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Thursday, August 06, 2009

8K Mile Journey of the Limosa & More for Thursday, August 6, 2009


Limosa lapponica image licensed under Creative Commons by Dave Hamster

Scientists In Northern Alaska Spot A Shorebird Tagged 8,000 Miles Away

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090804215021.htm

Limosa lapponica

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

Limosa lapponica (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1049548


DNA computer 'answers questions'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8184033.stm

DNA Computer

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

'Slaughter' fears

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8186773.stm

Loxodonta

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

Loxodonta africana

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

Loxodonta cyclotis

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

Loxodonta Africana (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/289808

Loxodonta cyclotis (EOL Link) [IUCN Red List Not Evaluated]

http://www.eol.org/pages/289547

Loxodonta Africana (IUCN Red List – Near Threatened)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/12392/0

Koala that inspired Australia after bush fires dies during operation

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8186991.stm

Sam the Koala

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

Gunshot riddle as beaver vanishes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8187394.stm

Castor fiber

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

Castor fiber (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1036116

Grey squirrel threat to Highlands

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/8185953.stm

Sciurus carolinensis

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

Sciurus carolinensis (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/347685

Crows Can Use Three Tools In Sequence

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090805144114.htm

Corvus brachyrhynchos

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

Corvus brachyrhynchos (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1177464

Venomous Sea Snakes Play Heads Or Tails

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090805201539.htm

Laticauda colubrina

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

Laticauda colubrine (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/963373

Bringing Fish From Ocean Floor: Carefully Released Rockfish Can Survive Barotrauma

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090727203302.htm

Sebastes

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

Barotrauma

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

Marine Pest Species Costing Billions In Damage To Fisheries, Coastal Communities And Infrastructure Are Spreading

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090726092331.htm






Friday, May 29, 2009

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














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-

Friday, April 03, 2009

Rocket Chemical in Baby Formula and Cattle Rustling? and More for Friday, April 3, 2009

Endangered whales on the rebound?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/04/03/right.whale.rebound/index.html

Eubalaena glacialis

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

Study: False killer whales declining off Hawaii

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090403/ap_on_sc/false_killer_whales;_ylt=AscEHKeENONOmEBzBguApTas0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlbWp1YWlxBHBvcwMxMDYEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNzdHVkeWZhbHNla2k-

Pseudorca crassidens

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

Judge sides with environmentalists in wolf case

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090403/ap_on_sc/endangered_wolf;_ylt=AmJEt6.z.hFbwaFmM8AsXE2s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlbnVrbG84BHBvcwMxMDcEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNqdWRnZXNpZGVzd2k-

Canis lupus baileyi

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

Modern cattle rustlers update Wild West ways

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29979871/

Cattle Rustling

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

Plants and animals crowd the equator

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30013410/

Call of duty: Nova Scotia MPs guide beaver to Ottawa River

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2009/04/03/ns-eyking-beaver.html

Castor

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

Ottawa River

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

Counting species on the riverbank

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7980423.stm

No Sponge In Human Family Tree

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090402124316.htm

Porifera

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sponge_(animal)

Bees brains morph to avoid mid-life crisis, study finds

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090403/sc_livescience/beesbrainsmorphtoavoidmidlifecrisis;_ylt=AvEAp2w6oPByEckTlDdlaCWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNmOGV1anU5BGFzc2V0A2xpdmVzY2llbmNlLzIwMDkwNDAzL2JlZXNicmFpbnNtb3JwaHRvYXZvaWRtaWRsaWZlY3Jpc2lzBGNwb3MDMTAEcG9zAzE5B

Turning Back The Clock To Save The Bramley Apple

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324081617.htm

Malus domestica 'Bramley's Seedling'
N.J. warns 3,000 to get tested for hepatitis B

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30014025/

NY county ban on baby bottle chemical is official

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090402/ap_on_re_us/baby_bottle_ban;_ylt=Av4Ho4dlPLGXc4FbEXVoJIqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkYzZobDg5BHBvcwMxNDIEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA255Y291bnR5YmFubw--

FDA eyes N.Y. firm in pistachio recall probe

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30014823/

Scientists prove human heart can regenerate cells

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53166p-us-heart-cells/

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53166p-us-heart-cells/

Healing Heart Attack Victims, One Cell At A Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090402163721.htm

Light-activated 'Lock' Can Control Blood Clotting, Drug Delivery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330200607.htm

Omega-3 Kills Cancer Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401200441.htm

Quails Get Super Fit By Simply Eating Omega-3 Diet

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090327072756.htm

Omega-3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega-3

Phasianidae

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

High Prevalence Of Infection With Three Recently Discovered Human Polyomaviruses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090326215052.htm

Polyomavirus

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



Poultry And Diabetics At Risk From Gas Gangrene Bug

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090329205449.htm

Clostridium perfringens

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

Sleep May Help Clear Brain For New Learning

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090402143503.htm

House approves FDA control over tobacco

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30012946/

New Drug To Curb Smoking Shows Positive Results

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331091428.htm

Varenicline

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Metastasis Breakthrough? and The Secret of Life? and More for Wednesday, March 18, 2009


http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090318/sc_livescience/starwarslaserkillsmosquitoes;_ylt=ApTxzGftDdudrA7FQUYHYz6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTMwYjE2bTNwBGFzc2V0A2xpdmVzY2llbmNlLzIwMDkwMzE4L3N0YXJ3YXJzbGFzZXJraWxsc21vc3F1aXRvZXMEcG9zAzE4BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xr




UV Light Cuts Spread Of Tuberculosis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316201505.htm

New Protein Identified In Bacterial Arsenal

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310135317.htm

Ubiquitin

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

Waking Up Dormant HIV

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316120848.htm

Key Sperm-binding Proteins Cloned

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317113816.htm

Cochlear implant surgery safe for seniors

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52g5la-us-cochlear-implant-surgery-safe-seniors/

Shellfish And Inkjet Printers May Hold Key To Faster Healing From Surgeries

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090318085923.htm

Making Wood A Clean, Efficient Energy Source With New Process

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311134802.htm

New government brochure explains climate science
Panthera leo

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

Wolf numbers up again, but expansion slowing

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090317/ap_on_re_us/endangered_wolves;_ylt=AtI_eDbS66bcmT7Q5smzrXis0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlcWFkc3JyBHBvcwMxMDcEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawN3b2xmbnVtYmVyc3U-

Canis lupus

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

Bill would ban nonmedical drug use in U.S. livestock

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52g5ul-us-agriculture-antibiotics-bill/

Petland accused of scheme to sell sick puppies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29742068/

Beavers 'could thrive in England'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7949733.stm

Castor

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

Long, Sexy Tails Not A Drag On Male Birds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312115131.htm

Fife aquarium breeds deadly frogs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7950128.stm

Deep Sea World

http://www.deepseaworld.com/

Phyllobates terribilis

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

Fungus devastates 'chicken' frog

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7948124.stm

Leptodactylus fallax

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

Chytridiomycota

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

Discovery Of Color Perception In Deep-sea Fish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317162844.htm

Callorhinchus milii

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

Cleaning Up Oil Spills Can Kill More Fish Than Spills Themselves

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316101430.htm

Cretaceous Octopus With Ink And Suckers -- The World's Least Likely Fossils?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317111902.htm

Most Diverse Animals Have Widest Size Range

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317200944.htm

Chernobyl 'shows insect decline'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7949314.stm

Chernobyl

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

Rare vine in Hawaii designated endangered species

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090318/ap_on_sc/endangered_plant_species;_ylt=Am5Yu.NxmE0HQ0QAFOZQyT2s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlM2o5aXBzBHBvcwMxMDYEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNyYXJldmluZWluaGE-

Process That Regulates Seed Germination Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311170637.htm

Rock Rose Leaves And Olive And Date Pits Make Up New Anti-pesticide Formula

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312153328.htm

New Microorganisms Discovered In Earth's Stratosphere