Tortoises/Turtles/Herptiles in the News, The Permian Extinction and More for Friday, May 29, 2009

* Dermochelys coriacea image (right) and image (left) licensed under Creative Commons by Paul Mannix

China volcano may have caused mass extinction

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090529/ap_on_sc/us_sci_volcano_extinction;_ylt=AqqENEvXU52v1UvNNVj5B2.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlNG90bDliBHBvcwMxMTkEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNjaGluYXZvbGNhbm8-

Permian Extinction

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

Red Glow Sheds Light on Ocean Health

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090529/sc_livescience/redglowshedslightonoceanhealth;_ylt=AicPkj8Ey5KgBPtJxMWKzGYPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTNsZTYxZnVxBGFzc2V0Ay9saXZlc2NpZW5jZS8yMDA5MDUyOS9zY19saXZlc2NpZW5jZS9yZWRnbG93c2hlZHNsaWdodG9ub2NlYW5oZWFsdGgEcG9zAzEEc2

Report: Climate change crisis 'catastrophic'

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/05/29/annan.climate.change.human/index.html

Climate pressure 'building on US'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8073434.stm

Most Polluted Ecosystems Can Recover, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527105713.htm

Greening Arctic Not Likely To Offset Permafrost Carbon Release

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527130826.htm

Spring Agricultural Fires Have Large Impact On Melting Arctic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526140850.htm

U.S. company finds "safer" way to make stem-like cells

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54r6ti-us-stemcells-reprogramming/

Why Coral Reefs Around The World Are Collapsing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528142819.htm

Malaria parasites 'resist drugs'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8073118.stm

Beavers return after 400-year gap

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8072443.stm

Castor

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

Rare Madagascan tortoises stolen

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8072000/8072511.stm

Geochelone yniphora

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

Astrochelys yniphora (IUCN Red List Link Species notation: Geochelone yniphora nomenclature not located in the IUCN Red List nor the EOL pages. Only Astrochelys yniphora could be located). Critically endangered.

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/9016/0

Astrochelys yniphora (EOL Link – no image)

http://eol.org/pages/794291

* 'Crazy' woman saves sea turtles from slaughter

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/05/28/cnnheroes.suzan.lakhan.baptiste/index.html

Dermochelys coriacea

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

Dermochelys coriacea (IUCN Red List Link)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/6494/0

Dermochelys coriacea (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/815711

Everglades swamped with invading pythons

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090528/od_nm/us_everglades_pythons;_ylt=AmBwHA7bgxDK5Rw39xaTnmqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFmaDY5MHJyBHBvcwMyMDYEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9vZGRfbmV3cwRzbGsDZXZlcmdsYWRlc3N3

Pythonidae

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

Toothy sharks once ruled Tuscany

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30987630/


Non-toxic Hull Coating Resists Barnacles, May Save Ship Owners Millions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528110623.htm

Cirripedia

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

Honey Bee Colony Losses In U.S. Almost 30 Percent From All Causes From September 2008 To April 2009

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090522180642.htm


Waxy Plant Substance Key For Absorption Of Water, Nutrients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090522154506.htm

Suberin

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

Discoveries Upend Traditional Thinking About How Plants Make Certain Compounds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526094249.htm

Unexpected Bacterial Diversity On Human Skin

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528142821.htm

New killer virus found in Africa

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30989694/

Lujo virus

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


Virtual Reconstruction Of A Neanderthal Woman’s Birth Canal Reveals Insights Into Evolution Of Human Child Birth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528133423.htm

Homo neandethalensis

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

Study: Climate change kills 300,000 a year

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30998907/

Lessons From The Past: Research Examines How Past Communities Coped With Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527103528.htm

Climate change

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


Antibiotic Multi-resistance: Why Bacteria Are So Effective

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527170308.htm

Carbon capture technology tested

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8072583.stm

Aker Clean Carbon

http://www.akercleancarbon.com/index.cfm

Ancient Mudstones Could Provide Alternative Source Of Energy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527110137.htm

Mudstone

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

Obama moves to curb road-building in forests

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090529/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_roadless_forests;_ylt=AvTmbw5.dA7uNp__kF5jGoCs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlNjlocG03BHBvcwMxMjEEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNvYmFtYW1vdmVzdG8-

Ailurus Attracted to Aspartame and Caloplaca Obamae Named for Obama and More for Thursday, April 16, 2009

New Species Of Lichen Named After President Barack Obama image licensed under Creative Commons by Llima

Novel Technique To Sequence Human Genome

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415162644.htm

Another Anti-cancer Effect Of The 'Longevity' Protein SIRT1 Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090413083311.htm

Veterinary Oncologists Advance Cancer Drugs For Humans And Pets

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415162658.htm

Nerve Block Could Revolutionize Pain Control

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415113332.htm

Horse stem-cell technique to be tested in people

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53e4wj-us-stemcells/

Mild Dementia Detected In Humans Through Eye Tracking

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415102207.htm

Home Tooth Bleaching Slightly Reduces Enamel Strength

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090414110816.htm

Pet trade puts orangutans at risk

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8000909.stm

Finding a home for orangutan 'refugees'

http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/04/16/1888897.aspx

Pongo

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

Diet Secrets Of Elephant Family Named 'The Royals'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090413180533.htm

Loxodonta

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

Iranian Scientists Clone Goat

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/16/tech/main4949586.shtml

Capra aegagrus hircus

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

Red Pandas Have Artificial Sweet Tooth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415120959.htm

Ailurus fulgens

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

Prehistoric Turtle Goes To Hospital For CT Scan In Search For Skull, Eggs, Embryos

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415141225.htm

Snakes escape on Qantas flight

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8001644.stm

All octopuses and cuttlefish are venomous, study finds

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1058867

Coleoidea

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

Honeybees don't fall for cheap perfume

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30233069/

Apis

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

Univ. of Florida, ASPCA fill void for animal CSIs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090416/ap_on_re_us/csi_animals;_ylt=AlfYygB8zHORZCjWgHV1j4ys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlZnB1ajNpBHBvcwM1OQRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3Vfc19uZXdzBHNsawN1bml2b2ZmbG9yaWQ-


Climate Change Makes Migrations Longer For Birds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415074856.htm

Climate Change May Wake Up 'Sleeper' Weeds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415102123.htm

Climate change

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

Farmers Relying On Herbicide Roundup Lose Some Of Its Benefit

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090414153529.htm

Roundup website

http://www.roundup.com/

New Species Of Lichen Named After President Barack Obama

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415141217.htm

Caloplaca obamae

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

Impact Of Floods On Soils

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090408140204.htm

Spam 'produces 17m tons of CO2'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8001749.stm

Spam

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_spam

UK unveils electric car subsidies

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8001254.stm

Obama plug-in car goal may be short-circuited

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30229953/

Ethical Man visits Motor City in search of green cars

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8001951.stm

Group sues feds over endangered species protection

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090416/ap_on_re_us/western_ark_lawsuit;_ylt=AuQ5bmsClJwdrwPf.RyLi7YPLBIF

Box of "scorpions" failed to shield smuggler

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090415/od_nm/us_scorpions_odd;_ylt=AmBtazbV.JkjTo3d0E1EYxKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFmdW9oMHBhBHBvcwMxOTIEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9vZGRfbmV3cwRzbGsDYm94b2ZxdW90c2Nv

Australia launches 'clean coal' institute

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090416/sc_afp/australiaclimatewarming;_ylt=AgpzMWAcTjihHyK0InY415wPLBIF

Congress' Gym Scare: Staffer Gets Staph

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Germs/story?id=7345795&page=1

Man Grows Tree ... In His Lung

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7343614

Energy Drinks Work -- In Mysterious Ways

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415075142.htm

Energy Drink

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

Overpopulation Warning and More for Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Earth population 'exceeds limits'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7974995.stm

Nina Fedoroff

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

Long-necked dinos never held their heads high

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29992795/

Sauropoda

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

Signs of hope for chimp attack victim

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'Supersize' lions roamed Britain

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/7974948.stm

Panthera leo spelaea

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

Panthera leo fossilis

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

Judge orders feds to reconsider help for jaguar

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090401/ap_on_re_us/jaguar_ruling;_ylt=Ai35qt29ThYexqSmivdSl0cPLBIF

Panthera onca

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

Saving Rare Venomous Mammal From Extinction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331133537.htm

Solenodon paradoxus

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

6,000 rare Irrawaddy dolphins found in waters of South Asia

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1051942

Orcaella brevirostris

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

Imperial Eagle Numbers Have Increased Six-fold In Spain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323161225.htm

Aquila adalberti

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

Bird survives with arrow 'clean through it'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29992304/

Grus canadensis

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

Baby chicks do basic arithmetic

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7975260.stm

Gallus gallus

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

Meet Florida's python catchers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7967587.stm

Pythonidae

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

37-year-old frog found in New Zealand

http://www.vuw.ac.nz/victorianews/ViewNews.aspx?id=2607&newslabel=hn

Leiopelma pakeka

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

Connectivity In Marine Fish Populations: Larvae Spawned In Marine Reserves Can Travel Long Distances

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325132336.htm

Cause Of Mussel Poisoning Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324111558.htm

Mussel

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

Azaspiracid

http://www.curehunter.com/public/pubmed11330704.do

Azadinium spinosum

http://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/13057.php?from=133484

Atlantic Snails Increase Dramatically In Size

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324171604.htm

DNA From Old Insects: No Need To Destroy The Specimen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331201522.htm

If you can't afford it, grow it

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/04/01/recession.garden/index.html?iref=t2test_livingwed

Palm Oil Development May Threaten Amazon

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324101755.htm

Palm oil

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

'First Economical Process' For Making Biodiesel Fuel From Algae

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325222006.htm

Biodiesel

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

New Insights Into How Brain Responds To Viral Infection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331133341.htm

Stem Cell Breakthrough: 'Switch' Created That Turns Stem Cells Into Muscle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330154806.htm

Amniotic Fluid May Provide New Source Of Stem Cells For Future Therapies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331112645.htm

Mechanism That Regulates Movement Of Blood-forming Stem Cells In The Body Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325142509.htm

Stem cell

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

Amniotic fluid

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

Drug-resistant TB is a ‘time bomb,’ WHO says

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29990199/

Bill Gates, China Join Forces Against TB

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/01/health/main4909669.shtml

Discovery Of Tuberculosis Bacterium Enzyme Paves Way For New TB Drugs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090327152401.htm

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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

How infection may spark leukemia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7973678.stm

Leukemia

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

Pregnancy With Male Fetus Riskier, Study Claims

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331112729.htm

People who live in the tropics have more baby girls

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7972993.stm

Talking in color: imaging helps social skills

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53000z-us-computer-autism/

Salmonella Fear Prompts Mayonnaise Recall

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/01/health/main4909585.shtml

Raw pistachios may be the source of salmonella

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29978103/

Pistachio warning could signal food safety shift

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29990231/

Ecologists Question Effects Of Climate Change On Infectious Diseases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401112448.htm

Climate change 'fans Nepal fires'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7968745.stm

Nitrate Stimulates Greenhouse Gas Production In Small Streams

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330111259.htm

Can 'biochar' save the planet?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/03/30/biochar.warming.energy/index.html

Biochar

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

Predicting Mosquito Outbreaks For Disease Control

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324101757.htm

Anopheles

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



Satellite Snow Maps Help Reindeer Herders Adapt To A Changing Arctic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401102938.htm

Arctic

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

Rangifer tarandus

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