Whale Monitoring Ends and Rabies Death Reduction? and More for Monday, March 16, 2009

Monitoring of rare whales near NY harbor ends

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090315/ap_on_sc/whale_watch_ny;_ylt=AkSAp.uq0yI2y2coYJnZChKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlMWxidTM0BHBvcwMxMDcEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNtb25pdG9yaW5nb2Y-

Eubalaena

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

Elephant born at San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090314/ap_on_re_us/baby_elephant;_ylt=Ah4_R3hEUgHp0JD1b2zs9I8PLBIF

Loxodonta

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

Leatherback Turtle Threatened By Plastic Garbage In Ocean

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090315224258.htm

Dermochelys coriacea

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

Female Birds 'Jam' Their Mates' Flirtatious Songs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312134637.htm

China's Gobi Desert source of rare dinosaur find

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/16/ostrich-dinosaur.html

Teen Dinosaurs Got into Trouble

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090316/sc_livescience/teendinosaursgotintotrouble;_ylt=Anh1alnDfBrkcabuv9BEdbEPLBIF

Aphids Borrowed Bacterial Genes To Play Host

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309205327.htm

Buchnera aphidicola

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

Mechanism Discovered For Wind Detection In Fruit Flies' Antennae

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312140858.htm

Optimistic Worms Are Ready For Rapid Recovery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309162119.htm

Caenorhabditis elegans

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

Coral reefs to 'disappear'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7945138.stm

Biofilms: Even Stickier Than Suspected

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312150731.htm

Biofilm

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

First Discovery Of 'Animals-only' Pigment Bilirubin In Plants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316093001.htm

Bilirubin

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

Simple Filter Delivers Clean, Safe Drinking Water, Potentially To Millions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309211938.htm

Northeast US to suffer most from future sea rise

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090315/ap_on_re_us/sci_northeast_sea_rise;_ylt=AtkQEe3dDiUEOZfG5mu4i4.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlcTNpc2ljBHBvcwMxMDgEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNub3J0aGVhc3R1c3Q-

Ninth Warmest February For Globe, NOAA

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090315092035.htm

The Agulhas Current, In The Southern Hemisphere, May Influence Climate In Europe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310122430.htm

Agulhas Current

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

Rabies Deaths From Dog Bites Could Be Eliminated Globally

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312150738.htm

Rabies

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

Anger And Hostility Harmful To Men's Hearts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309191505.htm

Alcohol, Nicotine, Cocaine Addiction Genes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310142912.htm

Single Question Can Identify Unhealthy Alcohol Use In Patients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311111011.htm

Seaweed And Fireflies Brew May Guide Stem Cell Treatment For Peripheral Artery Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310100709.htm

Peripheral vascular disease

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

Stem cell payoff could take decades not days

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29719086/

Vegetarians 'get fewer cancers'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7942479.stm

Kiwifruit: Curious Chromosomes Of A Curious Fruit

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309205325.htm

Actinidia deliciosa

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

New U.S. food-label rules likely to affect Canadian cattle producers

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/03/16/label.html

Consumers To Find More Info On Meat Labels

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/16/health/main4867991.shtml

Black Sea Pollution Could Be Harnessed As Renewable Future Energy Source

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316075849.htm

Did Hospital Kill Teen For His Organs?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/16/earlyshow/health/main4868744.shtml

Human remains found after crocodile attack

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29718278/

New Mammoth Skeleton and More for Thursday, February 19, 2009

Mammoth skeleton found nearly intact in Los Angeles

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51h7r2-us-mammoth/

Mammuthus columbi

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


Volunteers, scientists guard endangered whales

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/02/19/saving.right.whales/index.html

Eubalaena glacialis

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

5 crying dolphins stuck in ice for 3 days

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2009/02/19/nagy.can.trapped.dolphins.cbc

North Korea gets yaks and camels from China

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090219/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_korea_north_china;_ylt=Al0Xsmbxaz5A7natiO_GFJjtiBIF

New rat species found on Philippines mountain

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090218/sc_afp/philippineswildliferodent;_ylt=AuJ3UOEu1VrOEobczQzZ9C4PLBIF

Batomys

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

Missing dinosaur link found in Argentina

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090216/sc_afp/argentinadinosaur;_ylt=AgLTteP224UzLYclWFsF0LUPLBIF

Cannibalism Among Rattlesnakes Helps Females To Recover After Birth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219095533.htm

Crotalus polystictus

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

Fruit Flies Sick From Mating

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219081040.htm

Drosophilidae

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

Tiny Pests Foul Seacage Netting On Fish Farms In Norway

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219095531.htm

Ectopleura larynx

http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=719103

Lake Michigan Fish Populations Threatened By Decline Of Tiny Creature

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219081038.htm

Great Lakes Areas of Concern

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

Rapid Burst Of Flowering Plants Set Stage For Other Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209205204.htm

Plants Take A Hike As Temperatures Rise

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210110036.htm

Including Native Perennials In Biofuel Crops Could Keep Watersheds Healthy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213114218.htm

Coffee Cultivation Good For Diversity In Agrarian Settlements But Not In Forests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219095528.htm

20% Of Carbon Emissions Absorbed By Rainforests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218135031.htm

EU court attacks GM crop secrecy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7896813.stm

Why online networking could be affecting your health

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7898510.stm

Smoking Kills, Irrespective Of Social Class And Gender

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217212258.htm

Chain-smoker’s widow awarded $8 million

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29274837/

U.S. chooses flu vaccine for 2009-2010

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/02/19/flu-vaccine.html


New Genomic Markers Associated With Risk Of Heart Disease And Early Heart Attack

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218182115.htm

New gene tests may stop blood thinner deaths

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29262864/

Warfarin

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

Dry Beans Inhibit Development Of Mammary Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204131621.htm

Potential Health Risks Associated With Stressed Foodstuffs Such As Foie Gras

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210092736.htm

Amyloid fibrils

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

Mutation That Causes Inflammatory Bowel Disease Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210162025.htm

New Variants Of Diarrhea-causing Toxins Found In Seafood

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219095526.htm

Science Suggests Access To Nature Is Essential To Human Health

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217092758.htm