For Thursday, January 8, 2009

Raphus cucullatus image licensed under Creative Commons by Jeremy Burgin

Every animal counts - zoos begin their annual stock-take

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7817194.stm

Gu Gu strikes again! Panda attacks zoo visitor

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28554008/

Ten Extinct Beasts That Could Walk the Earth Again

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126905.000-ten-extinct-beasts-that-could-walk-the-earth-again.html?full=true

How big Jurassic flying reptiles got off ground

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_sc/sci_flying_dinos;_ylt=AjbIFGK38SA85VkKzQZMBCes0NUE

'Spookfish' uses mirrors as well as lenses to spot its prey

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7815540.stm

Dolichopteryx longipes

http://fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=9121&genusname=Dolichopteryx&speciesname=longipes

Hind Wings Help Butterflies Make Swift Turns To Evade Predators, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108101635.htm

Lepidoptera

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

Asian Grasslands May Hold Global Promise To Restore Grasslands In Arid Areas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228193530.htm

First flight of algae-fuelled jet

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7817849.stm

USDA taking applications for Cattail eradication

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_bi_ge/farm_scene_killing_cattails;_ylt=AsrbfpfDrOOPcDBhE.KNKOGs0NUE

Typha

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

More species invasions feared for Great Lakes

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_re_us/great_lakes_invasives;_ylt=Ah14zBPO6xIACNYaAGdGjVCs0NUE

Tilting At Wind Farms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090107092724.htm

Solution To Darwin's Dilemma Of 1859

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108082914.htm

Chemopreventive Agents In Black Raspberries Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108082529.htm

Rubus

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

To Climate-change Worries, Add One More: Extended Mercury Threat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090107134635.htm

Avian Flu Becoming More Resistant To Antiviral Drugs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090107122658.htm

Dangerous New Method For Bacterial Toxin Transfer Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090106145004.htm

New Bartonella Species That Infects Humans Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090106145006.htm

Bartonella

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

Wonderful Cheese Is All In The Culture

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090106144945.htm

Testes Stem Cells Change Into Other Tissues

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105154256.htm

Lab discloses problem with vitamin D testing

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28557342/

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