Archaeology & Paleontology

Baby dinosaurs unearthed in China (BBC News, Sep. 20)

"Hobbit" Human Was Unique Species, Wrist Bones Suggest (National Geographic News, Sep. 20)

"Jurassic Park" Raptors Had Feathers, Fossil Suggests (National Geographic News, Sep. 20)

Archaeologists granted access to Japan's sacred tombs (Guardian, Sep. 20)

Boy in Iron Coffin Identified (NPR, Sep. 20)

History Rewritten on Cherokee Collapse (LiveScience, Sep. 19)

Japan's Ancient Underwater "Pyramid" Mystifies Scholars (National Geographic News, Sep. 19)

Odd Fossil Skeletons Show Both Apelike and Human Traits (National Geographic News, Sep. 19)

Early Human-Like Skeletons Are First Outside of Africa (Yahoo News/HealthDay, Sep. 19)

Dinosaur find shows early social behavior: study (Yahoo News/Reuters, Sep. 19)

Environment

Scientists Report Severe Retreat of Arctic Ice (N.Y. Times, Sep. 21) Site requires free registration

Canada Slashes Spending on Wildlife Protection - CBC (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sep. 20)

Indonesia Wants Incentives to Halt Deforestation (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sep. 20)

Weather forecasting needs huge boost to tackle climate change: WMO (TerraDaily/AFP, Sep. 20)

Global-warming skeptics: Might warming be 'normal'? (Christian Science Monitor, Sep. 20)

Is Bush edging toward cuts in carbon? (Christian Science Monitor, Sep. 20)

Drought Makes Rain Forest Greener (LiveScience, Sep. 20)

NASA: Antarctic Snowmelt Increasing (LiveScience, Sep. 20)

Everglades Removal from Endangered List Questioned (NPR, Sep. 19)

Belching British Bogs Fueled Ancient Global Warming (National Geographic News, Sep. 19)

Nobel Peace Prize Could Go to Climate Campaigner (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sep. 19)

Greenland's Jakobshavn glacier sounds climate change alarm (TerraDaily/AFP, Sep. 19)

Car companies avoid huge climate change payout (New Scientist, Sep. 19)

Exploration & Adventure

Medical tests on top of Everest (BBC News, Sep. 21)

Rescuers find Russian missing from western China canoe expedition (International Herald Tribune/AP, Sep. 21)

The Peary Centennial Expedition will utilize traditional Polar Inuit ingenuity (ThePoles.com, Sep. 20)

Search for adventurer Fossett scaled back, but crews say they are not giving up (Canadian Press, Sep. 20)

Medicine & Health

Why a person doesn't evolve in one lifetime (news@nature.com, Sep. 21)

Air Pollution Triggers Blood Clots - US Study (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sep. 21)

Genetic test for prostate cancer (BBC News, Sep. 21)

Cancer-fighting transplant hope (BBC News, Sep. 20)

Scientists Find Less Controversial Stem Cell (NPR, Sep. 20)

U.S. study finds potential new ways to fight aging (Yahoo News/Reuters, Sep. 20)

Feel Pudgy? There’s a Shot for That (N.Y. Times, Sep. 20) Site requires free registration

Diary from DR Congo's Ebola frontline (BBC News, Sep. 19)

Congo's Ebola Outbreak Could Be Worst in Years (Washington Post, Sep. 19) Site requires free registration

Chemical clue sheds light on winter depression (New Scientist, Sep. 19)

Peoples & Culture

China's 'perfect child' generation [China's one-child policy puts stress on children to succeed] (BBC News, Sep. 20)

Languages Racing to Extinction in 5 Global "Hotspots" (National Geographic News, Sep. 18)

Natural Disasters & Weather

African floods prompt aid appeal (BBC News, Sep. 21)

North Korea reports heavy losses, disease after floods (Yahoo News/AFP, Sep. 21)

Scientists launch deep-sea scientific drilling program to study volatile earthquake zone (PhysOrg, Sep. 20)

African Skies Rain Death, Destruction on Villagers (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sep. 19)

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

Expedition to drill ancient mega-lake gathers pace [Darfur] (New Scientist, Sep. 21)

New soil samples prove the Arctic is ours: Russia (Yahoo News/Reuters, Sep. 20)

Chernobyl to be encased in steel (New Scientist, Sep. 20)

Europe's last witch-hunt [Clearing the name of an innocent 18th Century Swiss girl] (BBC News, Sep. 20)

US family tries life without toilet paper [Attempting a "no-impact life"] (BBC News, Sep. 19)

Scores ill in Peru 'meteor crash' (BBC News, Sep. 19)

Water Shortage Compounds Zimbabweans' Plight (NPR, Sep. 19)

Rare honour for Indian geologist (BBC News, Sep. 18)

Plants & Animals

Chinese seabird on verge of extinction (Yahoo News/AP, Sep. 21)

Why Are Some Groups Of Animals So Diverse? (Science Daily, Sep. 20)

Bats may use magnetic polarity for navigation (PhysOrg, Sep. 20)

Stuck With A Weak Mate? Species Compensate To Increase Viable Offspring (Science Daily, Sep. 20)

Bug sexual warfare drives gender bender [African bat bugs have two types of female genitalia] (news@nature.com, Sep. 20)

New Federal Protection For Polar bears? (ENN/USFWS, Sep. 18)

Mortality Of Plants Could Increase By 40 Percent If Land Temperatures Increase 4 Degrees Celsius (Science Daily, Sep. 19)

Agency: Herring may be endangered breed (Yahoo News/AP, Sep. 18)

Science & Technology

Experiments challenge models about the deep Earth (PhysOrg, Sep. 20)

New Wearable Device Lightens Loads (LiveScience, Sep. 20)

Tripedal robot swings itself into action (New Scientist, Sep. 20)

Space

NASA Presents Details of Plans for Moon Base (N.Y. Times, Sep. 21) Site requires free registration

Lava may have buried signs of Mars water (New Scientist, Sep. 20)

Astronomers: Neptune's south pole warmer (Yahoo News/AP, Sep. 20)

NASA to launch Gamma-ray telescope (Yahoo News/AP, Sep. 20)

Mars Close-Up Casts Doubts on Signs of Recent Water (National Geographic News, Sep. 20)

Galaxy Sports Vast Comet-Like Tail (Space.com, Sep. 20)

Did the big bang spawn trillions of black holes? (New Scientist, Sep. 19)

Forty-year-old telescope is still a galactic explorer (New Scientist, Sep. 19)

NASA Begins Hunt for New Astronauts (Yahoo News/Space.com, Sep. 18)

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