Archaeology & Paleontology

Spanish Study Sheds Light On Woolly Mammoth Demise (PlanetArk, Apr. 1)

Necklace is 'oldest in Americas' (BBC News, Apr. 1)

The Ancient Mechanics and How They Thought (N.Y. Times, Apr. 1)Site requires free registration

Giant Statue of Ancient Egypt Queen Found(National Geographic News, Mar. 31)

Ancient Temple Discovered Among Inca Ruins (National Geographic News, Mar. 31)

State of Qatar sponsors largest Yemen Archaeology expedition (AME Info, Mar. 31)

Whaling scene found in 3,000-year-old picture (Nature News, Mar. 31)

Excavation starts at Stonehenge (BBC News, Mar, 31)

Virtual smash-ups show teenaged dome-skulled dinos could knock heads (Physorg.com, Mar. 31)

Cuneiform clay tablet translated for the first time (Physorg.com, Mar. 31)

Study shows life was tough for ancient Egyptians (YahooNews/Reuters, Mar. 30)

How Were The Egyptian Pyramids Built? (ScienceDaily, Mar. 29)

Ancient weapons dug up in India (BBC News, Mar. 28)

Environment

Specially-Designed Soils Could Help Combat Climate Change (TerraDaily/SPX, Apr. 1)

Global Warming Bringing Early Spring Seasons To Eurasian Forests (ScienceDaily, Apr. 1)

"Kyoto II" climate talks open in Bangkok (Reuters, Mar. 31)

No laughing matter -- bacteria are releasing a serious greenhouse gas (Physorg.com, Mar. 31)

Gore announces global warming effort (YahooNews/AP, Mar. 31)

US West Warming Faster Than Rest Of World (PlanetArk, Mar. 31)

Call for curbs on Antarctic ships (BBC News, Mar, 31)

Ecologists go holistic to measure ecosystem health (New Scientist, Mar. 31)

Cities switch off for environment (BBC News, Mar, 30)

Exploration & Adventure

Climbers' support for Tibet and Luis Benitez, "I would spend an extra $10k to work with a company that has corporate compassion" (mounteverst.net, Mar. 31)

British explorer plans 2nd try at Everest (UPI, Mar. 30)

Medicine & Health

Humans have more distinctive hearing than animals, study shows (Physorg.com, Apr. 1)

Why The Flu Virus Is More Infectious In Cold Winter Temperatures (ScienceDaily, Apr. 1)

Fever-Hit Rio Residents Flock To Military Hospitals (PlanetArk, Apr. 1)

No mouth-to-mouth required in new CPR rules (MSNBC, Mar. 31)

Vaccine For Ebola Virus (TerraDaily/SPX, Mar. 31)

Race-specific cancer mutation found (Nature News, Mar. 30)

Predicting the Next Major Virus (LiveScience, Mar. 28)

Peoples & Culture

Flirting by Text Message, Indians Test Social Limits (N.Y. Times, Mar. 31)

Muslims "Overtake" Catholics, Become Largest Religion (National Geographic News, Mar. 31)

Wed to Strangers, Vietnamese Wives Build Korean Lives (N.Y. Times, Mar. 30)Site requires free registration

Crusades, Islam Expansion Traced in Lebanon DNA (National Geographic News, Mar. 28)

April Fools' Day Facts: Behind the Laughs (National Geographic News, Mar. 28)

Keeping tradition alive in Taiwan (BBC News, Mar. 28)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Tons of Snow Test a Place Where Cold Is No Stranger (N.Y. Times, Mar. 31) Site requires free registration

Uncovering The Mechanisms Of Lightning Varieties (TerraDaily/SPX, Mar. 31)

Ice shelf collapse: What does it mean? (CNN, Mar. 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

Swedish town prides itself as environmental role model (YahooNews/AFP, Apr. 1)

In Isolated Hills of Asia, New Roads to Speed Trade (N.Y. Times, Mar. 31) Site requires free registration

Why the white wilderness needs our care(BBC News, Mar. 31)

Thai temple fights off encroaching tide as world sea levels rise (TerraDaily/AFP, Mar. 30)

Rivers flow freely for 1st time in century after breaching of Milltown Dam (Great Falls Tribune/AP, Mar. 29)

Japanese Author Guides Women to ‘Dignity,’ but Others See Dullness (N.Y. Times, Mar. 29)Site requires free registration

Washington DC home to first "green" stadium in U.S. (Reuters, Mar. 28)

As Uranium Firms Eye N.M., Navajos Are Wary (Washington Post, Mar. 28)Site requires free registration

On the Market: a Whole Rain Forest (Time, Mar. 28)

Nigeria's forests to disappear by 2020: expert (YahooNews/AFP, Mar. 27)

Plants & Animals

Love in the octopus' garden (YahooNews/Reuters, Apr. 1)

As Fight for Water Heats Up, Prized Fish Suffer (N.Y. Times, Apr. 1)Site requires free registration

Rare parrot chicks born in New Zealand (MSNBC, Mar. 31)

Small Desert Beetle Found To Engineer Ecosystems (ScienceDaily, Mar. 31)

A Wolf Saved From Extinction but Snared in Politics(Washington Post, Mar. 31)Site requires free registration

Scientists Work to Save Smelt from Extinction(redOrbit, Mar. 31)

Rare Mongolian Antelope in Danger of Extinction (redOrbit, Mar. 31)

Small Rodents Taught To Use Tools (LiveScience, Mar. 31)

Rooks team up to solve problems (BBC News, Mar. 31)

Wolves Are Back. Humans Are Howling. (Washington Post, Mar. 30)

Dolphins swim so fast it hurts (New Scientist, Mar. 28)

Science & Technology

Fire Without Smoke – Turbo Power Goes Flameless(redOrbit, Mar. 31)

Chemical Engineer Discovers Way of Increasing Battery Life with Environmentally Friendly Fuel Cells (Physorg.com, Mar. 31)

Smart Clothes: Textiles That Track Your Health (ScienceDaily, Mar. 31)

Invention: Diamond-cooled nuclear reactor (New Scientist, Mar. 31)

Asking a Judge to Save the World, and Maybe a Whole Lot More (N.Y. Times, Mar. 29)Site requires free registration

Space

Astronomers Find Evidence of Earliest Star Formation(redOrbit, Apr. 1)

Two Yellow Supergiant Eclipsing Binary Systems Discovered: First Of Their Kind Ever Found (ScienceDaily, Apr. 1)

QUB astronomers help find planets(BBC News, Apr. 1)

Microscopic Fuzz May Be Best Evidence of Martians (Space.com, Mar. 31)

Two new star systems are first of their kind ever found (Physorg.com, Mar. 31)

Australian farmer finds mystery space junk (Reuters, Mar. 28)

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