For Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Photo by Timothy K. Hamilton, licensed under Creative Commons

Today we explore; Vog, a city sized reservoir planned for the Everglades, global warming threat to tropical species, a bionic beak for an injured Bald eagle, rescued reptiles, Argentinian dinosaur egg return, rice super gene, city-dwelling mating pair Peregrines, the lethality of Bubonic plague, plants that text message stress levels to farmers, and the lethal fungus threat to the Golden frog.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080505/ap_on_re_us/hawaii_volcanic_gas;_ylt=AhcX2nma2mw23_u9hRdyN7Cs0NUE

Vog — volcanic smog — kills plants, casts a haze over Hawaii - Yahoo! News

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

Vog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080506/ap_on_re_us/everglades_reservoir;_ylt=AvCmgXozgIV2NnvRNQIivROs0NUE

Reservoir larger than Manhattan planned to help Everglades - Yahoo! News

http://www.evergladesplan.org/index.aspx

Welcome to the official website of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080506/ap_on_sc/warming_tropics;_ylt=AlOo6jbIqmy7jRpqua0CBzys0NUE

Scientists: Warming may greatest threat to tropical species - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7384807.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Tropics insects 'face extinction'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080505211835.htm

Trouble In Paradise: Global Warming A Greater Danger To Tropical Species

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080506/ap_on_sc/bionic_beak;_ylt=Ar7Tqx_XGIpdyNo2ZxTbFQMPLBIF

Idaho team readies artificial beak for wounded bald eagle - Yahoo! News

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

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080501/ap_on_re_as/cambodia_wildlife;_ylt=AjKkvjaqCYxkDkVm8G7ENSoPLBIF

Conservationists rescue almost 300 Cambodian reptiles - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080504/sc_afp/sciencefarmfoodricegenes;_ylt=AsPD15GgC2dElFUIr0._GYoPLBIF

Is this the rice super-gene? - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080505/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/argentina_dinosaur_eggs;_ylt=AuOkWsMzD0tXvhteTaG4UQwPLBIF

US to return Argentine dinosaur eggs - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7385329.stm

BBC NEWS UK Falcons take up city-centre perch

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

Falco peregrinus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080504194238.htm

Scientists Discover Why Plague Is So Lethal

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

Bubonic plague - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24454529/

Who should doctors let die in a pandemic? - Infectious diseases- msnbc.com

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

Aspartic acid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080502171010.htm

Plants Text Message Farmers When Thirsty

http://www.smartcrop.net/

Smart Crop

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24466460/

Deadly fungus threatens golden frog - Science- msnbc.com

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

Atelopus zeteki

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

Chytridiomycota - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Golden frog photo licensed under Creative Commons by ucumari

For Saturday, May 3, 2008

Photo licensed under Creative Commons by mgjeffries

Just a few topics to explore today, frightening and horrifying topics...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080502120306.htm

'Fishery Failure' Declared For West Coast Salmon Fishery

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=244

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080501143406.htm

Oxygen Depletion Zones In Tropical Oceans Expanding, Maybe Due To Global Warming

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_zone_%28ecology%29

Dead zone (ecology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

Oxygen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For Friday, May 2, 2008

King Penguin photo licensed under Creative Commons by Yukon White Light

Today we explore: a fur seal that seems to prefer sex with a King Penguin (!) - pictured at right - , elephant killings in the Congo, Martian life and fossils, a project to DNA Barcode trees, the rediscovery of the cloud rat, a rare parasitic plant from Mexico, the endangered Asian vulture, how spiders communicate sexual intent through UVB rays, a very nasty and dangerous germ (Clostridium difficile - you don't want this thing), Paranthropus bosei, parachuting dogs, the death of Ling Ling, the mysterious die-off of hundreds of Mallards, the mortality of caribou calves, a carcinogen in human milk, and how the Sun might actually create extinctions through its movement and interaction with comets. Please browse on, click and enjoy. We've also added a new link list: Floralinks. Also added today (finally): Dodolinks. Our newest links are listed on the top right hand side of the page.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080502/ap_on_sc/tree_dna;_ylt=Ao5znBchb6gplxar_4xdJRqs0NUE

Scientists to capture DNA of trees worldwide for database - Yahoo! News





http://www.livescience.com/animals/080501-cloud-rat.html

Cloud Rat Rediscovered after 112 Years LiveScience

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

Carpomys melanurus

Carpomys melanurus (Zipcode zoo)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080430/sc_afp/scienceanimalsbirdsoffbeat;_ylt=AuKuByVOGPEsPcoRROOnM24PLBIF

Where am I? Chemical compass helps bird brains - Yahoo! News

http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/category/colossal-squid/

Colossal squid « Te Papa’s Blog

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080501-am-mars-life-iron.html

SPACE.com -- What Mars Fossils Might Look Like








http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080501/ap_on_sc/rare_plant;_ylt=AqV_hdQXuQnB8EZv77U0DvMPLBIF

Scientist rediscovers rare plant unseen since 1985 - Yahoo! News

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

Conopholis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7379554.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature 'Sex pest' seal attacks penguin

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

Arctocephalus gazella

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

Aptenodytes patagonicus



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7378196.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Study sheds light on spider sex

http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/P/Phintella_vittata.asp

Phintella vittata (No common name)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7379775.stm

BBC NEWS World Africa Fears over Congo elephant killing

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7373381.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature 'Decade to save Asian vultures'

http://www.wwfpak.org/sc_vulture.php

Oriental White-backed Vulture (Gyps benegalensis) and Long-billed Vulture (Gyps indicus)




http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24407803/

A bad germ gets worse - Health care- msnbc.com

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

Clostridium difficile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia




http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24388112/

Nutcracker Man strangely preferred fruits - LiveScience- msnbc.com

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

Paranthropus boisei - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24386579/

Bats can put on the loudest rock concert — ever - LiveScience- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24405578/

Parachuting dog helped win WWII - LiveScience- msnbc.com



http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24386784/

Ling Ling, Japan's oldest giant panda, dies - Science- msnbc.com

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

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/05/01/canada.ducks.ap/index.html

Canada probes deaths of hundreds of ducks - CNN.com

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

Anas platyrhynchos



http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080501180253.htm

Global Warming Linked To Caribou-calf Mortality

http://zipcodezoo.com/animals/r/rangifer_tarandus_tarandus.asp

Rangifer tarandus tarandus (Caribou, Eurasian Tundra Reindeer)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080428203702.htm

Life-Probing Instrument Preparing For Mission To Mars

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/images/pia09174.html

NASA - Urey: Mars Organic and Oxidant Detector

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080502092145.htm

Sun's Movement Through Milky Way Regularly Sends Comets Hurtling, Coinciding With Mass Life Extinctions

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

Sol

For Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Photo licensed under Creative Commons by Wllly Volk

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080429/ap_on_re_au_an/new_zealand_colossal_squid;_ylt=Ao4MuYcaFLFna9_Q_.Sv2cSs0NUE

New Zealand scientists thaw 1,000-pound squid corpse - Yahoo! News

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

Colossal Squid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080429/ap_on_re_us/polar_bears;_ylt=Ap3l1VgzlRK9k0kr9uABUqes0NUE

Judge orders federal government to decide polar bear listing

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080429/sc_nm/brazil_lizard_dc;_ylt=AtZlYtgE1GNSvSeZVzhAozkPLBIF

Legless lizard found in Brazil may be new species - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080429/ap_on_re_us/shark_attack;_ylt=AsT.T4QCI808WQ8kxsBRKYAPLBIF

Shark expert: Autopsy confirms great white killed triathlete - Yahoo! News

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

Carcharodon carcharias

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080428/sc_livescience/bughassexwithorchids;_ylt=AhTBwQm0fIWlrFBo8jHNhv4PLBIF

Bug Has Sex with Orchids - Yahoo! News


http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/080428-orchid-climax.html

Bug Has Sex with Orchids LiveScience




http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7373998.stm

BBC NEWS Europe Paris rat-catchers tackle rodents

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

Rattus

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7371686.stm

BBC NEWS Technology Free game hopes to save gorillas


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7370737.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Device 'spins silk like spiders'

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

Spider silk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia








http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080424140400.htm

When Did Dinosaurs Go Extinct? Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Dating Refined

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argon-argon_dating

Argon-argon dating - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080428104518.htm

Endangered Right Whales Protected With New Warning Buoys In Shipping Lanes

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

Eubalaena

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080428140002.htm

Will Corals Survive The Stormy Future?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080429130927.htm

Bison Can Thrive Again, Study Says

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080429075327.htm

Scientists Make Chemical Cousin Of DNA For Use As New Nanotechnology Building Block

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNA_%28nucleic_acid%29

Glycerol nucleic acid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080428200309.htm

Ancient Ecosystems Organized Much Like Our Own

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

Cambrian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24360996/

Dolphins collide mid-air, one dies - Science- msnbc.com

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

Tursiops truncatus

For Saturday, April 26, 2008

Photo licensed under Creative Commons by wallyg

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080425/ap_on_sc/climate_arctic_animals

Narwhals more at risk to Arctic warming than polar bears - Yahoo! News

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

Monodon monoceras


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7368484.stm

BBC NEWS Americas Polar bears 'at risk' in Canada

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080423154558.htm

Arctic Marine Mammals On Thin Ice

For Friday, April 25, 2008

Photo licensed under Creative Commons by Stacy Lynn Baum

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7367227.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Balding penguin given wetsuit

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

African Penguin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7363411.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature UK butterflies 'need good summer'

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

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

Butterfly


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7364769.stm

BBC NEWS UK Scotland Highlands and Islands Grey squirrel 'may have hitched'

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

Sciuridae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080424140418.htm

Molecular Analysis Confirms Tyrannosaurus Rex's Evolutionary Link To Birds

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

Tyrannosaurus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080425/od_nm/fish_odd_dc;_ylt=AoahXUQwqKIJOtDGhIdnIq.s0NUE

Anglers let big cash bonanza get away - Yahoo! News

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12045

Bahaba taipingensis, Chinese bahaba: fisheries

For Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Bumblebee photo licensed under Creative Commons by Thomas Quine

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7361539.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Species loss 'bad for our health'









http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7360770.stm

BBC NEWS UK Scotland Edinburgh, East and Fife No sex for all-girl fish species

http://www.eol.org/taxa/17059092

AMAZON MOLLY - Encyclopedia of Life

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

Amazon molly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7360832.stm

BBC NEWS UK Scotland Highlands and Islands Wild bee decline 'catastrophic'

http://www.bumblebeeconservationtrust.co.uk/

The Bumblebee Conservation Trust

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7359991.stm

BBC NEWS UK UK Politics Brown's biofuels caution welcomed

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

Biofuel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080417130549.htm

Birds Announce Their Sentry Duty To Help Comrades Get A Good Meal

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

Turdoides bicolor

Photo licensed under Creative Commons by MBoy68

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080418105531.htm

Building A Global Reference Library Of DNA Barcodes Of Marine Life

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

DNA barcoding - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.fishbol.org/

FISHBOL.org: Fish Barcode of Life Initiative

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080422115008.htm

Ugandan Monkeys Harbor Evidence Of Infection With Unknown Poxvirus

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

Red colobus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080422103853.htm

Herbicide-tolerant Crops Can Improve Water Quality

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080422203315.htm

Freshwater Herring Had Salty Origin

http://www.fishbase.org/search.php

Fish: Search FishBase

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080422171449.htm

Shell-breaking Crabs Lived 20 Million Years Earlier Than Thought

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/23/peta.chicken/index.html

Scientists offered $1 million to grow laboratory chicken - CNN.com

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

The Space Merchants - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - Earth Day

Doormouse photo licensed under Creative Commons by yeimaya

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

Earth Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Earth-Day/ss/events/sc/042108earthday

Earth Day - Yahoo! News Photos


Please note: some of the hyperlinks in italics send you to pages about species and other information. Many of these links are wikilinks. We would use EOL links, but they have not finished authenticating information on some of these species.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7354547.stm

BBC NEWS UK Magazine A dog that's not for life






BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific S Korea trains sniffer-dog clones










Mice Can Sense Oxygen Through Their Skin



Mus Maximus and Mus Minimus



Want To Reduce Your Food-related Carbon Footprint? What You Eat Is More Important Than Where It Came From

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

Carbon footprint - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Many Captive Tigers Are Of Purebred Ancestry; Finding Raises Their Conservation Value





http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080419020546.htm

World's Rarest Gorilla Finds Sanctuary

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

Gorilla gorilla diehli







http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24254754/

Woman finds 8-foot alligator in kitchen - Animal weirdness- msnbc.com

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

Alligator mississippiensis







http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24245803/

Hawking: Alien but primitive life likely - Space- msnbc.com

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

Stephen Hawking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia




http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/04/21/conservatory.lynx.ap/index.html

New Mexico fights to protect the lynx - CNN.com

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

Lynx - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For Monday, April 21, 2008

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080420122601.htm

Could There Be Life On Saturn's Moon Enceladus?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enceladus_%28moon%29

Enceladus (moon)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080416165732.htm

New Model Predicts Where Corals Can Thrive

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080416151943.htm

Road Kill Losses Add Up, Taxing Amphibians And Other Animals

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

Roadkill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080416211436.htm

Making Environmentally Friendly Plastics


http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/offbeat/2008/04/21/ca.grunion.run.cnn

Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com

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

Grunion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Grunion photo licensed under Creative Commons by kalavinka

Miscellaneous Entries for Sunday, April 20, 2008

Photo licensed under Creative Commons by coda

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080420/ap_on_sc/sea_turtles_nesting;_ylt=AoFVVt_r3dDkPSyGUkCZ6Rqs0NUE

Loggerhead turtle nests lag, green and leatherbacks are up

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080420/ap_on_re_us/roadkill_warriors;_ylt=An2aMLF_y2q0BNtLJz77AF6s0NUE

Buzzards or vultures by either name seen as ugly and pesty

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080419/ap_on_sc/predator_and_prey;_ylt=AuVIZ9jnHQ1B8n7FgPPsZ5Ws0NUE

Watching wolves, moose — and heat — on Michigan island - Yahoo! News

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

Isle Royale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia






http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7357121.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Catching corals' spectacular moment

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

Coral reef - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7353407.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Captive tigers 'may save species'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080418133406.htm

Mighty Microbes: Bacteria Filaments Can Bundle Together And Move Objects 100,000 Times Bacterium's Body Weight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080417152027.htm

New Vaccine May Give Long-term Defense Against Deadly Bird Flu And Its Variant Forms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080416140912.htm

Bloodless Worm Sheds Light On Human Blood, Iron Deficiency

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._elegans

Caenorhabditis elegans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia





http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080416091012.htm

Deep-sea Sharks Wired For Sound

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080416140928.htm

Slowly-developing Primates Definitely Not Dim-witted

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

Primate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24226179/

Crocodile kills man in wildlife sanctuary - World environment- msnbc.com

Miscellaneous Entries for April 17-18, 2008

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1208334782154401.xml&coll=2

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo researchers find rare Swinhoe's turtle living in wild in Vietnam

http://www.eol.org/taxa/16721814

SWINHOE'S SOFT-SHELLED TURTLE - Encyclopedia of Life

http://flickr.com/search/?q=swinhoe%27s+turtle

Link to Photo of Swinhoe's turtle

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080417/ap_on_sc/malaysia_pygmy_elephants;_ylt=AtKoqlAK1UTm4HsiLWo5BZqs0NUE

Study: Elephants thought extinct may have survived - Yahoo! News

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

Loxodonta pumilio

Photo licensed under Creative Commons by http://flickr.com/photos/dhedwards/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7350610.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Birds 'can behave like soldiers'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7350403.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Flies get 'mind-control sex swap'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080416091015.htm

Early Exposure To Common Weed Killer Impairs Amphibian Development

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

Atrazine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080417112433.htm

Lizards Undergo Rapid Evolution After Introduction To A New Home

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

Podarcus sicula

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080416140922.htm

Mixing Farm Animal Waste Just Right To Make Energy