Archaeology & Paleontology

Dinosaur Graveyard as Tourist Draw [Argentina.] (N.Y. Times, Mar. 4) Site requires free registration

One-Ounce Mississippian of 55.8 Million Years Ago (N.Y. Times, Mar. 4) Site requires free registration

First American primate scurried in through Alaska (New Scientist, Mar. 3)

Archaeologists appeal for funds to reveal island’s Roman secrets [Isle of Wight.] (Times UK, Mar. 1)

'Amber Room' dig halted (Russia Today, Feb. 29)

City of David Dig Reveals Information on Ancient Postal System [Jerusalem.] (Arutz Sheva, Feb. 28)

Environment

Global Warming Skeptics Insist Humans Not at Fault (Washington Post, Mar. 4) Site requires free registration

Yemen Sleepwalks Into Water Nightmare (Planet Ark/Reuters, Mar. 3)

Researcher: Wild California just a memory (TerraDaily/UPI, Mar. 3)

A Toxic Time Bomb in the Northwest [Nuclear program.] (Washington Post, Mar. 3) Site requires free registration

Dusty Wild West blamed on early settlers (New Scientist, Mar. 3)

Future ”˜Battlegrounds’ for Habitat Conservation Very Different to Those in Past (ENN/UC San Diego, Mar. 2)

Scotland’s seas and wildlife at risk from new fuel exploration (Sunday Herald, Mar. 2)

The hills are green, but all's not well [Growth of invasive weeds following California wildfires.] (L.A. Times, Mar. 2) Site requires free registration

Red Is the New Green [Cuba's environment.] (Outside, March 2008)

Exploration & Adventure

Climbing With The Guys: Trial By Fire and Ice (Washington Post, Mar. 3) Site requires free registration

ExWeb interview: Andrew Lock, the final 8000ers ‘In Obscurity’ (MountEverest.net, Mar. 3)

Medicine & Health

A New Approach to Combatting HIV [Vaccine.] (Technology Review, Mar. 4)

Gene Map Becomes a Luxury Item (N.Y. Times, Mar. 4) Site requires free registration

Why flu strikes in cold weather (BBC News, Mar. 4)

Eradicate Malaria? Doubters Fuel Debate (N.Y. Times, Mar. 4) Site requires free registration

When People Drink Themselves Silly, and Why (N.Y. Times, Mar. 4) Site requires free registration

Intimate Rivalries: A Mixture of Pride and Envy (Washington Post, Mar. 3) Site requires free registration

Doctors are Making Virtual Housecalls via the Internet (Red Orbit, Mar. 3)

Major Mid-century Influenza Epidemics Caused By Novel Hybrid Viruses (ScienceDaily, Mar. 3)

Genetic Cancer Link Between Humans And Dogs Discovered (ScienceDaily, Mar. 2)

Peoples & Culture

To Magna Excitement, Magna Carta Returns: After Seven Centuries, the Words of Liberty Still Look Good (Washington Post, Mar. 3) Site requires free registration

A Speck of Sunlight Is a Town’s Yearly Alarm Clock [Norway.] (N.Y. Times, Mar. 3) Site requires free registration

Nepal's 'living goddess' retires (BBC News, Mar. 2)

Fur Flies at Beauty Pageant (But It's Not What You Think) In Eastern Shore's Muskrat Country, Contestants Keep Two Traditions Alive (Washington Post, Mar. 1) Site requires free registration

Natural Disasters & Weather

China's killer "yellow dust" hits Korea and Japan (ENN/Reuters, Mar. 3)

Death Toll From Madagascar Cyclone Hits 83 (Planet Ark/Reuters, Mar. 3)

West Antarctic Glaciers Melting At 20 Times Former Rate, Rock Analysis Shows (ScienceDaily, Mar. 2)

A New Kind of First Responder (Yahoo!/Business Week, Feb. 29)

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

Want to Save a Coral Reef? Bring Along Your Crochet Needles (N.Y. Times, Mar. 4) Site requires free registration

Shallow Water Ahead for Panama Canal (NPR, Mar. 3)

Japan seeks new allies on whaling (BBC News, Mar. 3)

Protesters and whalers clash in Southern Ocean (ENN/Reuters, Mar. 3)

Roll Up! Roll Up! For London's Used Newspaper House (Planet Ark/Reuters, Mar. 3)

Thirsting for Energy in India’s Boomtowns and Beyond (N.Y. Times, Mar. 2) Site requires free registration

Danish Guest Asks Bush to Back Climate Treaty (N.Y. Times, Mar. 2) Site requires free registration

Free Lunch Isn’t Cool, So Some Students Go Hungry (N.Y. Times, Mar. 1)

As Kenya Bleeds, Tourism Also Suffers in Land of Safaris (N.Y. Times, Mar. 1) Site requires free registration

Plants & Animals

Sociable, and Smart [Hyenas.] (N.Y. Times, Mar. 4) Site requires free registration

Flapping Past Gravity’s Pull, Bat Has a Vortex at Its Wings (N.Y. Times, Mar. 4) Site requires free registration

French biologists sound alarm over imperilled species (Yahoo!/AFP, Mar. 3)

Rare birds in danger from tourism [Capercaillie.] (BBC News, Mar. 3)

Farmers helper: the flying cockroach (Yahoo!/AP, Mar. 3)

Threatened Frogs Discovered Breeding in New Zealand (Red Orbit, Mar. 3)

Hungry Sharks Take Strange Walks To Find Food (Science Daily, Mar. 3)

India Builds $12.5 Million Force To Guard Its Tigers (Planet Ark/Reuters, Mar. 3)

Will global warming increase plant frost damage? (ENN/Am. Institute of Biological Sciences, Mar. 2)

Israelis, Arabs join to save wildlife (Yahoo!/AP, Mar. 2)

Court holds Navy to rules safeguarding marine mammals (L.A. Times, Mar. 2) Site requires free registration

In Tennessee, 2 Endangered Groups Meet by Chance [Whooping cranes.] (N.Y. Times, Mar. 1) Site requires free registration

Science & Technology

Cool View of Science at Meeting on Warming (N.Y. Times, Mar. 4) Site requires free registration

Cops can read the watermark in your hair (New Scientist, Mar. 3)

Windmill uses wind power for desalination (EnergyDaily/UPI, Mar. 3)

Device Allows Scientists To Control Gene Activity Across Generations Of Cells (Science Daily, Mar. 3)

Space

Europe’s Journey to the Center of the Space Station (N.Y. Times, Mar. 4) Site requires free registration

Colliding black holes may leave infrared afterglow (New Scientist, Mar. 4)

First Mars Avalanches Seen In Action (Nat'l. Geographic News, Mar. 3)

Remote Canada town a hub for Northern Lights seekers [Yellowknife.] (Planet Ark/Reuters, Mar. 3)

UK Urged to Focus on Satellite Technology, not Manned Exploration of Space (Universe Today, Mar. 3)

Lunar eclipse may shed light on climate change (New Scientist, Mar. 3)

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