From Rhincodon to Rhinichthys to Gromphadorhina and More for Thursday, May 7, 2009

Jaguar makes surprise visit to Panama island

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30607560/

Panthera onca

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

Barro Colorado Island

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

'Dumped' dogs turn to cannibalism

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8037635.stm

Feds: Mountain-dwelling pika may need protection

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090506/ap_on_re_us/us_global_warming_pika;_ylt=ApLfuPkHwBMokFhZVmtra_APLBIF

Ochotona princeps

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

Meet the brains of the animal world

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8023295.stm

Whale of a time The tricky business of tagging the world's biggest fish

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8033706.stm

Rhinocodon typus

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

Feds to reconsider critical habitat for 2 fish

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090507/ap_on_sc/us_threatened_fish;_ylt=AvVjlH9JFQwnhGv4sD2WeMgPLBIF

Meda fulgida

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

Rhinichthys cobitis

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


Scientists test scorpion toxin on tumors

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Scorpion toxin

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

Gel-Based Glue Fastens Snails To Wet Surfaces, Model For Surgical Adhesive

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090501200853.htm

Smith et al. Robust cross-links in molluscan adhesive gels: Testing for contributions from hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2009; 152 (2): 110 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2008.10.004

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2008.10.004

Arion subfuscus

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

Mites On Hissing Cockroach May Benefit Humans With Allergies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429132243.htm

Gromphadorhina portentosa

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

'Diving Beetle' Named After Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090506202946.htm

A new species of Agaporomorphus Zimmermann from Venezuela, and a review of
the A. knischi species group (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Copelatinae)

http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/z01859p068f.pdf


Inner Workings Of Human Embryonic Stem Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430132528.htm

Three genes help breast cancer spread to brain

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5456ql-us-cancer-brain/

Cancer-causing Virus Associated With Higher Risk Of New HIV Infection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430172946.htm

Aristocrat guilty of Kenya manslaughter

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8037430.stm

Thomas P. G. Cholmondeley

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_P._G._Cholmondeley

Wild fruit trees face extinction

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8036785.stm

White Tea: Solution To Obesity Epidemic?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430194803.htm

White tea

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

Adipocytes

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

Rise Of Oxygen Caused Earth's Earliest Ice Age

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507094218.htm

Origin of giant bloom discovered

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8026000/8026847.stm

Sea Salt Holds Clues To Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430115909.htm

Carbon Balance Of Terrestrial Ecosystems In China

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090501091149.htm

Organic Dairy Manure May Offer High Quality Fertilizer Option

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090502084607.htm

'Stinky' Drywall Imported From China Raises Health And Safety Concerns

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504094246.htm

Swine Flu Genes Dissimilar To Past Pandemics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090506131507.htm

More than 2,000 cases of swine flu worldwide, 44 deaths: WHO

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/05/07/swine-flu-who050709.html

For Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Thylacinus cynocephalus image licensed under Creative Commons by RobotSkirts

Hair Of Tasmanian Tiger Yields Genes Of Extinct Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090112201131.htm

Genetic secrets from Tassie tiger

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7825011.stm

Tasmanian tiger's die-off explained

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28628037/

Thylacinus cynocephalus

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

Giant Bird Feces Record Pre-human New Zealand

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090112110115.htm

Dinornithidae

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

Drive to save red panda

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7826150.stm

Ailurus fulgens

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

Mink Control Vital To Save Water Voles In Britain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090110084246.htm

Mustela lutreola

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

Arvicola amphibius

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

Rats Say: Manhattan Rules!

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090112201212.htm

Rattus

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

Pink slips for porcupines? Zoos face cuts

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28634539/

Dino feathers 'were for display'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7825364.stm

Spate of shark attacks in Australia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7826389.stm

Humans Reshape Prey At Super-natural Speeds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090112201123.htm

Rabbits play while the cats are away - and penguins suffer

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7824153.stm

Tagged seahorses How coloured plastics help track the fragile animals

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7796425.stm

Microscopic Morphology Adds To Scorpion Tree

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090112110100.htm

Scorpionida

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

Tiny Insect Develops Long-term Memory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090112201312.htm