Cetorhinus Winter Home Discovered and More for Sunday, May 10, 2009

Cooper, My Therapy Dog image licensed under Creative Commons by Marvin Kuo

Early cave bacteria hints at Mars life

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30649087/

Gorilla mums keep family in check

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8027000/8027622.stm

Gorilla

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

Orangutan escapes her enclosure at Adelaide zoo in Australia

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/090510/K051004AU.html

Pongo

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

Baboons Benefit From Strong Social Networks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507181225.htm

Papio

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

Right whales break birth record

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30660700/

Eubalena glacialis

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

Way To Cut Cattle Methane By 25 Percent

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507145752.htm

Methane

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

Domestication led to horse color explosion

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30628354/

Equus ferus caballus

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

World's smallest pigs 'thriving'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8036405.stm

Porcula salvania

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

'Gecko Vision': Key To Future Multifocal Contact Lens?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507164407.htm

Gekkonidae

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

Ultrasonic Communication Among Frogs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508192231.htm

Huia cavitympanum

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

Scientists Airlift Giant, Endangered Frogs

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/08/tech/main5002548.shtml

Leptodactylus fallax

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

Scientists discover winter home of world's second-biggest fish

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/05/07/eco.baskingsharks/index.html

Cetorhinus maximus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basking_shark_(Cetorhinus_maximus)

Could climate change spell the end of the prawn cocktail?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8037888.stm

Dendrobrachiata

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

Flight Of The Bumble Bee Is Based More On Brute Force Than Aerodynamic Efficiency

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507194511.htm

Bombus

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

Scientists Surprised By Unexpected Emergence Of Periodical Cicadas -- Four Years Early

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507142230.htm

Magicicada

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

Magi

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

Cicada/Cicadidae

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

Skeptic

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

Skepticada

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/05/skepticada-or-impacada.html

Honeybee Pollination Crisis 'A Myth'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507121949.htm

Mystery worms turn on northwest China herdsmen

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54735e-us-china-worms/

Filling The Gap In The Fossil Record

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504151505.htm

Fossil

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

Cave Painting Depicts Extinct Marsupial Lion

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090510/sc_livescience/cavepaintingdepictsextinctmarsupiallion;_ylt=Al07U1pNUEN9ukScqT.ETZUPLBIF

Thylacoleo carnifex Thylacoleo carnifex

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

Animals On Runways Can Cause Serious Problems At Small Airports

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504171955.htm

Small Brain Of Dwarf 'Hobbit' Explained By Hippo's Island Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507185535.htm

Homo floresiensis

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

Homo sapiens

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

Homo skepticis

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/05/homo-skepticis.html

Madagascan hippo

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

Toxic deformities case at High Court

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8039601.stm

Global Warming: Ocean Iron Disappoints

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090506131512.htm

Tree-Killing Hurricanes Could Contribute To Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090501201353.htm

Climate Adds Fuel To Asian Wildfire Emissions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430144710.htm

Bacteria Play Role In Preventing Spread Of Malaria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508103836.htm

Cytori signs stem cell deal with GE Healthcare

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5473sh-us-cytoritherapeutics/

Food Intake Alone Explains Rise In Obesity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508045321.htm

Pet Therapy Dogs May Carry MRSA And Clostridium Difficile Between Patients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507101820.htm

Therapy dog

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


MRSA

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

Clostridium difficile

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

From Rats To Humans: Around Thirty Europeans Infected With Cowpox Virus By Their Pet Rats

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507192933.htm

Fancy rat

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

Cowpox virus

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

NASA Nanosatellite To Study Antifungal Drug Effectiveness In Space

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430120746.htm

PharmaSat

http://microsatellitefreeflyer.arc.nasa.gov/pharmasat.html

First Swine Flu DNA Test Produced

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090509153309.htm

UK swine flu genetics unravelled

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8040000.stm

Possible Canadian connection in Japan's first cases of swine flu

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/09/swine-flu.html

3rd U.S. flu death reported in Wash. state

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30398682/

Costa Rica reports first swine flu death

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30471035/

Key Protein Keeps Chronic Infection In Check

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508103842.htm

New Food Safety Technology Developed For Eggs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090510102122.htm

Food Safety

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

Red Fungus Turned Orange May Help Tackle Vitamin Deficiency

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090510101752.htm

Monascus purpureus

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

Cigarette Smoke May Rob Children Of Needed Antioxidants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504151456.htm

Skin Color Clue To Nicotine Dependence

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508134951.htm

Nicotine

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

Meditate Your Way To Better Bladder Health

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504161657.htm

Cognitive therapy

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

Job Loss Can Make You Sick, New Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508045310.htm

Treatment For Extreme Nausea, Vomiting During Pregnancy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090506110200.htm

Carbon Nanotubes: Innovative Technology Or Risk To Health Or Environment?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504121921.htm

Arbor Day and More for Friday, April 24, 2009

"The Old Apple Orchard, Wisbech St. Mary" image licensed under Creative Commons by scrumpyboy

Arbor Day

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

Remembering the lost forests of America

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30376570/

New swine flu strain caused 800 Mexican cases, health minister says

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/24/health-flu-mexico090424.html

Mexico shuts schools around capital in flu scare

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53n228-us-flu/

Deadly outbreak in Mexico caused by swine flu

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30386163/

Swine flu


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

Ice Sheet Behavior Much More Volatile And Dynamic Than Previously Thought, Tahiti Corals Show

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423205104.htm


Achoo! Nasty spring ahead for allergies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30267953/

World premiere of brain orchestra

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8016869.stm

Mammalian Gene Control Code Cracked

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090420103549.htm

Cow genome 'to transform farming'
"The full sequence of a cow's genome has been published, revealing coded secrets that could revolutionise agriculture".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8014598.stm

Bos

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

Ancient cattle species re-introduced to Britain

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30369177/

Heck cattle/ Bos taurus / auroch / Bos primigenius


Cattle genes may give clues about human health

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53m5xt-us-cattle-genes/

Horse Deaths Raise Drug Safety Concerns

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=7419752&page=1

Mystery Of Horse Domestication Solved?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423142541.htm

Equus

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

Are Your Pets' Flea, Tick Meds Safe?

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=7410763&page=1

Abandoned baby kangaroo gets life-saving milk

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30369184/

'Missing link' fossil seal walked

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8012322.stm

Origin Of Seals: Evidence Of Missing Link

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090422132832.htm

Puijila darwini

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

Mara wildlife in serious decline

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8008700.stm

Masai Mara National Reserve

http://www.tourism.go.ke/default.nsf/doc21/4YGEX3ADMY6?opendocument&l=1&e=1&se=103

FAA publicizes bird strike data

javascript:vPlayer('30387805','8a343e31-a6f6-4b9a-9437-476b95d27f98')

Insight Into Fish Disease To Help Protect Farmed Fish Stocks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423193944.htm

Proliferative kidney disease / Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae

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

Spectacular Recovery From Coral Bleaching At Great Barrier Reef Marine Park In Australia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423100817.htm

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/

Orchard losses 'threaten species'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8014873.stm

Orchard

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

Bacteria Tapped To Battle Crop-Damaging Roundworms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090419200651.htm

Heterodera glycines

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

Meloidogyne incognita

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

Caenorhabditis elegans

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

Pseudomonad

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

Drowned spiders come back from the dead

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30348224/

Arctosa Fulvolineata

http://www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/arctosa_fulvolineata.html

Scientists make super-strong metallic spider silk

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53m5og-us-spider-silk/

Spider silk / gossamer

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

Animals Get The Boot From Bronx Zoo

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/24/national/main4966089.shtml

Our Penchant For Rarity Could Threaten Conservation Efforts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090421205234.htm

Animals That Seem Identical May Be Completely Different Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090422121858.htm

Breakthrough In Making Therapeutic Stem Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423132559.htm


Plants Absorb More Carbon Under Hazy Skies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090422132829.htm

Estimating Crop Residue From Space Via Satellite

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090419201557.htm

'Clean' coal plants get go-ahead

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8014295.stm

Pollution 'fights global warming'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8013709.stm

No 'Burp' Accelerating Climate Change? Wetlands Likely Source Of Methane From Ancient Warming Event

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423142457.htm

Ancient fertilizer technique could help poor farmers, store carbon

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/23/tech-090423-biochar-carbon-trading.html


Egyptian woman contracts bird flu as cases mount

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53k5tg-us-birdflu-egypt/

Immune system researchers win $500K medical prize

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090424/ap_on_he_me/us_med_medical_prize

Albany Medical Center Prize

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

Experts identify cells causing severe malaria

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53n02q-us-malaria/

Salmonella Strain's Path To Virulence Uncovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090419202242.htm

Muscle Deterioration In Patients With Lung Disease Seen Connected To Heightened Carbon Dioxide Levels In The Blood

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423082921.htm

Scientists grow blood vessels for patients

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30369960/

Evidence Mounts That Short Or Poor Sleep Can Lead To Increased Eating And Risk Of Diabetes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090421181032.htm

Grapefruit Juice Boosts Drug's Anti-cancer Effects, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090420151227.htm

Citrus × paradisi

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

Microbe-powered 'fart' machine stores energy


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30372491/

Gal chased by bear gets run down by car

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/04/24/dnt.woman.bear.hit.run.kktv

40-pound tumor cut from 82-pound woman

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30386195/

First Dog is 'crazy,' Michelle Obama tells kids

http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2009/04/24/bo-obama-loves-to-chew/

Synthetic Life-Form and Vatican Conference Contra Creationism? and Save Your Bat Colony - Install a Heater and More for Monday, March 9, 2009

Crocuta crocuta image licensed under Creative Commons by Stig Nygaard

Synthetic life form grows in Florida lab

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29430688/

Artificially Expanded Genetic Information System

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

Obama toughens US line against whaling

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090307/pl_afp/uswhalingjapan;_ylt=Aka6c.AKrQvT41JVSA31dp0PLBIF

Man is cited for owning an endangered ape

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29586544/

Symphalangus syndactylus

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

Study: Belligerent chimp proves animals make plans

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090309/ap_on_sc/eu_sci_sweden_angry_chimp;_ylt=Ao0eFyyMbpkwoBWFfYAEHu6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFidXQ5N2J0BHBvcwM0NQRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3dvcmxkBHNsawNzdHVkeWJlbGxpZ2U-

Pan

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

Zoo elephant, caretakers swap staph infections

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29555879/

Loxodonta

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

Low birthrates could doom rare rhino

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29549767/

Rhinoceros sondaicus

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

Australian wrestles kangaroo from family home

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29593952/

Macropus giganteus

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

Feds OK gray wolves' removal from endangered list

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090307/ap_on_sc/gray_wolf_endangered;_ylt=AmY.4jYNc6srt9SGec6guo8PLBIF

Canis lupus

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

Collared Coyote Leaves Record Of 150-Mile Trek

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220171507.htm

Canis latrans

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

Martha Stewart’s dog dies in kennel blast

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29596449/

Chow chow

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chow_(dog)

How Hyenas 'Inherit' Their Social Status

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090225073209.htm

Crocuta crocuta

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

Horses tamed earlier than thought

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7926235.stm

Equus ferus caballus

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

Heaters might stave off doom for bats

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29534877/

Hamster jackets harness wheel-running power

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29596930/

Climate Change Hurting Hares: White Snowshoe Hares Can't Hide On Brown Earth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224220347.htm

Lepus Americanus

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

Bizarre Bird Behavior Predicted By Game Theory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224230705.htm

Oldest sea turtle fossil unveiled in Mexico

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090306/sc_afp/sciencepaleontologyturtlemexico;_ylt=Ap8qDhLhPy0MQ6qaihoajH0PLBIF

“Dinochicken” scheme puts evolution in reverse

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29537188/

Judge faults gov't plan to save Pacific NW salmon

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090307/ap_on_re_us/salmon_dams;_ylt=AqoiygHgB.ocuzuzvL3NjJ2s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlaHE2Y3U5BHBvcwMxMDkEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNqdWRnZWZhdWx0c2c-

Snake River

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

Transparent Zebrafish A Must-see Model For Atherosclerosis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305164350.htm

Danio rerio

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

A fish feast frenzy is captured on camera

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7921119.stm

How Moths Key Into Scent Of A Flower

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305091044.htm

Manduca sexta

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

'No proof' of bee killer theory

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7925397.stm

Ten amazing facts about bees

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7925218.stm

Seven New Species Of Deep-sea Coral Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305121657.htm

Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument

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


Olive Groves May Be Rescued By Helpful Wasp

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220182740.htm

Desert Shrub, Guayule, May Be Fuel Of The Future

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220183706.htm

Parthenium argentatum

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

Citrus Disease Bacterium Sequenced

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220182438.htm

Huanglongbing

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

Less Nitrogen Could Increase Profit, Sustainability

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220183111.htm

Evolution May Buffer Against Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305141620.htm

Asian Biological Puzzle Solved: Sea Rises

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090306103647.htm

Drought Risks Amazon Rainforest Carbon Sink

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305141625.htm

Midwesterners Worried Levees Won't Hold

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/09/national/main4853528.shtml

Promising Biofuel Made From Commercial Yeasts Upgraded With A New Enzyme

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224230751.htm