Evolution Acceleration and When Hawks Attack and More for Thursday, April 9, 2009

Complex Life Forms Linked To Nickel, Methane

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090408145336.htm

Aerosols May Drive Much Arctic Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090408164413.htm

Modern life's pressures may be hastening human evolution

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090408/sc_mcclatchy/3208192;_ylt=AoM5LzioADvJYFbB0_KHiooPLBIF

Powerful sonar causes deafness in dolphins: study

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090407/sc_afp/scienceanimalscetaceanssonar;_ylt=Aq1RL_vAm_xiDtssVHhiYkAPLBIF

Dolphin

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

Prehistoric Bears Also Ate Everything And Anything

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090408170815.htm

Arctodus simus

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

Ursus spelaeus

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

Half of Canada's boreal caribou herds in decline: report

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/08/caribou-boreal.html

Rangifer tarandus

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

Webcast shows eaglet was born on Vancouver Island

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/04/08/bc-eagle-cam-births.html

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

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

When Hawks Attack: Miami Student Hurt

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=7292391&page=1

Accipitridae

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

Uni-flipper turtle gets it straight with swimsuit

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30116276/

Chelonia mydas

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

Federal regulators deny protection to Calif. fish

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090408/ap_on_re_us/troubled_delta;_ylt=AnC6iFmKZwHP03DTLUBknRQPLBIF

Spirinchus thaleichthys

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

Spirinchus thaleichthys

http://fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2698

Ancient Diatoms Lead To New Technology For Solar Energy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090408145556.htm

Diatom

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

Wilkins Sound Break and Seal Kill and More for Sunday, April 5, 2009

Corvus monedula image licensed under Creative Commons by foxypar4

Ice bridge ruptures in Antarctic

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7984054.stm

Ice Bridge Under Wilkins Ice Shelf Collapsing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090403080827.htm

Antarctic ice bridge snaps

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/05/antarctic-bridge.html

Wilkins Ice Shelf

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

Antarctica

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

'Thousands' of seals killed over salmon

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7983983.stm

Baby baboons at Edinburgh Zoo

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7982055.stm

Papio

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

Inbreeding taking toll on Michigan wolves

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30045447/

Canis lupus

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

Birds Can 'Read' Human Gaze

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090402124238.htm

Corvus monedula

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

Decoding Mysterious Green Glow Of The Sea

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401134606.htm

Nicotine May Have Bigger Impact Than Thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090403144030.htm

Nicotine

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

Hormone Prolactin Reduces Fat Metabolism

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090402092859.htm

Prolactin

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

Doctor in hep B case has license suspended

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30033185/

Coffee run: scientists uncover how caffeine boosts athletes' performance

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/03/caffeine-calcium-run.html

Caffeine

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

Humans May Be Losers If Technological Nature Replaces The Real Thing, Psychologists Warn

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401181445.htm

Tapping Industrial Waste Heat Could Reduce Fossil Fuel Demands

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401102235.htm

Nut Co.: Kraft Found Salmonella In 2008

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/03/health/main4917680.shtml

For Friday, October 31, 2008

Uncia uncia image licensed under Creative Commons by rofanator

Polar warming 'caused by humans'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7700387.stm

Snow leopard wins top photo prize

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7696188.stm

Uncia uncia

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

Hatched turtles go on sea journey

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7701277.stm

Mysterious Bat Disease Decimates Colonies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081030144613.htm

‘Liger’ attack kills animal handler

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27469562/

Liger

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

Blinking Clock Made In Live Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081029141041.htm

Pakistan's new menace: Wild boars

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7697485.stm

Do Dams Make A Difference? Similar Survival Rates For Pacific Salmon In Fraser And Columbia Rivers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081028074430.htm

Prehistoric-age reptile found in New Zealand

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27471291/

Sphenodon

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


Predicting Evolution’s Next Best Move With Simulator

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081030201857.htm

'Living Fossil' Tree Contains Genetic Imprints Of Rain Forests Under Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081030192853.htm

Bacteria Manage Perfume Oil Production From Grass

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081031102053.htm

Cold Sore Virus Leads to Baby's Death

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/story?id=6150484&page=1

Seasonal Clock-shifts Affect Heart Attack Risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081030075647.htm

Red Meat: Target For Disease-causing Bacteria?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081029141035.htm

Pneumococcal Vaccine Could Prevent Numerous Deaths, Save Costs During A Flu Pandemic, Model Predicts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081028184742.htm

Consumer group asks government to ban Avandia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081030/ap_on_he_me/diabetes_drug;_ylt=AnDMXAxKxsjlW6cERkJHjyus0NUE

Avandia website

http://www.avandia.com/