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/

For Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Aptenodytes forsteri image licensed under Creative Commons by CD_Photo

Cell Phones Dangerous For Child Pedestrians, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126112429.htm

Top doctor admits she made up the condition 'cello scrotum'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7853564.stm

Evolution: Not Just Due To Natural Selection?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126203207.htm

EU calls for US action on climate

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7856120.stm

UK gets biofuels research centre

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7851344.stm

Dynamical Theory And Novel 4-D Colorimetric Method Reveal Modus Operandi Of Intact Living Brain

Genetics Of Popularity In Social Networks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126173604.htm

Newborn Infants Detect The Beat In Music

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127083540.htm

New Tree Of Life Sets Lower Metazoans Apart

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126203157.htm

Metazoan

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

DR Congo gorilla numbers up 12.5%

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7852953.stm

Iceland sets major whaling quota

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7854705.stm

Australia denies whaling 'deal'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7852649.stm

Iceland raises quota for whale hunts

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090128/ap_on_re_eu/eu_iceland_whaling;_ylt=AnU9OIY0vtRoiAI.S7aE91cPLBIF

Bears, Gazelles And Rats Inspire New Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Treatment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127170708.htm

OCD

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

Emperor penguins face extinction

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7851276.stm

Aptenodytes forsteri

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

Birds Survived Mass Extinction That Wiped Out Dinosaurs Because Of Their Larger Brains

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127165505.htm

Grouse numbers in north falling

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7853393.stm

Tetrao tetrix

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

Seabird’s Ocean Lifestyle Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126162256.htm

Puffinus puffinus

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

White Eyed Birds Diversify Across A Hemispheric Range Faster Than Any Other Bird

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126173719.htm

Zosteropidae

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

Snowy owls swoop southward, delighting birders

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090128/ap_on_re_us/snowy_owls;_ylt=AnLFTtH.QxYgNaAYmWRGe5MPLBIF

Bubo scandiacus

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

Butterflies Across Europe Face Crisis As Climate Change Looms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126102043.htm

Lepidoptera

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

Honey Bees Can Tell The Difference Between Different Numbers At A Glance

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127202103.htm

Gene-engineered Flies Are Pest Solution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126203205.htm

Bacterial Intestinal Infections: Was It The Chicken Salad, Private Well Water, Or The Swim?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126173831.htm

Idaho's Poor in Danger From Fish?

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=6747317

Ancient Wounds Reveal Triceratops Battles

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127202044.htm

Triceratops

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

Scientists zero in on Earth's original animal

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28865038/

Placozoa

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

N. American Comet Impact Theory Disproved

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126173729.htm

Cows find milky way to happiness

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/7854745.stm

For Friday, December 26, 2008 - Updated Saturday, December 27, 2008

Bubo scandiacus image licensed under Creative Commons by smbmeier

Amazon pollution case could cost Chevron

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28352583/

Orangutans learn to trade favours

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7797776.stm

Africa's oldest chimp, a conservation icon, dies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28368980/

Gregoire

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregoire_(chimpanzee)

Wolf captured near tourist part of Great Wall

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081225/od_nm/us_china_wolf_odd;_ylt=AiiPl_86EREPioFv5vUAgHWs0NUE

Quiet Bison Sire More Calves Than Louder Rivals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216131014.htm

Male Rhino, 20, Seeks Mate to Save Species

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6522115

Snowy Owl -- A Marine Species?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210143416.htm

Bubo scandiacus

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

Why some Scottish salmon are leaping for joy this year

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/7797156.stm

Fisheries Catch-22: Captive Breeding Aims To Conserve Biodiversity But Plunders Genetic Diversity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081211081616.htm

Honey Bees On Cocaine Dance More

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081223091308.htm

Modified Plants May Yield More Biofuel

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222163051.htm

Hobbyists try genetic engineering at home

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390773/

DIY Genetics: Revolutionary or Risky?

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/wireStory?id=6527921

Tainted milk trial opens in China

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7799986.stm

Millions of older Americans use risky drug combos

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081224/ap_on_he_me/med_drug_interactions;_ylt=AnpY2opzcw3bEcrrOFfOoAGs0NUE

Too sick to work? Need health care? Take a number

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081223/ap_on_he_me/health_care_gap;_ylt=AkkZ1KxZhnrevUbOOOpuwIOs0NUE

U.S. Medical Trash Saving Lives In Africa

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/24/eveningnews/main4686034.shtml

Speed your metabolism with these fat-burners

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28301841/

Diet appears to alter heart failure risk

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390490/

Another reason to slim your belly

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390722/

Whooping Cough Making a Comeback

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/story?id=6512732&page=1

Bordetella pertussis

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

'Nano' Drugs Kill Skin, Breast Cancer Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081215151147.htm

New Evidence That Humans Make Aspirin's Active Principle -- Salicylic Acid

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222122559.htm

Salicylic acid

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

Unwanted Memories Might Be Erasable

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081223121137.htm

Premature Babies Have Altered Senses Later On

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222100710.htm

How limb pain limits web surfing

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7792671.stm

Water tested where sludge hit homes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390371/

Section Update:

Death Valley works to preserve night sky

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390772/

In U.S., Threat of Rising Sea Levels

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=6531712&page=1

No Quick Or Easy Technological Fix For Climate Change, Researchers Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217190429.htm

Ecosystem Changes In Temperate Lakes Linked To Climate Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216133442.htm

Real-time Gene Monitoring Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216141855.htm

New Anti-cancer Components Of Extra-virgin Olive Oil Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217192815.htm

Coral springs back from tsunami

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7800796.stm

Erratic weather 'harms wildlife'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7800869.stm

More than 200 NI rivers polluted

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7798536.stm

Warmer Temperatures Could Lead To A Boom In Corn Pests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216131024.htm

Huge Chesapeake Bay cleanup falters

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28397801/

Sludge spill estimate now 1 billion gallons

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/26/tennessee.sludge/index.html

Humans And Chimps Register Faces By Using Similar Brain Regions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218122150.htm

Visual Areas Of Brain Light Up For Valuables

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081224215540.htm

'Painful legacy' of heart attack

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7469236.stm

Skipping sleep 'hardens arteries'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7796922.stm

Whole grains offer heart failure protection

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28390490/

Zimbabwe child malnutrition rises

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7800840.stm

UN says Zimbabwe cholera death toll over 1,500

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/12/27/zimbabwe-cholera.html