For Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Fossil insect image licensed under Creative Commons by Jairus.

Exotic spiders crawl into the UK

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7573530.stm

UK's 'most venomous' spider

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7663272.stm

Steatoda nobilis

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

Closure call for tuna 'disgrace'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7669167.stm

Whale deal falls at last minute

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7668526.stm

Forest plan may 'fuel corruption'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7669215.stm

Bat sightings point to recovery

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7664156.stm

Call for ban on primates as pets

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7663939.stm

Despite 'Peacenik' Reputation, Bonobos Hunt And Eat Other Primates, Too

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013124416.htm

Genome Of A Monkey-human Malaria Parasite

http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/plants_animals/

Plasmodium knowlesi

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

World's Oldest Human Footprints Confirmed

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=6025342&page=1

Minimal Composting Of Beef Cattle Manure Greatly Reduces Antibiotic Levels

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013200632.htm

Virus As Nano-building Block: Extreme Nature Helps Scientists Design Nano Materials

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081014092722.htm

Taking stock Is the action plan to save Earth's frogs working?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7667246.stm

New Gene Helps Plants Beat The Heat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081006180803.htm

World's Oldest Fossil Impression Of Flying Insect Discovered: Found In Suburban Strip Mall

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081014134015.htm

Climate Change: Pushing Species To The Brink

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013142545.htm

Drinking Alcohol Associated With Smaller Brain Volume

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013171421.htm

How 'Sandfish' Swim: Could Help Materials Handling And Process Technology Specialists

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081003122547.htm

Scincus scincus

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

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081014134015.htm

For Friday, August 15, 2008

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7562720.stm

Bats face dark times ahead


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7560833.stm

Species 'damaging waterways'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7559266.stm

Climate 'altering UK bird habits'


Rat-brain robot in memory study

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7559150.stm

Birds released in secret location

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7559305.stm

Water's the limit for tall trees

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7556065.stm

Pseudotsuga

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


Study Shows Continued Spread Of 'Dead Zones'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080814154325.htm


How Flesh-eating Bacteria Attack Immune System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080813120743.htm

Major Genetic Cause Of Colon Cancer Found, Linked To Unequal Gene Activity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080814154337.htm

Hybrid 'Muttsucker' Has Genes Of Three Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080723190731.htm

Turning Waste Material Into Ethanol

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080813164640.htm

Big-brained Animals Evolve Faster

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080814210006.htm

'Flu Vaccination' Protects Bacteria Against Virus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080814163649.htm

Managing the Conch Fishery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080812135511.htm

Strombidae

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

Trees, Forests And The Eiffel Tower Reveal Theory Of Design In Nature

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080814104839.htm


Scientists 'listen' to plants to find pollution

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26200052/

Octopuses have six 'arms' and two 'legs'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26197656/


Is that a Bigfoot carcass in the freezer?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/14/bigfoot.body/index.html

Hunters claim to have nabbed Bigfoot, Internet goes nuts

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080814/tc_cnet/83011357731001710236;_ylt=AgQtDB_qZivG_JVwAsfVE5ms0NUE

Scientists worried about tiny invasive snail found in Michigan

http://www.yahoo.com/s/935574

Potamopyrgus antipodarum

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

King penguin receives Norwegian knighthood

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080815/ap_on_fe_st/odd_penguin_knighted;_ylt=Am.CGkhBK80hxcVucrXNnj6s0NUE

For Sunday, July 13, 2008

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080713/ap_on_re_au_an/australia_waiting_for_rain;_ylt=AplkE7DpMS3b129QjNynW6us0NUE

Food crisis: Drought hurts vital Australian wheat - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080712/ap_on_re_as/asia_arsenic_threat;_ylt=Aoz9gKP4BeeonbObyQ66IQas0NUE

Study finds arsenic threats in SE Asia - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080712/ap_on_re_us/endangered_refuge;_ylt=Avdpuf7jpvKMNr8osdg178wPLBIF

Report: 2nd oldest US wildlife refuge in jeopardy - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7496036.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Snared in a homemade 'NitroNet'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080712150148.htm

Over 100 Species Of Bats Found Within Several Acres Of Rainforest In Ecuador

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080712143457.htm

Scientists Test Method For Sanitizing Leafy Produce


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25613611/

Superfast muscles power songbird singing - LiveScience- msnbc.com

For Friday, June 27, 2008

North Pole photo licensed under Creative Commons by 9.81 meters per second squared

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080627/sc_livescience/northpolecouldbeicefreethissummer;_ylt=AmGqBYn9_lcd5MHUyXj864us0NUE

North Pole Could be Ice-Free This Summer - Yahoo! News

http://www.livescience.com/environment/080626-north-pole.html

North Pole Could be Ice-Free This Summer

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080627/ap_on_fe_st/odd_horse_commute;_ylt=Av91h6SA3Df_H_op9qD7WAis0NUE

Wash. dentist's staff saddles up to beat gas costs - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080626/sc_nm/birds_evolution_dc;_ylt=AuAPB7Ixg1QFqU2pnfjnBX4PLBIF

New bird family tree reveals some odd ducks - Yahoo! News

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25395007/

10 things you didn’t know about birds - LiveScience- msnbc.com

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080626141117.htm

Huge Genome-scale Phylogenetic Study Of Birds Rewrites Evolutionary Tree-of-life

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7470859.stm

BBC NEWS UK Scotland Highlands and Islands Bees seeking 'sugary' garden pest

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080623175401.htm

Database Shows Effects Of Acid Rain On Microorganisms In Adirondack Lakes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080624145103.htm

Genomics Of Large Marine Animals Showcased

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080626142526.htm

What It's Like To Be A Bat: Vocal Sonar Does More Than Locate Objects; It Cues Memory And Assists Flight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080626075537.htm

How To Build A Plant: Plant Architecture From The Genomics Toolbox

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080625091640.htm

Breakthrough In Plant Medicine Production

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

Glycosylation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25395515/

Scientists take a swat at mosquitoes - LiveScience- msnbc.com

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

Aedes aegypti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25410938/

Museum confirms discovery of rare fossil - Science- msnbc.com

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

Stromatolite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25396517/

Early life survived huge cosmic impact - Space.com- msnbc.com

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/east_coast_asteroid_010320.html

SPACE.com -- Huge East Coast Impact Crater Leaves Legacy of Water Woes

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/06/27/floods/index.html

Muskrats weaken, bust Mississippi River levee

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

Ondatra zibethicus

http://www.ktvu.com/news/16722523/detail.html

SF Zoo Denies Report That Tiger In Fatal Attack Was Underfed - News Story - KTVU San Francisco

For Friday, May 2, 2008

King Penguin photo licensed under Creative Commons by Yukon White Light

Today we explore: a fur seal that seems to prefer sex with a King Penguin (!) - pictured at right - , elephant killings in the Congo, Martian life and fossils, a project to DNA Barcode trees, the rediscovery of the cloud rat, a rare parasitic plant from Mexico, the endangered Asian vulture, how spiders communicate sexual intent through UVB rays, a very nasty and dangerous germ (Clostridium difficile - you don't want this thing), Paranthropus bosei, parachuting dogs, the death of Ling Ling, the mysterious die-off of hundreds of Mallards, the mortality of caribou calves, a carcinogen in human milk, and how the Sun might actually create extinctions through its movement and interaction with comets. Please browse on, click and enjoy. We've also added a new link list: Floralinks. Also added today (finally): Dodolinks. Our newest links are listed on the top right hand side of the page.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080502/ap_on_sc/tree_dna;_ylt=Ao5znBchb6gplxar_4xdJRqs0NUE

Scientists to capture DNA of trees worldwide for database - Yahoo! News





http://www.livescience.com/animals/080501-cloud-rat.html

Cloud Rat Rediscovered after 112 Years LiveScience

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

Carpomys melanurus

Carpomys melanurus (Zipcode zoo)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080430/sc_afp/scienceanimalsbirdsoffbeat;_ylt=AuKuByVOGPEsPcoRROOnM24PLBIF

Where am I? Chemical compass helps bird brains - Yahoo! News

http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/category/colossal-squid/

Colossal squid « Te Papa’s Blog

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080501-am-mars-life-iron.html

SPACE.com -- What Mars Fossils Might Look Like








http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080501/ap_on_sc/rare_plant;_ylt=AqV_hdQXuQnB8EZv77U0DvMPLBIF

Scientist rediscovers rare plant unseen since 1985 - Yahoo! News

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

Conopholis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7379554.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature 'Sex pest' seal attacks penguin

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

Arctocephalus gazella

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

Aptenodytes patagonicus



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7378196.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Study sheds light on spider sex

http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/P/Phintella_vittata.asp

Phintella vittata (No common name)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7379775.stm

BBC NEWS World Africa Fears over Congo elephant killing

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7373381.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature 'Decade to save Asian vultures'

http://www.wwfpak.org/sc_vulture.php

Oriental White-backed Vulture (Gyps benegalensis) and Long-billed Vulture (Gyps indicus)




http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24407803/

A bad germ gets worse - Health care- msnbc.com

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

Clostridium difficile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia




http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24388112/

Nutcracker Man strangely preferred fruits - LiveScience- msnbc.com

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

Paranthropus boisei - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24386579/

Bats can put on the loudest rock concert — ever - LiveScience- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24405578/

Parachuting dog helped win WWII - LiveScience- msnbc.com



http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24386784/

Ling Ling, Japan's oldest giant panda, dies - Science- msnbc.com

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

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/05/01/canada.ducks.ap/index.html

Canada probes deaths of hundreds of ducks - CNN.com

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

Anas platyrhynchos



http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080501180253.htm

Global Warming Linked To Caribou-calf Mortality

http://zipcodezoo.com/animals/r/rangifer_tarandus_tarandus.asp

Rangifer tarandus tarandus (Caribou, Eurasian Tundra Reindeer)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080428203702.htm

Life-Probing Instrument Preparing For Mission To Mars

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/images/pia09174.html

NASA - Urey: Mars Organic and Oxidant Detector

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080502092145.htm

Sun's Movement Through Milky Way Regularly Sends Comets Hurtling, Coinciding With Mass Life Extinctions

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

Sol