For Friday, August 14, 2009

Increased Ocean Acidification In Alaska Waters

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090813163158.htm

Climate Change Could Have Negative Effects On Stream And Forest Ecosystems

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090723142116.htm

Treelines Not Advancing As Expected With Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090812202047.htm

Powerful anti-cancer drug unveiled

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8201376.stm

Salinomycin

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

Antarctic glacier 'thinning fast'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8200680.stm

Lion cubs make first appearance

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8199975.stm

Panthera leo persica

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

Panthera leo persica (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1225995

Blue tits use mint and lavender to disinfect nests, scientists find

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8199000/8199726.stm

Cyanistes caeruleus

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

Cyanistes caeruleus (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1051997

Lavandula

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

Mentha

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

Parasite infects Atlantic finches

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/14/pei-finch-parasite.html

Trichomonas gallinae (Warning! You may find the image associated with this Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources Link disturbing. We certainly did – and we are professionals.).

Carduelis tristis

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

Carpodacus purpureus

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

http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12150_12220-27288--,00.html

To Manage A Fishery, You Must Know How The Fish Die

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090810073941.htm

New Life Histories Emerge For Invasive Wasps, Magnify Ecological Harm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090720190609.htm

White Tea Could Keep You Healthy And Looking Young

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090810085312.htm

White tea

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

Black Tea May Fight Diabetes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090728172604.htm

Black tea

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

12 surprising signs you’ll live to 100

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32272813/ns/health-aging/

Ancient whale remains found in California

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32408502/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Deglaciation and More for Friday, June 5, 2009

Mount Rainier and Carbon Glacier image licensed under Creative Commons by brewbooks

Deglaciation

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/06/deglaciation.html

Younger Dryas

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

Glacier

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

History Channel: MegaDisaster Episode Archives

http://www.history.com/content/megadisasters/episode-archive

The End of Nations? And More for Friday, February 6, 2009

http://americanpoliticalhandbook.blogspot.com/2009/02/for-friday-february-6-2009.html

Stem Cells On Contact Lens Restore Sight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090605081151.htm

Climate Change Models Find Staple Crops Face Ruin On Up To One Million Square Kilometers Of African Farmland

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090602204259.htm

Origin of Antarctic ice revealed

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

Rainforest is worth more standing

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8083706.stm

Prehistoric Whale Discovered On The West Coast Of Sweden

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090605110420.htm

After failed courtship, zoo helps rare birds breed

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090604/ap_on_re_us/us_national_zoo_rare_crane;_ylt=ApphHFChYBUz2VvfT6Jnt9sPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTMwaGQ4NGQ3BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNjA0L3VzX25hdGlvbmFsX3pvb19yYXJlX2NyYW5lBHBvcwMxMARzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA2FmdGVyZmFpbG

Grus vipio

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-naped_crane

Grus vipio (IUCN Red List – Vulnerable)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/143775/0



Bee-killing Parasite Genome Sequenced

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604222430.htm

Nosema ceranae

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

Sacred plants of the Maya forest

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8083000/8083812.stm

Ceiba pentandra

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

Pachira aquatica

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

Pseudobombax ellipticum

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

Quararibea funebris

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

Long-standing Mystery Of How Plants Make Eggs Solved

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604144332.htm

Plantae

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

Do Dinosaurs Still Exist?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/dodinosaursstillexist;_ylt=Annd33a3BTCQtYSFjiPknboDW7oF

Dinosaur

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

Bacteria From The Deep Can Clean Up Heavy Metals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604222432.htm

Carbon Payments Help Protect Threatened Tropical Mammals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604181251.htm

'Beehive fence' deters elephants

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8081000/8081521.stm

Elevated Water Temperature And Acidity Boost Growth Of Key Sea Star Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090601140926.htm

Bacteria And Algae Act As Biocatalysts For Deep-sea Raw Material Deposition

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090601085918.htm

Researchers Solve 'Bloodcurdling' Mystery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604144326.htm

How Humans Have Disrupted The Nitrogen Cycle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604144322.htm

Nitrogen cycle

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

Diarrhea vaccine urged for all children

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31121962/

Rotavirus vaccine

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

8-Year-Old N.M. Boy Dies Of Bubonic Plague

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/05/health/main5064847.shtml

Bubonic plague

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


Is There a Lake Champlain Monster?

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AmazingAnimals/story?id=7760355&page=1

Anoiapithecus brevirostris Discovery and More for Wednesday, June 3, 2009

* Aptenodytes forsteri image licensed under Creative Commons by lin padgham

New Hominid With 'Modern' Facial Features

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090602083729.htm

Salvador Moyà-Solà, David M. Alba, Sergio Almécija, Isaac Casanovas-Vilar, Meike Köhler, Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, Josep M. Robles, Jordi Galindo, and Josep Fortuny. A unique Middle Miocene European hominoid and the origins of the great ape and human clade. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0811730106

http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0811730106

Dolphin and whale climate fears

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/8077272.stm

'Nature's ghosts' filmed for first time

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8077000/8077903.stm

Macroderma gigas

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

Macroderma gigas (IUCN Red List – Vulnerable)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/12590/0

Macroderma gigas (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/328820

Lawsuits filed over wolf hunting in Rockies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31073035/

Canis lupus

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

Canis lupus lupus

http://eol.org/pages/1226119

FDA approves cancer drug for dogs

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31084765/

Canis lupus familiaris

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

Canis lupus familiaris (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/1228387

Belch-o-meter: collar measures methane in bovine burps

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8078033.stm

Pigs offer new stem cell source

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8078996.stm

Sus

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

Ancient Mammals Changed Diets With Climate

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090602204255.htm

* Penguins Mapped From Space By Their Feces

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090602122621.htm

Aptenodytes forsteri

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

Aptenodytes forsteri (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/1049604

Canaries That Hear Poor Songs As Juveniles Nevertheless Sing Rather Normal Songs As Adults

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527121053.htm

Serinus canaria

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

Serinus canaria (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/922693

Why birds in cities are singing louder than their country cousins

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/mid_/8079539.stm

When Evolution Is Not So Slow And Gradual

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090602133551.htm

Poecilia reticulata

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

Poecilia reticulata (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/208520

Legless lizard found on recovery trail

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25573013-30417,00.html

Ophidiocephalus taeniatus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronzeback_Snake-lizard

Ophidiocephalus taeniatus (IUCN Link – Vulnerable)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/15361/0

Ophidiocephalus taeniatus (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/791263

In The Turf War Against Seaweed, Coral Reefs More Resilient Than Expected

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090601111932.htm

Anthozoa

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

'Death Receptors' Designed To Kill Our Cells May Make Them Stronger

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090601102023.htm

Pharmacists may be switching your meds

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30627962/


Plants 'can recognise themselves'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8076000/8076875.stm

Ethanol Production Could Jeopardize Soil Productivity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090602112257.htm

Couple to plead guilty in toxic pet food case

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31083389/

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-

Fabulous Darwinius Fossil and More for Wednesday, May 20, 2009

* Falco image licensed under Creative Commons by kevincole

Stunning 47-million-year-old fossil unveiled in the US

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8057465.stm

Common Ancestor Of Humans, Modern Primates?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519104643.htm

Scientists unveil ancient fossilized primate

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54i73y-us-primate-fossil/

47-million-year-old primate fossil unveiled

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/19/primate-ancient-plos-one-hurum-missing.html

Darwinius masillae

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

Darwinius masillae

http://everyone.plos.org/2009/05/19/plos-one-introduces-darwinius-masillae/

Feeding In Monkeys And Humans: Ancient Roots

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519214940.htm

New Insight Into Primate Eye Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518213952.htm

Circus faces suit over elephants

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30809719/

Triplet jaguar cubs born in Berlin

javascript:vPlayer('30826317','16e93317-4ca0-4838-8be8-dba66b58fa1a')

Panthera onca

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

Man charged over kangaroo attacks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8059368.stm

* Kestrels for pest kills: birds replace pesticides in Israel

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8004426.stm

Falco

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kestrel_(bird)

How Crabs That Live In Hydrothermal Vents Reproduce

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519111550.htm

Bythograeidae

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

Survey finds slower decline of honeybee colonies

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090519/ap_on_re_us/us_disappearing_bees;_ylt=AnEmqEGQCRsWlV6fjx_gnqYPLBIF

Critical Role Of Evolutionary Processes In Species Coexistence And Diversity Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519075422.htm

Epigenetics: 100 Reasons To Change The Way We Think About Genetics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518111723.htm

Epigenetics

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

Climate Change Odds Much Worse Than Thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519134843.htm

River Delta Areas Can Provide Clue To Environmental Changes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511180707.htm

River delta

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

Pre-industrial Mercury Pollution In The Andes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518172644.htm

Mercury (Hg)

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

Stem cells "seek and destroy" cancer cells: study

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54i76u-us-cancer-treatment/

New cancer-killing method found in stem cells

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30832998/

Warning over new threat from MRSA

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8058841.stm

MRSA

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

Why Eczema Often Leads To Asthma

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518213939.htm

Eczema

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

Asthma

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

HIV's spread around Europe mapped

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8056299.stm

Wiping data 'hits flu prediction'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8058084.stm

Pandemic Passenger Screening For Airports

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519104107.htm


Trace Elements Unbalanced In Dialysis Patients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518213941.htm

Trace element

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

Dialysis

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