Archaeology & Paleontology

How the coelacanth got its fins (New Scientist, Aug. 10)

What We Can Learn From The Biggest Extinction In The History Of Earth (TerraDaily/SPX, Aug. 10)

Mummy Birds Recovered From Egypt Factory (National Geographic News, Aug. 9)

Giant statue of Hadrian unearthed (BBC News, Aug. 9)

Ancient human fossils show women much smaller (Reuters, Aug. 9)

Discovery of Middle Asia Cities Recasts Ancient History (LiveScience, Aug. 9)

Dinosaur mass grave discovered in Switzerland (Yahoo News/Reuters, Aug. 9)

Stone Age Settlement Found Under English Channel (Live Science, Aug. 9)

Ethiopians Fret as 'Lucy' Skeleton Heads to US (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 8)

Kenyan Fossils May Add New Branch to Human Family Tree (National Geographic News, Aug. 8)

Fight on to save Stone Age Atlantis (BBC News, Aug. 8)

Queen Nefertiti: More than a pretty face (Expatica, Aug. 8)

Ancient ape was an early swinger (New Scientist, Aug. 8)

Study blames Europe for bison mass killings (MSNBC/LiveScience, Aug. 8)

Environment

Glaciers Wasting Away on Mexico's Legendary Peaks (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 10)

Analysts See ‘Simply Incredible’ Shrinking of Floating Ice in the Arctic (N.Y. Times, Aug. 10) Site requires free registration

U.S. Coal-Burning Boom Drastically Warmed Arctic (National Geographic News, Aug. 9)

Rain forest protection works in Peru (PhysOrg, Aug. 9)

Warming to Level Off, Then Speed Back Up, New Model Predicts (National Geographic News, Aug. 9)

Climate change, forest management result in bigger, hotter fires (San Francisco Chronicle, Aug. 9)

Humans leave sooty footprint in Arctic (Yahoo News/AP, Aug. 9)

Research reports good environmental news (Yahoo News/AP, Aug. 9)

Aid to Help Asia and Africa With Effects of Warming (N.Y. Times, Aug. 9) Site requires free registration

Pollution Fear as China Invites World to Olympic Games (ENN/Reuters, Aug. 8)

Exploration & Adventure

Russian twins' attempt to row parts of the Indian Ocean (TheOceans.net, Aug. 8)

Earhart expedition to return with zipper, scraps of metal (Kansas City Star, Aug. 8)

Medicine & Health

For Missouri, Stem Cell Amendment Changes Little (N.Y. Times, Aug. 10) Site requires free registration

Making Deaf Ears Hear with Light (Technology Review, Aug. 10)

Modern life pushes up cancer rate (BBC News, Aug. 9)

Is a Chemical in Plastic Bottles a Hazard to Humans? (NPR, Aug. 9)

Macho Men Are Seen As Bad Choice For Long-term Love (Science Daily, Aug. 9)

Fish can fight malaria mosquitoes (BBC News, Aug. 8)

Brain chemical has key role in ADHD: studies (Yahoo News/Reuters, Aug. 6)

Peoples & Culture

Russia's Cossacks rise again (BBC News, Aug. 9)

Shiite Pilgrims Willingly Risk Lives for Faith (NPR, Aug. 9)

India's expanding city of widows (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 9)

Minorities Now Form Majority in One-Third of Most-Populous Counties (N.Y. Times, Aug. 9) Site requires free registration

English Less Diverse Than 1,000 Years Ago, DNA Study Finds (National Geographic News, Aug. 8)

Casablanca to get Indian remake (BBC News, Aug. 8)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Weather Service Raises La Nina Probability (ENN/Reuters, Aug. 10)

Vietnam flood toll rises to 62 (TerraDaily/AFP, Aug. 10)

Monsoon flooding kills 575 in South Asia (Yahoo News/AP, Aug. 10)

Nearly 100 Killed in Sudan Flooding - Red Crescent (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 10)

Guatemala's Fire Volcano Spews Lava Near Antigua (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 10)

Indonesian Quake Could Trigger Volcanic Activity (TerraDaily/AFP, Aug. 9)

Forecasters see less active '07 hurricane season (Yahoo News/Reuters, Aug. 9)

Scientists examine African dust link to hurricanes (Yahoo News/Reuters, Aug. 9)

Early 2007 Saw Record-Breaking Extreme Weather - UN (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 8)

Global and U.S. Hazards/Climate Extremes (updated weekly on Wednesdays)

Earthweek: A Diary of the Planet [pdf] (updated late Fridays)

People & Places in the News

Nearly 80 percent of India lives on half dollar a day (Washington Post/Reuters, Aug. 10) Site requires free registration

A Korean Bridge Must Span Years of Bias and Sadness (N.Y. Times, Aug. 9) Site requires free registration

Canada Expands National Park in Northern Wilds (ENN/Reuters, Aug. 9)

Heritage sites face watery grave (ABC Science Online, Aug. 8)

Money Trouble in Second Life (Technology Review, Aug. 8)

Study Says Storms Displaced More People Than Estimated [Hurricanes Katrina and Rita] (Washington Post, Aug. 8) Site requires free registration

Plants & Animals

Borneo Planters, Loggers a Threat to Elephants - WWF (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 9)

A quest to save South America's freshwater dolphins (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 9)

Ferrets Slinking Back From Brink of Extinction in U.S. (National Geographic News, Aug. 9)

Rare river dolphin 'now extinct' (BBC News, Aug. 8)

New Bat, Frogs Among Six Species Found in Congo (National Geographic News, Aug. 8)

In Case of Apocalypse Later, a Plan to Ensure America’s Regreening (N.Y. Times, Aug. 8) Site requires free registration

UK Says Labs "Probable" Source of Cattle Disease (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 8)

Purple Snail May Be Climate Change Casualty (NPR, Aug. 8)

Ancient microbes 'revived' in lab (BBC News, Aug. 7)

Science & Technology

What's keeping women out of the labs? (BBC News, Aug. 9)

Putting electronics in a spin (BBC News, Aug. 8)

Computers master the game board (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 8)

Space

Preventing Another Space Shuttle Disaster (Technology Review, Aug. 10)

Shuttle Endeavour Lifts Off Toward Space Station (N.Y. Times, Aug. 9) Site requires free registration

Astronomers Spot Most Distant Bright Galaxies (Space.com, Aug. 9)

Teacher-astronaut helps inspect shuttle (Yahoo News/AP, Aug. 9)

Largest swarm of giant stars is a 'supernova factory' (New Scientist, Aug. 9)

Death-Defying Mars Rovers: Riders in the Storm (Space.com, Aug. 8)

Lectures, Meetings, & Conferences

Sources:

Conference Calendar for Zoology (BIOSIS)

Meridian International Center Events

National Academy of Sciences Events

National Air and Space Museum Events

National Journal Daybook [includes environment-related events in Washington]

National Museum of Natural History Events

National Press Club

Smithsonian Resident Associate Programs