Poisoning of Gulls and Lions and More for Monday, March 30, 2009

Dying Lion image licensed under Creative Commons by cavorite

Nasa man's 'extinction' warning

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7951833.stm

Poison Takes Toll On Africa's Lions

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/26/60minutes/main4894945.shtml

Furadan

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

Panthera leo

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

Coyote attacks in urban areas on the rise, alarming residents

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1050867

Canis latrans

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

Mysterious Bleeding Disease in German Cattle

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,615962,00.html#ref=rss

Fish Oils Help Flatulent Cows Emit Less Gas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090329205457.htm

Caffeine overdose linked to St. John's seagull deaths

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/03/30/caffeine-seagulls.html

Caffeine

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

Laridae

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

Aussie Meat Ants May Be Invasive Cane Toad's Achilles' Heel

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330091601.htm

Bufo marinus

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

Iridomyrmex purpureus

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

Evolutionary study aims to examine pace of change in snail

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7971200.stm

Helix aspersa

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

'Leaf Tatters' Linked To Herbicides: Study Explores Effects Of Herbicide Drift On White Oak

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325162624.htm

Microbes In Mud Flats Clean Up Oil Spill Chemicals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090329205505.htm

Genes That Make Bacteria Make Up Their Minds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090329205455.htm

Corrosion-inhibiting Coatings Containing 'Good' Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090329205443.htm

Strategy Discovered For Fighting Persistent Bacterial Infections

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323143910.htm

Doctors treating virtual patients in Second Life

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/30/doctors.second.life/index.html



Panel: All teens should be tested for depression

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29945008/

Statin cuts risk of blood clots

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7971414.stm

Family History Associated With Increased Risk Of Blood Clots

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323161119.htm

Thrombus

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

Genetic Changes Outside Nuclear DNA Suspected To Trigger More Than Half Of All Cancers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324101759.htm

TV Crime Drama Compound Highlights Immune Cells' Misdeeds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090322154439.htm

Luminol

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

Improved Antibiotic: Genes For Synthesizing Thiostrepton Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323161123.htm

Thiostrepton

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

Quantum Effect May Hold Promise For Low-cost DNA Sequencing, Sensor Applications

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090322154420.htm

Quantum tunneling

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

Dryosaurus Fossil Unsold and Lethal Air Pollution Grows and More for Sunday, March 22, 2009

Lethal air pollution booms in emerging nations

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090322/sc_afp/unenvironmentpollutionweather;_ylt=AiMurPHI.fqxZ3gGHkU5L7kPLBIF

Synthetic Biology: Transforming Cells Into Microscopic Biological Computers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317095324.htm

Synthetic biology

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

Climate Warming Affects Antarctic Ice Sheet

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090318140522.htm

Crossing the icy unknown, hunting climate clues

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090322/ap_on_sc/aa_antarctica_over_the_ice;_ylt=Ao0MgEq2ryDtMCqgS6gNrd0PLBIF

Troll Research Station

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

Carbon Sinks Lose Fight With Rising Emissions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317094729.htm

Carbon sink

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

As climate changes, is water the new oil?

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52l0tc-us-climate-water/

Economy causing people to give up their horses

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/03/22/homeless.horses/index.html

Woman on horse shops at Target

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/03/22/schechter.tx.seeing.eye.horse.wfaa

China prepares to send pandas to new Sichuan home

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090322/ap_on_re_as/as_china_earthquake_pandas;_ylt=AulQgyARKHXjlJU1pn9Sb8YPLBIF

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

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

Vandals set loose 15 kangaroos at theme park in France

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1047356

Canadian seal hunt quota condemned by animal groups

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090321/sc_afp/canadaeuanimalseal;_ylt=AtUpHiih5kSeET5sq9VY3AMPLBIF

Not All Bats Land The Same Way

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090320102136.htm

Chiroptera

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

New Tracking Tags Are Providing Fish-eye Views Of Ways To Manage Depressed Fisheries

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090313145941.htm

Tag a Giant

http://tagagiant.org/

Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking project

http://www.postcoml.org/

What Flies And Worms Have In Common

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312215211.htm

Biodiversity Found In Unexpected Regions: More Than 200 Plant Species Found In Semi-arid Rivers In South Eastern Spain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090313150250.htm

New View Of Oceanic Phytoplankton

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310100839.htm

Phytoplankton

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

Yeast Biology Yields Insights Into Human Knowledge Expansion

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090319224520.htm

Yeast

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

No Hiding Place For Infecting Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090315202117.htm

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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

Caves Reveal Evolution of Ancient Microbes

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090322/sc_livescience/cavesrevealevolutionofancientmicrobes;_ylt=Amce.3zKTfLp4yOPcvSHHq4PLBIF

Complete dinosaur skeleton fails to sell at auction

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/21/dryosaurus-auction.html

Dryosaurus

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

Mammuthus primigenius

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

Man with polio wins suit against drug maker

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29824218/

Poliomyelitis

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

Can Cherries Relieve The Pain Of Osteoarthritis?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090319164327.htm

Cerasus

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

Search For Blood Pressure Secrets Reveals A Surprising New Syndrome

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316173327.htm

Scots And Irish At Greater Risk Of Drink-related Death, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090319102317.htm

Moderate Intensity Walking Means 100 Steps Per Minute

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317094719.htm

Moderate Obesity Takes Years Off Life Expectancy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090319224823.htm

Wipe out the 10 worst germ hot spots

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29735190/

Liking Sweets Makes Sense For Kids

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090318140624.htm

Ozone/Smog Death Link and Peking Man Ages Noticeably and More for Thursday, March 12, 2009

Homo erectus pekinensis image licensed under Creative Commons by ideonexus

Ozone In Smog Linked To Risk Of Death

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311170627.htm

Ozone

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

'Peking Man' older than thought

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7937351.stm

Homo erectus pekinensis

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

First Right Whale Sedation Enables Disentanglement Effort

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311180335.htm

Eubalaena glacialis

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

Whaling opponents slam commission over Japan talks

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090311/sc_afp/whalingiwctreatyjapanskorea;_ylt=AjPTVe7PYFzg2FacfKEwB.UPLBIF

WWF launches urgent appeal to save polar bears

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090312/sc_afp/arcticclimatewarminganimalwwf;_ylt=Au1XKHUmwR9ereHGPPvy6sMPLBIF

Ursus maritimus

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

Environmental group defends Canada's seal hunt

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090311/sc_afp/canadaanimalenvironmentseals;_ylt=ApTZix3xg730Xl9SFzimYX0PLBIF



Human-generated Sounds May Be Killing Fish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312093658.htm

World-record Colony Of Amoeba Clones

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311131608.htm

Dictyostelium discoideum

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

Huge Corn Plants Developed: Doubling A Gene In Corn Results In Giant Biomass

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302120106.htm

Zea mays

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

Artificial Photosynthesis: Turning Sunlight Into Liquid Fuels Moves A Step Closer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311103646.htm

Artificial Photosynthesis

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

Microbial Societies Do Not Like Oligarchy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312093914.htm

Oligarchy

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

'Flawed' Red List Puts Species at Risk

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AmazingAnimals/story?id=7061642&page=1

Muscular Dystrophy: Stem Cells That Repair Injured Muscles Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305121655.htm

Neuroscientists Map Intelligence In The Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311124020.htm

New Technique Developed To Date Forensic Death Based On Corpse Microorganisms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312093706.htm

Time: 'Flying Dutchman' of climate change

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1884617,00.html

Probe: Federal agency ignores health hazards

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29634477/

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/

'Fat neck' a clue to heart risk

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7935635.stm

Obesity Linked To Dangerous Sleep Apnea In Truck Drivers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311111002.htm

EU needs 'brutal' science advice

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7935663.stm

Fish with Human Facesand the Pink Tursiops and More for Thursday, March 5, 2009

Lemurs: Secret Social Life Surprisingly Complex

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090304091335.htm

Propithecus diadema

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

Oldest known wild jaguar in U.S. euthanized

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29529179/

Panthera onca

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

Pink dolphin appears in US lake

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4927224/Pink-dolphin-appears-in-US-lake.html

Tursiops truncatus

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

Rare Java rhino captured on film

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7926184.stm

Rhinoceros sondaicus

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

Fossil of 10 million-year-old bird found in Peru

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29433376/


Life-saving Trend Discovered Among Seagulls

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220110914.htm

Tropical Lizards Can't Take The Heat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090303193954.htm

Genetic Study Finds Treasure Trove Of New Lizards

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090303210053.htm

Frog's Immune System Is Key In Fight Against Killer Virus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090227122252.htm

Reverse 'Bad' Fish Evolution: Let Big Ones Go

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090303193950.htm

Futuristic Seafood: Raising Delicious Cobia And Pompano Fish -- Inland

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220182248.htm

First Fossil Brain: Shark Relative That Lived 300 Million Years Ago Yields Very Rare Specimen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302183128.htm

Fish with human faces spotted in South Korea

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4929620/Fish-with-human-faces-spotted-in-South-Korea.html

Human Face Fish

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

Controversy Over World’s Oldest Traces Of Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090216131450.htm

Highest Microbial Systems Fueled By Volcanoes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090303112437.htm

For Sunday, November 16, 2008

Alca torda image licensed under Creative Commons by biologyfishman

Climate change 'to halt ice age'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7722300.stm

Why Shar Pei Dogs Have So Many Wrinkles

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081111163123.htm

Shar Pei

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

Horse advocates decry euthanasia option

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27738672/


Breeding success for Farne birds

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7728601.stm

Phalacrocoracidae

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

Somateria mollissima

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

Charadiiformes

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

Alca torda

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

Which Came First? Eggs Before Chickens, Scientists Now Say

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081114/sc_livescience/whichcamefirsteggsbeforechickensscientistsnowsay;_ylt=Ami9Lh7QMPJCSAOqlOEOIVYPLBIF


Smuggled turtles find home

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7730595.stm

Fish Choose Their Leaders By Consensus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081113140310.htm

Impact Of Climate Warming On Fish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081106064631.htm


Predatory Bacterial Swarm Ripples Toward Prey

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081029121820.htm

Mysterious Microbe May Be Important For Oceans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081113181037.htm

Mineral Kingdom Has Co-evolved With Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081113181035.htm