Flex update

http://www.adn.com/2011/01/31/1677051/wandering-russian-gray-whale-seems.html

The tag may have fallen off.

Urban Coyotes

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-coyote-20110130,0,6324671.story

Steadily increasing?

Amoeba contamination

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/69299/title/Amoebas_in_drinking_water_a_double_threat

Bad news for water drinkers.

Suicide by bear

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/01/27/2038074/report-arizona-fugitive-planned.html

The entire story is beyond bizarre.

Bison

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/01/28/2039659/bison-in-grazing-program-returned.html

Lots of problems to be solved.

Out of Africa?

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/69197/title/Hints_of_earlier_human_exit_from_Africa

Complicated.

The effects of the eruption of Mount Toba in Indonesia are interesting.

Lake Superior

http://www.startribune.com/local/114731454.html?elr=KArksUUUezH_MDC7DaaDy_vDEh7P:DiU

Lake Superior is a dangerous place.

This kind of experience might make me swear off ice-fishing on Lake Superior.

Bats and Pitcher Plants

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/69133/title/Deadly_for_bugs%2C_perfect_for_bat_naps

Mutualism?

Godzilla

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/01/25/2034217/5-foot-monitor-lizard-wanders.html

A Godzilla-like creature?

Heh.

Flex website

http://mmi.oregonstate.edu/Sakhalin2010

Very interesting.

Flex update

http://www.adn.com/2011/01/24/1664990/rare-whale-tracked-leaving-bering.html

Walrus

http://www.adn.com/2011/01/24/1664865/deadline-nears-for-decision-on.html

Tough situation.

Corals Move North

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/69060/title/Corals_moving_north

Life finds a way.

No escape

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/22/science/earth/22kenya.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha22

Dire predictions.

Polar bears

http://www.adn.com/2011/01/21/1661040/experts-tackle-plight-of-the-polar.html

Complicated issues.

Impaled Deer

http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/2011/01/21/20110121michigan-impaled-deer-eminem-home.html?source=nletter-entertainment

At least the meat went to a good cause.

CWD in Minnesota

http://www.startribune.com/sports/outdoors/114365399.html?elr=KArksUUUezH_MDC7DaaDy_vDEh7P:DiU

Very bad.

Plastic-lined nests

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/69014/title/Plastic-lined_nests_keep_rivals_at_bay

Very interesting.

Paul the Octopus

http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/2011/01/20/20110120germany-octupus-memorial.html?source=nletter-entertainment

It would have been an honor to have met him.

Peacock Killer

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/01/20/2025647/lawyer-hawaii-peacock-killing.html

Perpetrators always have an excuse for their actions.

Dicty

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/68978/title/Old_amoebas_spawn_their_farms

Slime molds as farmers. Very interesting.

Bear in tree stand

Thanks to Dad for sending me this one.

When a bow hunter approached his tree stand, this is what he found.

Temple Grandin

http://www.templegrandin.com/

An amazing woman who has worked to improve the lives of cattle.

Monster from the deep

http://www.adn.com/2011/01/17/1653466/monster-from-the-deep.html

Blue marlin almost spooled 700 yards of line.

Delta vs. pets

http://www.ajc.com/business/more-animals-ran-into-804426.html

Flying is dangerous.

Owl vs. dog

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/01/18/2021149/chihuahua-survives-owl-attack.html

I don't blame the dog for being scared of the dark.

Tour ships vs. seals

http://www.adn.com/2011/01/15/1650444/new-rules-may-separate-tour-ships.html

Tough choices have to be made.

Alaska wolf killing

http://www.adn.com/2011/01/14/1649043/alaska-aerial-wolf-killing-limited.html

Wolves need less snow?

Flex

http://www.adn.com/2011/01/14/1648717/rare-whale-heading-toward-alaska.html

Hurray for Flex, the highly endangered gray whale.

Paul Sereno

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-110113dinosaur-paul-sereno,0,7671360.story

Paul Sereno in the news with exciting dinosaur fossils.

Drilling vs. Polar Bears

http://www.adn.com/2011/01/13/1647134/group-plans-suit-to-shield-polar.html

Many different interests in mutual conflict.

Warming vs. Salmon

http://www.adn.com/2011/01/13/1647133/study-tracks-salmon-coping-with.html

Do genetics explain the sudden unexplained increase?

The following link is another verison of the story:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/01/13/2014775/study-tracks-salmon-coping-with.html

This version mentions viruses and diseases.

Turtle Smugglers

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/01/10/2009727/2-arrested-in-los-angeles-in-turtle.html

21 years in prison would be a significant punishment.

Ancient Farmers

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/68493/title/Ancient_farmers_swiftly_spread_westward

8,000 years ago in Dalmatia.

Ending Overfishing

http://www.adn.com/2011/01/08/1639413/scientists-praise-rules-ending.html

The worst of times are over?

Diseased Mice

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/68478/title/Aspens_bust%2C_diseased_mice_boom

Interesting that trees indirectly protect us from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.

Did microbes eat the methane?

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/68461/title/Methane_from_BP_spill_goes_missing

Interesting question.

Ammonite diet

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/68417/title/An_ammonites_last_supper

Interesting speculation on why the ammonite went extinct and the nautilus did not.

Two-Headed Calf

http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/2011/01/07/20110107two-headed-calf-born.html?source=nletter-entertainment

Maybe this is related to the Aflockalypse?

Orange Gator

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/01/07/2005252/orange-gator-must-be-a-dye-job.html

Hard to see how that would be an adaptive advantage.

Aflockalypse

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/05/AR2011010502625.html?nav=hcmoduletmv

Dead birds plus 2 million dead fish in Chesapeake Bay?

Very disturbing.

Ancient Extinctions

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/68408/title/Oceans_may_have_poisoned_early_animals

It would be interesting to know the source of the sulfur.

Fish Habitat

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/05/us/05trees.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha23

Excellent use of surplus trees.

Another mass bird death

http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/la-has-mass-bird-794290.html

But according to the USGS, mass bird deaths happen all the time.

Save the Owls

http://www.rodale.com/rodent-control?cm_mmc=DailyNewsNL-_-2011_01_05-_-Top5-_-NA

Interesting to note that EPA plans to ban certain pesticides.

Firefighters save deer

http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/2011/01/05/20110105deer-drifting-on-ice-saved.html?source=nletter-entertainment

An inspirational story but what happened to the other deer?

Slap on the wrist

http://www.adn.com/2011/01/05/1633297/hunter-sentenced-in-killing-of.html

Pathetically small consequences.

Parasitic nematodes

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/68343/title/Robins_reject_red_glowing_grub

Fascinating.

Arkansas bird update

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/68363/title/Arkansas_birds_died_of_trauma

If they flew into trees, would not there be external injuries?

Delta vs. Dogs update

http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/army-officers-dog-lost-794093.html

Tragic.

Fungi

http://tomvolkfungi.net/

Tons of information on fungi.

2,000 Dead Blackbirds

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/DN-deadbirds_03tex.ART.State.Edition1.2a0d7d6.html

Very weird story.

It is an X-Files case.

Exotic Predators

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/01/02/1997846/a-plan-to-rid-keys-of-predator.html

Difficult problem in the Florida Keys and everywhere else.

Permian Extinction

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/67614/title/Gassy_volcanoes_tied_to_mass_extinction

Massive eruptions can be bad.

Greenhouse Gases vs. Polar Bears

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/67647/title/Climate_action_could_save_polar_bears

Difficult situation.

Bark Beetles

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/67781/title/Bugged_forests_bad_for_climate

Bark beetles worsen global warming?

Water Acquisition

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/68194/title/Liquid_Acquisition

Critical for the origins of life.

Complicated models.

Tidal Generators

http://www.adn.com/2010/12/27/1621195/scientists-worry-tidal-generators.html

There is opposition to all forms of energy generation.

Elephant Speciation

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/67944/title/Genes_separate_Africa%E2%80%99s_elephant_herds

Complicated genetic history of elephants.

Complicated Prehistory

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/67985/title/Neandertal_relative_bred_with_humans

Finger bones and weird teeth are important.

Musk ox vs. dogs

http://community.adn.com/adn/node/154947

Dangerous world out there.

Pizzly

http://www.adn.com/2010/12/26/1620713/melting-arctic-ice-could-fuel.html

Interesting speculations.