For Friday, August 1, 2008

Kiwi fruit photo licensed under Creative Commons by Nick Atkins Photography

Incredible Discoveries Made in Remote Caves

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080731/sc_livescience/incrediblediscoveriesmadeinremotecaves


Phoenix lander discovers ice in Martian soil

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080801/ap_on_sc/phoenix_mars;_ylt=Ar92fX_T5e9TFxE1Adoke1Cs0NUE

Dolphin calf born at aquarium in Baltimore

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080731/ap_on_re_us/dolphin_babies_birth;_ylt=AiWc9o2tPcIgBiZ5SiS5SFms0NUE

Texas border town faces skunk infestation

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080801/ap_on_fe_st/odd_skunk_infestation;_ylt=AsC9jBRhW2FUYdDgZGnJN7PtiBIF

Mephitidae

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


Rare snubfin dolphins caught on camera

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7536830.stm

Orcaella

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

Stomach bug treatment for cancer

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7535531.stm

China's 'rapid renewables surge'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7535839.stm

No hope of saving beached whale

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/7536581.stm

Hyperoodon

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

Kiwi Fruit DNA Sequences Released

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080731135926.htm

Actinidia deliciosa

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


Ivory Poaching At Critical Levels: Elephants On Path To Extinction By 2020?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080731140219.htm

Virus Behind Mysterious Parrot Disease Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080730140943.htm

Proventricular Dilatation Disease

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

Simian Foamy Virus Found In Several People Living And Working With Monkeys In Asia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080731140221.htm

Simian foamy virus

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

Compounds From Soy Affect Brain And Reproductive Development

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080731140030.htm

Spanish Researchers Discover Significant Leatherback Turtle Nesting Beaches In The Caribbean

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080801100429.htm

Survival Of The Fittest: Even Cancer Cells Follow The Laws Of Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080801094300.htm

Emerging Scientific Discipline Of Aeroecology

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080801094258.htm



Fungi Expert Finds New Species In Aberdeen City Centre, Scotland

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080801074736.htm

'Major Discovery' Primed To Unleash Solar Revolution: Scientists Mimic Essence Of Plants' Energy Storage System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080731143345.htm


Surgeons transplant two arms onto farmer

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25967438/

Even surgery doesn't stop alcoholics' habits




Holy cow! Rare red bovine sold for $1 million

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25955183/


'Monster' washes ashore -- what is it?

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/07/31/moos.montauk.monster.cnn

Are we heading for a human-powered future?


http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209900956&cid=NL_eet

Hungry seals 'steer by the stars'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7532867.stm

Wildcat kittens shown off by park

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7534778.stm

Felis silvestris silvestris

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

For Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Photo licensed under Creative Commons by unforth

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080617/ap_on_sc/sci_dinosaur_find

Utah announces 'major dinosaur fossil discovery' - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080617/ap_on_re_as/china_quake_pandas;_ylt=Aknj0aWoPpTTdaeXpSUeo_6s0NUE

Panda habitat damaged by China quake - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080617/ap_on_re_us/sci_reversible_vasectomy;_ylt=Aop2X4jo60TNC050bdBivTys0NUE

Zoo performs first reverse vasectomy on horse - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080617/ap_on_sc/sci_there_there_now;_ylt=AsihAw2wG5UsHDEaMrABBQWs0NUE

Study: Chimps calm each other with hugs, kisses - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080617/sc_livescience/likehumansotherapesplanahead;_ylt=ApRA0efjHdMnDKKcfHJSaU8PLBIF

Like Humans, Other Apes Plan Ahead - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7458415.stm

BBC NEWS Health Egg-freezing technique 'is safe'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7458155.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Greenland whale hunt 'commercial'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7459472.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Space cameras to monitor forests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080613111131.htm

Uncovering The Truth Behind The Largest Marsupial To Walk The Earth

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

Diprotodon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080613165830.htm

Decision-Making, Risk-Taking Similar In Bees And Humans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080611135020.htm

Bee Species Outnumber Mammals And Birds Combined

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080612095527.htm

Chemists Get Scoop On Crude 'Oil' From Pig Manure

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080613101121.htm

Lizards Pull A Wheelie

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

Basiliscus basiliscus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080613092514.htm

Life's Raw Materials May Have Come From The Stars, Scientists Confirm

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

Murchison meteorite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080615142247.htm

Sea's Ebb And Flow Drive World's Big Extinction Events, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080612150144.htm

Humor Shown To Be Fundamental To Our Success As A Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080611144021.htm

Fossils Found In Tibet Revise History Of Elevation, Climate

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080611161038.htm

Woolly Mammoth Gene Study Changes Extinction Theory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080612144558.htm

Mysterious Mountain Dinosaur May Be New Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080613111410.htm

Australian Dinosaur Found To Have South American Heritage

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

Megaraptor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25197251/

Eight great extinct species - Science- msnbc.com

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

Monachus tropicalis

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25200135/

'White stuff' mystifies Mars researchers - Mars- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25082279

Another hand-raised zoo baby: It's a sloth! - Science- msnbc.com

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/06/16/dinosaur.mummy.ap/index.html

Dinosaur mummy holds many secrets - CNN.com

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/06/12/endangered.lions.ap/index.html

Alarm raised for Kenya's Amboseli lions - CNN.com