt=Ao1e5G6WuI8HIjnABy.dkSGs0NUE

Museum PR coordinator finds new dinosaur fossil - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080602/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_birds_feathers;_ylt=AgH8_EeKycXH8vFE.XRF2IvtiBIF

Feathers make the man in world of birds - Yahoo! News

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

Hirundo rustica



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080602/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/brazil_shark_attack;_ylt=Ah6TpykxiWCu4cPFHP8nW94PLBIF

Shark rips off teenager's right hand in Brazil - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/britain_wolves_dc;_ylt=AuCB3f_MwC.s9UbBhWpRv0ADW7oF

Moose on the loose in Scotland, wolves to follow? - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/allergies_yoghurt_dc;_ylt=Ai5HE44NuARYSXl0bT.KgnADW7oF

"Good" bacteria may ease hay fever symptoms: study - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7431589.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Images reveal 'rapid forest loss'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7425087.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Post-mortem examines turtle death

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080602144411.htm

Toad Research Could Leapfrog To New Muscle Model

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080529105357.htm

Wireless Vision Implant: Implantable Prosthesis Lets Patients Perceive Visual Images

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080530102627.htm

Self-assembled Viruses Efficiently Carry Genes And Drug Molecules Into Tumor Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080602132248.htm

Globalization Exposes Food Supply To Unsanitary Practices

http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=208190

Daily Dispatch Online

‘Rottweiler and mermaid’ fish cross identified


http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=99&genusname=Alepisaurus&speciesname=ferox

Alepisaurus ferox

For Saturday, May 31, 2008

Galapagos Island Floreana photo licensed under Creative Commons by Yvonne Denman Photography

http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/528/2

Make Way for Superfrog -- Cahoon 2008 (528): 2 -- ScienceNOW

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

Arthroleptidae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7428955.stm

BBC NEWS South Asia Baby leopard spotted in house

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7429300.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Italy track rescued turtles

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7424281.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Fossil reveals oldest live birth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080530204454.htm

Possible Ice On Mars Seen By Phoenix Lander Robotic Arm Camera

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080529141344.htm

Slide Rule Sense: Amazonian Indigenous Culture Demonstrates Universal Mapping Of Number Onto Space

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

Munduruku - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080529091128.htm

Fruits, Vegetables And Teas May Protect Smokers From Lung Cancer, Researchers Report

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24901077/

Killer elephant 'Osama' dies in hail of bullets - South and Central Asia- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24897878/

Zoos adapting to animals - Science- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24897855/

Quake-damaged panda reserve plans move - Science- msnbc.com


http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080530/sc_afp/peruunrestjusticerights;_ylt=AjTPchTXCGAGYEsk6SAgB3QDW7oF

Scientists find murdered children in Peru's largest mass grave - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080530/od_nm/suit_dc;_ylt=Ah6tz4sKjf_l17wGHlCOebUDW7oF

Fox News worker sues over bedbugs in office - Yahoo! News

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

Cimicidae

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080531/ap_on_sc/ecuador_galapagos_volcano;_ylt=AvNXCykHIPp0OfA.SoI5pEUPLBIF

Volcano erupts in Galapagos Islands - Yahoo! News

For Saturday, May 24, 2008

Photo licensed under Creative Commons by alfonsotar
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_re_eu/germany_ebay_baby

German parents post baby on eBay for 1 euro - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080523/ts_afp/environmentpollutionspeciescoral

Sun screen lotion threatens coral: study - Yahoo! News


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7418279.stm

BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific Great Barrier Reef divers found

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

Great Barrier Reef - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7415423.stm

BBC NEWS Health Cancer vaccine target pinpointed


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7417123.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Vast cracks appear in Arctic ice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080523083007.htm

Dramatic Impact Of Sea-Level Rise On Chesapeake Bay's Coastal Habitats

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

Chesapeake Bay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080520130807.htm

Joint NASA-French Satellite To Track Trends In Sea Level, Climate

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

Ocean Surface Topography Mission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080522210025.htm

New Statistical Method Reveals Surprises About Our Ancestry

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24804797/

Shark kills surfer in Mexico - Americas- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24797206/

Toad aphrodisiac kills man, NY issues warning - Sexual health- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24797061/

Seas off West Coast dangerously acidic - Climate Change- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24719524/

Smugglers try to mail geckos - World environment- msnbc.com

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/05/23/fda.nipple.cream.ap/index.html

FDA warns of harmful nipple cream - CNN.com

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/05/23/shagren.man.saves.ducks.kxly

Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_sc/tortoise_decline;_ylt=AuDjQcNSFNQm4SHZOsEHCD.s0NUE

Southern Utah tortoise continues decline - Yahoo! News

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

Gopherus agassizii

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_re_as/japan_suicide;_ylt=ArH6jOIV8PXZK3Pc5Uts_JKs0NUE

Suicides linked to work-related stress up in Japan - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080523/od_nm/foot_odd_dc;_ylt=AtjHG8GTwrLhkQaMNVOivuSs0NUE

Mystery deepens as 4th severed foot found - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080523/od_nm/sex_odd_dc;_ylt=At45Jz1ocMVQiB.0zpLbOZWs0NUE

Warning issued over unlicensed sex drugs - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080523/sc_afp/costaricaenvironmentturtlesanimals;_ylt=AgqrBkDs96ZbDc57fFWqnNMPLBIF

Record birthrate of leatherback turtles in Costa Rica: WWF - Yahoo! News

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/nhl_experts/post/Why-the-octopus-still-won-t-twirl-in-Detroit?urn=nhl,84176

Why the octopus still won't twirl in Detroit - Puck Daddy - NHL - Yahoo! Sports

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

Octopoda

Miscellaneous Entries for Sunday, April 20, 2008

Photo licensed under Creative Commons by coda

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080420/ap_on_sc/sea_turtles_nesting;_ylt=AoFVVt_r3dDkPSyGUkCZ6Rqs0NUE

Loggerhead turtle nests lag, green and leatherbacks are up

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080420/ap_on_re_us/roadkill_warriors;_ylt=An2aMLF_y2q0BNtLJz77AF6s0NUE

Buzzards or vultures by either name seen as ugly and pesty

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080419/ap_on_sc/predator_and_prey;_ylt=AuVIZ9jnHQ1B8n7FgPPsZ5Ws0NUE

Watching wolves, moose — and heat — on Michigan island - Yahoo! News

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

Isle Royale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia






http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7357121.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Catching corals' spectacular moment

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

Coral reef - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7353407.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Captive tigers 'may save species'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080418133406.htm

Mighty Microbes: Bacteria Filaments Can Bundle Together And Move Objects 100,000 Times Bacterium's Body Weight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080417152027.htm

New Vaccine May Give Long-term Defense Against Deadly Bird Flu And Its Variant Forms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080416140912.htm

Bloodless Worm Sheds Light On Human Blood, Iron Deficiency

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._elegans

Caenorhabditis elegans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia





http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080416091012.htm

Deep-sea Sharks Wired For Sound

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080416140928.htm

Slowly-developing Primates Definitely Not Dim-witted

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

Primate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24226179/

Crocodile kills man in wildlife sanctuary - World environment- msnbc.com