Archaeology & Paleontology

Viking Treasure Trove Discovered in Swedish Garden (National Geographic News, Sept. 24)

New Dinosaur Species Found In Montana (ScienceDaily, Sept. 24)

Research team says extraterrestrial impact to blame for Ice Age extinctions (Physorg.com, Sept. 24)

Archaeologist takes 2nd look at cannon (YahooNews/AP, Sept. 24)

Baskets, pots found abandoned in Tutankhamun tomb (Reuters, Sept. 24)

Paleontologist Aims to Preserve Mountain (Physorg.com, Sept. 24)

Ice age Australians sheltered in caves (ABC Online, Sept. 24)

Rising Sea Levels to Flood U.S. Historical Sites (LiveScience, Sept. 23)

Quarry used for Jewish temple unearthed in Israel (YahooNews/AP, Sept. 23)

Environment

World energy revolution needed for climate: U.S. (ENN, Sept. 25)

Man causing climate change - poll (BBC News, Sept. 25)

Global Warming Meetings Put Focus on US Role (PlanetArk, Sept. 24)

Chainsaw massacre (BBC News, Sept. 24)

Kelp forests widespread in tropical waters (news@nature.com, Sept. 24)

Global Warming Inaction More Costly Than Solutions? (National Geographic News, Sept. 24)

Deal on ozone and climate relief (BBC News, Sept. 24)

Auction to Name Fish Species Nets $2 Million for Conservation (Washington Post, Sept. 22)Site requires free registration

Exploration & Adventure

Arctic science outpost a refuge from the world (ENN, Sept. 24)

Three-year Genghis Khan trek ends (BBC News, Sept. 23)

Two Weeks Under The Italian Sea (CBS News, Sept. 22)

Lost Russians in 'miracle' rescue (BBC News, Sept. 21)

Medicine & Health

Do flu vaccines work for the elderly? (news@nature.com, Sept. 25)

Acupuncture 'best for back pain' (BBC News, Sept. 25)

Spaceflight shown to alter ability of bacteria to cause disease (Physorg.com, Sept. 24)

Quick test for bird flu devised (BBC News, Sept. 23)

Eat Less To Live Longer: Calorie Restriction Linked To Long Healthy Lives (ScienceDaily, Sept. 21)

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

Peoples & Culture

When the Space Age Blasted Off, Pop Culture Followed (N.Y. Times, Sept. 25) Site requires free registration

If It’s Hip, Fast and Furious, Is It Cricket? (N.Y. Times, Sept. 25)Site requires free registration

Nomads Describe Persecution in Chad (Washington Post, Sept. 24)Site requires free registration

Brazil vow to spend on indigenous (BBC News, Sept. 22)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Africa flood crisis deepens (YahooNews/AFP, Sept. 25)

Indonesia's Sumatra Hit by New Quake (PlanetArk, Sept. 25)

NOAA, Indonesia Launch More Tsunami, Climate Buoys (ENN/NOAA, Sept. 23)

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

French-speaking Rwanda turns to English (Christian Science Monitor, Sept. 25)

Sustaining beauty in Mauritius (BBC News, Sept. 25)

China discovers "new" glaciers on roof of world (YahooNews/Reuters, Sept. 25)

Amazonian forest 'more resilient' (BBC News, Sept. 24)

Snowmelt In Antarctica Creeping Inland, Based On 20 Year Of NASA Data (ScienceDaily, Sept. 24)

Warming shrinks Kashmir's rivers, streams (ENN, Sept. 24)

Falling German Birthrate Dispels Baby Miracle Myth (N.Y. Times, Sept. 23)Site requires free registration

Fenway Park goes green (Boston Herald, Sept. 21)

Plants & Animals

Frog deformities linked to farm pollution (New Scientist, Sept. 25)

People, Bears in Record Number of US West Clashes (PlanetArk, Sept. 25)

Female Jumping Spiders Risk Being Eaten to Make Babies (LiveScience, Sept. 25)

Scientists discover rare albino ratfish (MSNBC, Sept. 24)

Biologists Expose Hidden Costs Of Firefly Flashes: Risky Balance Between Sex And Death (ScienceDaily, Sept. 24)

Fox invasion fear grips Tasmania (BBC News, Sept. 24)

Taking Measures to Control an Invasive Species [sea lampreys] (Washington Post, Sept. 24)Site requires free registration

Injured whale trapped in sea loch (BBC News, Sept. 24)

Wild Salmon Endangered By Failure To Contain Sea Lice From Salmon Farms (ScienceDaily, Sept. 24)

Meet Paleface, the rare white koala bear (Daily Mail, Sept. 24)

Wolf numbers up in Northern Rockies (Billings Gazette, Sept. 23)

Wild Catalina Bison Are Part Cow (LiveScience, Sept. 23)

Hungry Zimbabweans target giraffe (BBC News, Sept. 22)

Federal Report Shows Sea Turtle Declines (AP, Sept. 22)

Scientists plan to tow in carcass of 3rd blue whale (L.A. Times, Sept. 22)Site requires free registration

Science & Technology

Making Bicycles That Balance Better (ScienceDaily, Sept. 25)

DIY lab scanner made from standard CD drive (New Scientist, Sept. 25)

When Science Suddenly Mattered, in Space and in Class (N.Y. Times, Sept. 25)Site requires free registration

Iceland phasing out fossil fuels for clean energy (CNN, Sept. 20)

Space

With Fear and Wonder in Its Wake, Sputnik Lifted Us Into the Future (N.Y. Times, Sept. 25)Site requires free registration

One Giant Leap, Followed by Decades of Baby Steps (N.Y. Times, Sept. 25)

'Sci-fi' model worlds aid planet classification (New Scientist, Sept. 24)

Hope for Water on Mars Dims with Sharp New Images (Space.com, Sept. 20)

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