Archaeology & Paleontology

Ancient and Modern Condors Co-Existed, Fossils Suggest (LiveScience, Nov. 1)

New Mammal Fossil Sheds Light on Teeth Evolution (National Geographic News, Oct. 31)

Awesome beasts roved ancient site (BBC News, Oct. 31)

Gas may be to blame for extinction [Dinosaurs] (Nature News, Oct. 31)

Ancient Amphibians Left Full-Body Imprints (Yahoo News/Live Science, Oct. 31)

Shipwrecks, Sunken City Lure Divers to Turkey's Lycian Coast (Bloomberg, Oct. 31)

Dead Men Do Tell Tales: Strange Burial Positions Show Pacific Island Life (ScienceDaily, Oct. 31)

5 guesses on Emperor Qin Shihuang's tomb (China.org.cn, Oct. 24)

Environment

Effort to Save Everglades Falters as Funds Drop (N.Y. Times, Nov. 2) Site requires free registration

Tourism Threatens One of East Asia's Top Diving Spots (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 1)

Nordic Nations Sound Alarm Over Melting Arctic (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 1)

Children At Increased Risk From Effects Of Global Climate Change, Report Says (ScienceDaily, Nov. 1)

Biologists for Agency Endorse Dams Plan (N.Y. Times, Oct. 31) Site requires free registration

Researchers warn Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone' could grow (PhysOrg, Oct. 31)

Wildfires worsen global warming, study says (Seattle Post-Intelligencer/AP, Oct. 31)

Ozone Set to Harm World Vegetation, Economy - Study (Planet Ark/Reuters, Oct. 31)

Exploration & Adventure

Polar Explorer Will Steger Interview: Adventures (WDIO, Nov. 1)

North Pole Ice Trips Endangered, Explorer Says (Planet Ark/Reuters, Oct. 31)

Medicine & Health

Air Pollution Seen Raising Preterm Birth Risk (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 2)

Alzheimer's cold sore virus link (BBC News, Nov. 1)

Be thin to cut cancer, study says (BBC News, Nov. 1)

Newt protein may offer clues for human regeneration (Yahoo News/Reuters, Nov. 1)

'Silent' abnormalities lurk within ageing brains (New Scientist, Nov. 1)

Partial Cat Genome Sequenced, May Aid Human Medicine (National Geographic News, Oct. 31)

"Brainbows" Illuminate the Mind's Wiring (National Geographic News, Oct. 31)

Peoples & Culture

After teen suicides, an Argentine tribe outlaws 'white' vices (Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 2)

A New Lifestyle in South Korea: First Weekends, and Now Brunch (N.Y. Times, Nov. 2) Site requires free registration

Preserving Black History in the Military, at the ‘Colored Officers Club’ (N.Y. Times, Nov. 2) Site requires free registration

New Orleans Out to Revive Jewish Community (NPR, Nov. 1)

As gaming grows, many tribes get left behind (Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 1)

Pope and Saudi king to hold landmark meeting (ENN/Reuters, Oct. 31)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Indonesian Volcano Activity Peaks (N.Y. Times/AP, Nov. 2) Site requires free registration

Tropical Storm Blamed for More Than 100 Deaths in Caribbean (N.Y. Times/AP, Nov. 2) Site requires free registration

A Quake in the Bay Area Raises Concerns (N.Y. Times, Nov. 1) Site requires free registration

10-Year-Old With Matches Started a California Wildfire (N.Y. Times, Nov. 1) Site requires free registration

Floodwaters swamp Mexican state (BBC News, Nov. 1)

Tornado Outbreak Sets October Record (LiveScience, Nov. 1)

California's natural born killers [Wildfires] (BBC News, Oct. 31)

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

Kenyan slum saves trees, cleans streets with big trash oven (Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 1)

Paul W. Tibbets Jr., Pilot of Enola Gay, Dies at 92 (N.Y. Times, Nov. 1) Site requires free registration

Drought in Southeast US Leads to Spat Over Lake (Planet Ark/Reuters, Oct. 31)

Plants & Animals

Lab creates 'long-distance mouse' (BBC News, Nov. 2)

India to step up guard on tigers (BBC News, Nov. 2)

Flying Lemurs Are Primates' Closest Kin (National Geographic News, Nov. 1)

How Salamanders Sprout New Limbs (LiveScience, Nov. 1)

Agency seeks to change mouse protection (Yahoo News/AP, Nov. 1)

Roaming Monkeys Higlight Climate Change in Africa (ENN/Environmental Graffiti, Nov. 1)

Fishes in Europe threatened (ENN/Reuters, Nov. 1)

Washoe, a Chimp of Many Words, Dies at 42 (N.Y. Times, Nov. 1) Site requires free registration

Frogs More Abundant, But Disappearing Fast (LiveScience, Oct. 31)

Snails Fashion Their Own Camouflage (LiveScience, Oct. 31)

Camera traps reveal secrets of 'worthless' forest (New Scientist, Oct. 31)

Mich. arborist looks to clone redwoods (Yahoo News/AP, Oct. 31)

Parrotfish on menu puts coral at risk (ENN/Reuters, Oct. 31)

Science & Technology

'Suicide nodes' defend networks from within (New Scientist, Nov. 1)

Wind-up lights for African homes (BBC News, Nov. 1)

Health Care for Bridges: A Search for Diagnostic Tools (N.Y. Times, Nov. 1) Site requires free registration

Smithsonian Unravels Color Photography Mystery (NPR, Oct. 31)

Open Access to Research Funded by U.S. Is at Issue (Washington Post, Oct. 31) Site requires free registration

Space

NASA prepares risky spacewalk plan (Yahoo News/AP, Nov. 2)

UK made 'fundamental space mistake' (BBC News, Nov. 1)

Dead Stars Collide, Explode (Space.com, Nov. 1)

Giant telescope's double vision (BBC News, Nov. 1)

NASA Promises to Release Safety Survey (Washington Post, Nov. 1) Site requires free registration

China insists there's no Asia space race (Yahoo News/AP, Nov. 1)

Vast amount of water ice may lie on Martian equator (New Scientist, Nov. 1)

Reaching for the stars and planets [3 new planets discovered) (BBC News, Oct. 31)

Black holes may harbour their own universes (New Scientist, Oct. 31)

Huge Black Holes May Hold Keys to Galaxy Formation (Washington Post, Oct. 31) Site requires free registration

China blasts off on lunar exploration (Nature News, Oct. 31)

Comet Holmes brightens in retreat (BBC News, Oct. 30)

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