Life Evolved in Lakes? and Earliest Tree Dweller? & More for Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Extinction Crisis Looms In Oceania

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090728102301.htm

Colder climate tied to longer animal lives

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32179202/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Naming Evolution's Winners And Losers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090729092536.htm

Evolution

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

Wildfires To Increase As Climate Warms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090728123047.htm

Earliest Animals Lived In Lake Environment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090727191732.htm

Doushantuo Formation

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

Love Songs of Bowhead Whales: Whales Sings With 'More Than One Voice'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090729074523.htm

Balaena mysticetus

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

Balaena mysticetus (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/328577

Balaena mysticetus (IUCN Red List)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/2467/0

Orangutans swing for their dinner

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8171142.stm

Pongo

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

After Dinosaurs, Mammals Rise But Their Genomes Get Smaller

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090727191919.htm

A fossil records the oldest known creature to live in the trees

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8173117.stm

First Vertebrate To Live In Trees

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090728201732.htm

Suminia getmanovi

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

More To Bats' Vision Than Meets The Eye

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090727203745.htm

Bizarre Walking Bat Has Ancient Heritage

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090729095054.htm

Mystacina tuberculata

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

Mystacina tuberculata (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1038741

Mystacina tuberculata (IUCN Red List – Vulnerable)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/14261/0

Fossil Tooth Remains Of Extinct Rodent Species Discovered: Oldest Find Within This Genus In The World

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090728083707.htm

Bird Population Declines In Northern Europe Explained By Thiamine (Vitamin B1) Deficiency

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090714154921.htm

Thiamine Deficiency

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

How geese squeeze oxygen from thin air

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/28/tech-090728-bar-headed-geese-oxygen-altitude-scott.html

Nearly extinct California frog rediscovered

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32129876/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Rana muscosa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_yellow-legged_frog

Rana muscosa (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1019248


Rana muscosa (IUCN Red List – Endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/19177/0


One in six species of freshwater crab face extinction

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8171000/8171268.stm



Insect defence all blood and guts

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8172000/8172168.stm

Acanthoplus discoidalis (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/651276



'Barcode' to help identify plants

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8172673.stm

DNA Barcoding

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

'Organic has no health benefits'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8174482.stm

Dye 'cuts spinal injury severity'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8170033.stm

Brilliant Blue G

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

'No doubt' sunbeds cause cancer

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8172690.stm

Tanning Bed

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

For Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Kiwi encounter (Rainbow Gardens) image licensed under Creative Commons by miss rogue (Apteryx)

Ancient Fossil Suggests Origin of Cheetahs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081230/sc_livescience/ancientfossilsuggestsoriginofcheetahs;_ylt=AmCwSn7UOePE52jXB5iZQq4PLBIF

Acinonyx jubatus

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

China finds "largest dinosaur fossil site" in world

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bt0ta-us-china-dinosaur/

7,600 fossils found at China's 'Dinosaur City'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28430361/

Chinese scientists claim discovery of earth's largest dinosaur fossil site

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/30/china-fossils.html

Kiwis (the birds) get help to avert extinction

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28392912/

Apteryx

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

Climate Change Effects On Imperiled Sierra Frog Examined

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081211093559.htm

Rana sierrae

http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi-bin/amphib_query?rel-genus=like&rel-species=like&rel-common_name=like&rel-family=equals&rel-ordr=equals&rel-isocc=like&rel-description=like&rel-distribution=like&rel-life_history=like&rel-trends_and_threats=like&rel-relation_to_h

Researcher says Jell-O may eliminate lake trout

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081229/ap_on_fe_st/odd_lake_trout;_ylt=Ag_ZjC_zDAlDpDfGgMUK41rtiBIF

Salvelinus namaycush

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

Bizarre Reproductive Techniques Discovered For Deep-ocean Squid

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209130253.htm

Why Locusts Abandon A Solitary Life For The Swarm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218122152.htm

Acrididae

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

N.Z. airline flies jet partly run on veggie oil

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28433079/

Artistic clues to coastal change

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7790416.stm

Metals, arsenic found in rivers near sludge spill

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/29/tennessee.sludge/index.html

'Huge year for natural disasters'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7803624.stm

Scientists eye swarm of Yellowstone quakes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28427187/

Humans, Oceans Shape North American Climate

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081227230140.htm

Competition, Not Climate Change, Led To Neanderthal Extinction, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081229105039.htm

Homo neanderthalensis

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

20% 'have blood pressure gene'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7802743.stm

Berry Compound Reduces Aging Effect

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228194218.htm

Pterostilbene

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

Common food additives may feed lung tumors

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28423711/

Researchers unlock secrets of 1918 flu pandemic

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bs564-us-flu-1918/

Voriconazole: A Highly Potent Treatment For Fungal Infections

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216104029.htm

Voriconazole

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


Flowering Plants Speed Post-surgery Recovery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081229104700.htm