Namibia To Club Seals & More for Monday, July 6, 2009

Ambystoma mexicanum image licensed under Creative Commons by LPEstrela

G8 leaders to set emissions goals

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8135261.stm

G8

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G8

Frozen Carbon In Arctic Could Worsen Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090630132005.htm

Arctic

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

Many Antarctic Species Ill Prepared To Cope With Warmer Ocean

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090630074951.htm

$1B needed to fight swine flu: UN

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/06/swine-flu-un.html

Climate change may spur chronic hunger, Oxfam says

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/06/oxfam-g8-hunger265.html

Oxfam

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


Echolocation In Humans Developed To Aid Blind

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090630075445.htm

Echolocation

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

Vitamin D Deficiency Is Widespread And On The Increase

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090630143523.htm

Vitamin D

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

Hypovitaminosis D

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

Potential New Drugs: 970 Million And Still Counting

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090629124912.htm

Prescription drug abuse ravages state's youth

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31707246/ns/health-addictions/


Do tiger farms earn their stripes?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8124176.stm

Panthera tigris

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

Panthera tigris (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/328674

Panthera tigris (IUCN Red List Link – Endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/15955/0

iReport.com: Rin-Tin-Tin's grave found in France

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-292504

Rin-Tin-Tin

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

Namibian seal hunt to go on, 90,000 to be clubbed

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090706/ap_on_re_af/af_namibia_seal_hunt;_ylt=ApMTbdYgvD.FMM3R8WooJ5YPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJwbm5vazZwBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzA2L2FmX25hbWliaWFfc2VhbF9odW50BHBvcwM5BHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDbmFtaWJpYW5zZWFs

Namibia

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

Caffeine Reverses Memory Impairment In Mice With Alzheimer's Symptoms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090705215237.htm

Caffeine

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

Alzheimer’s

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alzheimer%E2%80%99s

Challenge of Living With Celiac Disease

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WellnessNews/story?id=7988436&page=1

Coeliac disease

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


Battle Of The Sexes Benefits Offspring, Says Research In Birds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090706090604.htm


Regenerated legs no big trick for salamanders

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5606a6-us-salamanders-limbs/

Ambystoma mexicanum

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

Ambystoma mexicanum (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1019571

Ambystoma mexicanum (IUCN Red List Link – Critically Endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/1095/0



Spider builds life-sized decoys

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8135000/8135844.stm

Cyclosa mulmeinensis (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1194961

Melons Sweetened With DNA Sequence

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090626190939.htm

Melon

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

Nut growers look to space for support, guidance

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31761162/ns/technology_and_science-space/

Uncle Sam to pond scum: I want you!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31750260/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/

Algae

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

Mammuthus News and More for Thursday, June 4, 2009

The One and Only Stuffed Mammoth in the World image licensed under Creative Commons by Tanapon

'Gay penguins' rear adopted chick

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8081829.stm

Dinosaur skulls sold at auction

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8078827.stm

Changing Climate To Strengthen 'Super Weed'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090603131439.htm

Phragmites australis

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

Phragmites australis (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/1114576

Mammoths roasted in prehistoric barbecue pit

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31085915/

Mammoth skeleton unearthed in Serbia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31102411/

Mammuthus

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

Shrimp crisis hits rural Newfoundland towns

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/06/04/shrimp-crisis-604.html

Caridea

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

Origin of Antarctic ice revealed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8079767.stm

Alcohol And Smoking Are Key Causes For Bowel Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090602082838.htm

EPA: CO2 is Hazardous/Dangerous and Will Rising Seas Swallow Up the Islands? and More for Sunday, April 19, 2009

Charles Darwin image licensed under Creative Commons by celerrimus

Energy secretary: Islands could disappear

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090419/ap_on_sc/cb_obama_summit_energy;_ylt=ApqERs2mBlXWy0Hw9IikeJus0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlbWRtN2hoBHBvcwMxMDkEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNlbmVyZ3lzZWNyZXQ-

EPA: Greenhouse Gases Threaten Public Health

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090417183528.htm

EPA: Greenhouse gases pose health hazard

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/04/17/greenhouse.gas.hazard.epa/index.html

Obama to regulate 'pollutant' CO2

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8004975.stm


Carbon dioxide

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

Global Warming 'Fixes' Can Suck Up Water

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=7371405&page=1

No-gas cars soon to hit market

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2009/04/18/levs.green.cars.cnn

3 patients HIV-positive after VA clinic mistakes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30269569/

Factories dumping drugs into sewage

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30267705/

King: Waterman finds Chesapeake Bay 'dying daily'

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/17/king.sotu.chesapeake/index.html

Chesapeake Bay

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

Desert clash in West over solar potential, water

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090419/ap_on_re_us/water_for_solar;_ylt=AoHmqTJrLt.IwuGFQJ.XHY6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlNGIzM3N1BHBvcwMxMDYEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNkZXNlcnRjbGFzaGk-

NYT: A possibly deadly route to beauty

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30267013/

Silicone embolism

Silicone embolism syndrome

http://www.chestjournal.org/content/127/6/2276.abstract

Embryos From IVF OKd for Research Dollars

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=7363394

'Green Nobel' for forest champion

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8000936.stm


Goldman Environmental Prize

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


Reports expose holes in Canada's food safety system

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/17/listeriosis-ont.html

Food-borne bacteria cause illness in 1 in 6 annually: T.O. health report

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/17/foodborne-illness-toronto.html

New fund promises low-cost malaria treatment

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090418/ap_on_re_eu/eu_norway_malaria;_ylt=AiZbU48UdmN_HdWkYijn5oqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkY2VlbmphBHBvcwMxNDIEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA25ld2Z1bmRwcm9taQ--

Medical Micro-robots Made As Small As Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090418085333.htm

Spanish wind farms' record month

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8006668.stm

Key role of forests 'may be lost'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8004517.stm

New limits to Antarctic tourism

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8005467.stm

Antarctic Treaty

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

Ocean Dead Zones Likely To Worsen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090417161506.htm

Dead Zone

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_zone_(ecology)

Bonobos rate food on scale from bark to grunt

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30266532/

Pan paniscus

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

China to build new panda breeding center

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090419/ap_on_re_as/as_china_pandas;_ylt=Aq5_PaP57BfbiCw5sTvcUVEPLBIF

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

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

Peek into kangaroo's pouch shows 2 tiny joeys

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30263612/

Dendrolagus matschiei

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matschie%27s_tree_kangaroo

Flying Mouse-traps Clean Up Fields

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090418085935.htm

$14 million effort aims to save rare Hawaiian bird

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30270793/

‘Alala (Corvus hawaiiensis)

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

Alligators Hint At Dinosaur Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090417083957.htm

Alligator

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

Dinosauria

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

Researchers Fire The Starting Gun For The Great Turtle Race

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090418081508.htm

Dermochelys coriacea

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

Rally against shark fin trade opens in Singapore

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090418/wl_asia_afp/singaporeanimalenvironmentsharkfood;_ylt=Aplil41kS11k6kEAIXxkAeQPLBIF

From Fish To Landlubber: Earlier Transition?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090417144848.htm

Scorpion Biodiversity In 'Evolution Canyon'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090409185415.htm

Scorpiones

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


Neurons That Control Sociability In Worms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090416193308.htm

The Life That Escaped Darwin’s Notice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090418084432.htm

For Tuesday, January 10, 2009

Global Warming Threatens Antarctic Sea Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205083301.htm

Australian wildlife devastated by fires, say carers

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090210/sc_afp/australiaweatherfireanimals;_ylt=AkFigB1D3ME_Lq.Gw7llccQPLBIF

Mother Whales Teach Babies Where To Eat: Can Southern Right Whales Adapt If Food Becomes Scarce?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209075718.htm

Mystery over stranded Philippine whales

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7880762.stm

Peponocephala electra

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melon-headed_whale

'Arctic unicorns' in spectacular display

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7869257.stm

Monodon monoceros

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

Island firm hopes to hit market 1st with GMO salmon

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2009/02/10/pe-aquabounty-salmon.html

Antarctic Worm Makes Its Own Antifreeze

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209205321.htm

Inbreeding Insects Cast Light On Longer Female Lifespans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205214410.htm

What's Killing The Coral Reefs?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204174314.htm

New Species Of Prehistoric Creatures Discovered In Isle Of Wight Mud

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209075822.htm

Biologists Find Gene Network That Gave Rise To First Tooth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209205101.htm

Rot's Unique Wood Degrading Machinery To Be Harnessed For Better Biofuels Production

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205154035.htm

Natural, Alternative Insect Repellent As Effective As DEET, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205154033.htm

Smokers may quit for pets’ health

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29108728/

Can our natural rhythm heal us?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7872043.stm?lss

FBI raids Ga. plant in salmonella scare

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29111738/

Peanut company in salmonella probe shuts second plant

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1028370

How Could It Happen? Salmonella Timeline

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=6837291&page=1

US relies on states for food safety inspections

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090210/ap_on_go_ot/food_safety_inspections;_ylt=Am9wWYPYYu7JaW9yR19RX4Os0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlZGIybjAzBHBvcwM3NARzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3BvbGl0aWNzBHNsawN1c3JlbGllc29uc3Q-

Georgia Senate panel weighs food safety bill

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29104224/

Cell Phones & Hospitals: Dial 'H' for Harm?

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Health/story?id=6840749&page=1

Treating MS Symptoms With Stem Cells

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/10/earlyshow/health/main4789551.shtml

Fertility Doc Faces Scrutiny

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/10/earlyshow/health/main4789638.shtml


Arthritis therapies 'ineffective'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7875192.stm

Watch the humidity, flu likes it dry

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29106092/

For Friday, December 19, 2008

Dinosaur (nest) exhibit licensed under Creative Commons by Caitlyn Willows

Origin Of Life On Earth: Simple Fusion To Jump-start Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218213634.htm

Fossils show some dinosaur fathers incubated, guarded eggs

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1004537

Dinosaur baby boom hit Cretaceous Korea

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28299120/


Polygamy, Paternal Care In Birds Linked To Dinosaur Ancestors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218141734.htm

EU agrees deal on fishing quotas

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7792088.stm

Botany: Nature's Shut-off Switch For Cellulose Production Found

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217190427.htm

Reforestation Helped Start Little Ice Age

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218094551.htm

Heat Waves And Crop Losses Predicted For California

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081215091019.htm

Awe-Inspiring Antarctica, Up Close

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/JustOneThing/popup?id=6456191

Sandwiches 'caused fainting fits'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7789392.stm

Woman has 18th baby

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1004511

A sneeze may be a tell-tale sign of sexual arousal for a select few

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7792102.stm

Safety probe of plastics chemicals urged

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bh4wk-us-plastic-usa/

Census: More than 54 million disabled in U.S.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28311124/

For Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Sea squirt image licensed under Creative Commons by uw-eric

Cholera outbreak in Philippines kills 21

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26052912/

Vibrio cholerae

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

Arctic park faces melting crisis

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7538341.stm


Duck-billed Dinosaurs Outgrew Predators

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080805192720.htm

Antarctic Fossils Show Much Warmer Continent

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080805124052.htm


Little squirts
"Watery workshop to raise sea squirts awareness" - BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7544157.stm

Urochordata

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

Athletes aided by mollusc testing

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7543162.stm


At Doggyspace, social networking goes to the dogs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_on_re_us/doggyspace;_ylt=Aj1LOK0pWx9_SfOBVcMCoxWs0NUE

Doggyspace

http://www.doggyspace.com/

Scientists: Salt in Mars soil not bad for life

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_on_sc/phoenix_mars;_ylt=AoxLPNIANC52l2ni3CQIhVKs0NUE

Scientists puzzle over chemical found on Mars

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/08/05/mars.soil/index.html

Scientists: Martian soil similar to Chile's desert

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26043028/


Wily sea lion slips aboard family's Wash. sailboat

111-year-old reptile finally becoming a father

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_on_fe_st/odd_old_reptile_fatherhood;_ylt=AhnvYtO5hk3rC2OAJ2RVtqLtiBIF

Fido's not just yawning -- he's empathising


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080805/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_italy_beach_church;_ylt=AmkJc9jNQLT6t62mkbg5zvDtiBIF

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