Tortoises/Turtles/Herptiles in the News, The Permian Extinction and More for Friday, May 29, 2009

* Dermochelys coriacea image (right) and image (left) licensed under Creative Commons by Paul Mannix

China volcano may have caused mass extinction

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090529/ap_on_sc/us_sci_volcano_extinction;_ylt=AqqENEvXU52v1UvNNVj5B2.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlNG90bDliBHBvcwMxMTkEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNjaGluYXZvbGNhbm8-

Permian Extinction

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

Red Glow Sheds Light on Ocean Health

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090529/sc_livescience/redglowshedslightonoceanhealth;_ylt=AicPkj8Ey5KgBPtJxMWKzGYPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTNsZTYxZnVxBGFzc2V0Ay9saXZlc2NpZW5jZS8yMDA5MDUyOS9zY19saXZlc2NpZW5jZS9yZWRnbG93c2hlZHNsaWdodG9ub2NlYW5oZWFsdGgEcG9zAzEEc2

Report: Climate change crisis 'catastrophic'

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/05/29/annan.climate.change.human/index.html

Climate pressure 'building on US'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8073434.stm

Most Polluted Ecosystems Can Recover, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527105713.htm

Greening Arctic Not Likely To Offset Permafrost Carbon Release

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527130826.htm

Spring Agricultural Fires Have Large Impact On Melting Arctic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526140850.htm

U.S. company finds "safer" way to make stem-like cells

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54r6ti-us-stemcells-reprogramming/

Why Coral Reefs Around The World Are Collapsing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528142819.htm

Malaria parasites 'resist drugs'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8073118.stm

Beavers return after 400-year gap

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8072443.stm

Castor

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

Rare Madagascan tortoises stolen

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8072000/8072511.stm

Geochelone yniphora

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

Astrochelys yniphora (IUCN Red List Link Species notation: Geochelone yniphora nomenclature not located in the IUCN Red List nor the EOL pages. Only Astrochelys yniphora could be located). Critically endangered.

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/9016/0

Astrochelys yniphora (EOL Link – no image)

http://eol.org/pages/794291

* 'Crazy' woman saves sea turtles from slaughter

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/05/28/cnnheroes.suzan.lakhan.baptiste/index.html

Dermochelys coriacea

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

Dermochelys coriacea (IUCN Red List Link)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/6494/0

Dermochelys coriacea (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/815711

Everglades swamped with invading pythons

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090528/od_nm/us_everglades_pythons;_ylt=AmBwHA7bgxDK5Rw39xaTnmqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFmaDY5MHJyBHBvcwMyMDYEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9vZGRfbmV3cwRzbGsDZXZlcmdsYWRlc3N3

Pythonidae

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

Toothy sharks once ruled Tuscany

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30987630/


Non-toxic Hull Coating Resists Barnacles, May Save Ship Owners Millions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528110623.htm

Cirripedia

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

Honey Bee Colony Losses In U.S. Almost 30 Percent From All Causes From September 2008 To April 2009

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090522180642.htm


Waxy Plant Substance Key For Absorption Of Water, Nutrients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090522154506.htm

Suberin

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

Discoveries Upend Traditional Thinking About How Plants Make Certain Compounds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526094249.htm

Unexpected Bacterial Diversity On Human Skin

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528142821.htm

New killer virus found in Africa

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30989694/

Lujo virus

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


Virtual Reconstruction Of A Neanderthal Woman’s Birth Canal Reveals Insights Into Evolution Of Human Child Birth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528133423.htm

Homo neandethalensis

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

Study: Climate change kills 300,000 a year

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30998907/

Lessons From The Past: Research Examines How Past Communities Coped With Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527103528.htm

Climate change

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


Antibiotic Multi-resistance: Why Bacteria Are So Effective

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527170308.htm

Carbon capture technology tested

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8072583.stm

Aker Clean Carbon

http://www.akercleancarbon.com/index.cfm

Ancient Mudstones Could Provide Alternative Source Of Energy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527110137.htm

Mudstone

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

Obama moves to curb road-building in forests

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090529/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_roadless_forests;_ylt=AvTmbw5.dA7uNp__kF5jGoCs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlNjlocG03BHBvcwMxMjEEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNvYmFtYW1vdmVzdG8-

Balaenoptera Return and DNA Damage Seen in Pollution Cases and More for Monday, May 18, 2009

* Phalacrocorax carbo image licensed under Creative Commons by kaibara87

Nations urge WHO to change pandemic assessment

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/05/18/health-swine-flu-who-meeting-pandemic-severity-virus-spread-deadly.html


Artificial Simulator Of The Nervous System Created For Research Into Diseases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090513091615.htm

EDLUT

http://code.google.com/p/edlut/

New System For Personalized Cancer Treatment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090517081157.htm

Particulates May Damage DNA In Just Three Days

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090517143218.htm

Engineered antibodies fight AIDS virus in monkeys

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54g20c-us-aids-vaccine/

Menstruation genes discovered

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8046457.stm

Jump in swine flu cases in Japan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8054881.stm

Painkiller Patch Can Lead To Addiction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090515083820.htm

Change in cigarettes more dangerous to lungs?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30804744/

Biological Diversity: Islands Beat Mainland Nine To One

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511180651.htm

Blue whales returning to former Alaska waters

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090518/ap_on_sc/us_blue_whales;_ylt=AqtFLJpssb7eU7kVZBEwx_MPLBIF

Balaenoptera musculus

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

Dolphins seen trying to kill calf

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8048000/8048288.stm

Sotalia fluviatilis

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

Baby elephant's birth webcast live

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8054575.stm

Enriched Environment Improves Wound Healing In Rats

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512202736.htm

* Flourishing eagles feast on Maine's rare seabirds

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090517/ap_on_sc/us_predator_eagles;_ylt=Ao0lrUWQLYA16kNZaC6VnvAPLBIF

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

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

Phalacrocorax carbo

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

World's Largest Leatherback Turtle Population

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090517212653.htm

Dermochelys coriacea

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

Golden Rice An Effective Source Of Vitamin A

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090513121102.htm

Golden Rice

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

Vitamin A

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



New Red Alga Discovered In Mediterranean Sea

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090513091515.htm

Leptofauchea coralligena

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a908652311~db=all~jumptype=rss

Woman finds seahorse in garden

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8053275.stm

The Asexual Mycocepurus smithii and the Return of Balaenoptera musculus and More for Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Balaenoptera musculus image licensed under Creative Commons by mikebaird

Rare blue whales returning to B.C. coast, study suggests

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/15/tech-090415-blue-whales.html

Balaenoptera musculus

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

Three Neanderthal Sub-groups Confirmed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415075150.htm

Homo neanderthalensis

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

Experts identify compound that may fight bird flu

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53e258-us-birdflu-drug/

Compound identified that may fight bird flu

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30226134/

Vaccine Developed For E. Coli Diarrheal Diseases That Kill Millions Of Children

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090414172915.htm

Enterotoxigenic E. Coli

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

Salmonella vaccine may be result of space trip

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30216674/

New prostate cancer vaccine shows promise

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30212269/

How PCBs May Alter In Utero, Neonatal Brain Development

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090413204546.htm

Stem Cells Jumpstart Bone's Healing Process

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090414102534.htm

Smart Material Technology Adapted To The Repair Of Skeletal Malformations Succeeds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415074843.htm

Alzheimer Cell Death In Zebrafish: Demise Of Neurons Observed Live For The First Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090413180542.htm

Study: Link Between Diabetes And Dementia

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/14/eveningnews/main4945476.shtml

Protest as Japan whaling factory ship returns to port

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090414/sc_afp/japanwhalingenvironmentgreenpeace;_ylt=AnkFMv6UiPFCKksNeLGCOA8PLBIF

'First camel clone' born in Dubai

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7998505.stm

Camelus dromedarius

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

Australia targets killer crocodiles

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30220554/

Crocodylidae

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

African lark soon to be extinct

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8000199.stm

Heteromirafra sidamoensis

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

Bumper brood World's rarest parrot is now not quite so rare

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7999568.stm

Strigops habroptilus

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

Owls' Dawn And Dusk Concerts Promote Visual Communication

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090407223638.htm

Bubo bubo

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

Birds: Feather Color Is More Than Skin Deep

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415074854.htm

Loxia curvirostra

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

Endangered turtles race to save their future

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/04/14/turtle.race/index.html

Dermochelys coriacea

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

Man bites snake - the only way to survive epic Kenya struggle

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7999909.stm

Pythonidae

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

Born To Be Caught: Largemouth Bass Vulnerability To Being Caught By Anglers Is A Heritable Trait

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090414153532.htm

Micropterus salmoides

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large-mouth_bass

Micropterus salmoides

http://fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=3385&genusname=Micropterus&speciesname=salmoides

French fishermen block 3 ports on English Channel in quota protest

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/04/15/english-channel-fishing-quota-protest-blockade.html

Cure For Honey Bee Colony Collapse?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090414084627.htm

Nosema ceranae

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

Ants inhabit 'world without sex'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7998931.stm

Mycocepurus smithii

http://myrmecos.net/myrmicinae/MycSmi8.html

Digital Archeology Reveals Dinosaur Details

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090415/sc_livescience/digitalarcheologyrevealsdinosaurdetails;_ylt=AjtVFO0Y_3vuGhVRFDRX5xIPLBIF

Field Stations Foster Serendipitous Discoveries In Environmental, Biological Sciences

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090408170728.htm

Changing Climate May Lead To Devastating Loss Of Phosphorus From Soil

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415074852.htm

Phosphorus

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

Global Warming: Heat Could Kill Drought-stressed Trees Fast

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090413180535.htm

Reserves Found To Be 'Effective Tool' For Reducing Fires In Brazilian Rainforests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090407223636.htm

Arctic Ice Could Be Saved With Emission Cuts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090414120457.htm

Garden Of Eden Battling Severe Drought

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/15/tech/main4946357.shtml

When Oceans Get Warmer, Carbon Dioxide Uptake By Marine Plankton May Be Reduced

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090408074403.htm

Midwestern Ethanol Industrial Processes Use Much Less Water Than That Used In Western Plants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415075051.htm

Michigan farmer shocked by five-lamb birth

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/090414/K041406AU.html


Where You Live May Affect Your State Of Mind

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090414084220.htm

Junk Food Makes Kids Fatter, But Happier, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090414085325.htm

Inbreeding Was Major Cause Of Fall Of The Spanish Habsburg Dynasty

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415075148.htm

Inbreeding

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

Hapsburg Spain

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

Paleontologist pleads guilty to stealing bones

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30216545/

Attention shoppers: beware of false eco-claims

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/04/15/greenwashing.html

Greenwashing

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

TerraChoice Link

http://www.terrachoice.com/

Whale Monitoring Ends and Rabies Death Reduction? and More for Monday, March 16, 2009

Monitoring of rare whales near NY harbor ends

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090315/ap_on_sc/whale_watch_ny;_ylt=AkSAp.uq0yI2y2coYJnZChKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlMWxidTM0BHBvcwMxMDcEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNtb25pdG9yaW5nb2Y-

Eubalaena

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

Elephant born at San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090314/ap_on_re_us/baby_elephant;_ylt=Ah4_R3hEUgHp0JD1b2zs9I8PLBIF

Loxodonta

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

Leatherback Turtle Threatened By Plastic Garbage In Ocean

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090315224258.htm

Dermochelys coriacea

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

Female Birds 'Jam' Their Mates' Flirtatious Songs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312134637.htm

China's Gobi Desert source of rare dinosaur find

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/16/ostrich-dinosaur.html

Teen Dinosaurs Got into Trouble

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090316/sc_livescience/teendinosaursgotintotrouble;_ylt=Anh1alnDfBrkcabuv9BEdbEPLBIF

Aphids Borrowed Bacterial Genes To Play Host

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309205327.htm

Buchnera aphidicola

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

Mechanism Discovered For Wind Detection In Fruit Flies' Antennae

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312140858.htm

Optimistic Worms Are Ready For Rapid Recovery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309162119.htm

Caenorhabditis elegans

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

Coral reefs to 'disappear'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7945138.stm

Biofilms: Even Stickier Than Suspected

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312150731.htm

Biofilm

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

First Discovery Of 'Animals-only' Pigment Bilirubin In Plants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316093001.htm

Bilirubin

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

Simple Filter Delivers Clean, Safe Drinking Water, Potentially To Millions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309211938.htm

Northeast US to suffer most from future sea rise

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090315/ap_on_re_us/sci_northeast_sea_rise;_ylt=AtkQEe3dDiUEOZfG5mu4i4.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlcTNpc2ljBHBvcwMxMDgEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNub3J0aGVhc3R1c3Q-

Ninth Warmest February For Globe, NOAA

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090315092035.htm

The Agulhas Current, In The Southern Hemisphere, May Influence Climate In Europe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310122430.htm

Agulhas Current

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

Rabies Deaths From Dog Bites Could Be Eliminated Globally

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312150738.htm

Rabies

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

Anger And Hostility Harmful To Men's Hearts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309191505.htm

Alcohol, Nicotine, Cocaine Addiction Genes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310142912.htm

Single Question Can Identify Unhealthy Alcohol Use In Patients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311111011.htm

Seaweed And Fireflies Brew May Guide Stem Cell Treatment For Peripheral Artery Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310100709.htm

Peripheral vascular disease

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

Stem cell payoff could take decades not days

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29719086/

Vegetarians 'get fewer cancers'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7942479.stm

Kiwifruit: Curious Chromosomes Of A Curious Fruit

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309205325.htm

Actinidia deliciosa

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

New U.S. food-label rules likely to affect Canadian cattle producers

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/03/16/label.html

Consumers To Find More Info On Meat Labels

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/16/health/main4867991.shtml

Black Sea Pollution Could Be Harnessed As Renewable Future Energy Source

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316075849.htm

Did Hospital Kill Teen For His Organs?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/16/earlyshow/health/main4868744.shtml

Human remains found after crocodile attack

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29718278/

For Saturday, November 1, 2008

Dermochelys coriacea image licensed under Creative Commons by Paul Mannix

Soft Rubber Harness Enables Researchers To Study Leatherback Turtles In Captivity For Years

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027204545.htm

Giant bat makes comeback in Tanzania

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre49u09q-us-bats/

Pteropus voeltzkowi

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

Sea Urchin Yields Key Secret Of Biomineralization

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027174634.htm

Over-use Of Organic Fertilizers In Agriculture Could Poison Soils, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081030194236.htm

By Imaging Live Cells, Researchers Show How Hepatitis C Replicates

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081030202732.htm