Archaeology & Paleontology

Aquatic deer and ancient whales (BBC News, July 7)

Panama Canal Project Opens a Tropical Window (N.Y. Times, July 7)

Historic Bible pages put online (BBC News, July 6)

Fossil Hunters Uncover Rare Dinosaur Skin (NPR, July 3)

Rare Peek at Riches of Past in Rome (N.Y. Times, July 3) Site requires free registration

Three new dinosaurs discovered in Queensland (9News, July 3)

Computer reveals stone tablet 'handwriting' in a flash (New Scientist, July 2)

Environment

"End Of The Line" Film Rings Alarm On Fish Supply (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 6)

Super-size Deposits Of Frozen Carbon In Arctic Could Worsen Climate Change (ScienceDaily, July 6)

Bugs! The critters eating America's forests (Independent UK, July 5)

Q and A on the Climate Bill (Washington Post, July 5)

Landfill Worries Cloud Hope for New Orleans Gardens (Washington Post, July 4) Site requires free registration

Brazil's huge wetland under threat (BBC News, July 3)

Meadows of the sea in 'shocking' decline (New Scientist, July 3)

Sea level rise: It's worse than we thought (New Scientist, July 1)

Will much of New Orleans be underwater by 2100? (Christian Science Monitor, June 30)

Exploration & Adventure

Hayes takes break in historic Greenland quest (GulfNews, July 3)

Scientists' Drill Hits Magma: Only Third Time on Record (PhysOrg, June 29)

Biggest cave in the world VietNamNet, June 29)

Kayaker begins 500-mile adventure on river (Star Gazette, June 29)

Medicine & Health

Why the Imp in Your Brain Gets Out (N.Y. Times, July 7) Site requires free registration

HIV Positive..So Why Don't They Get AIDS? (Washington Post, July 7) Site requires free registration

Laser 'cure' for blindness tested (BBC News, July 6)

Global swine flu infections pass 90,000: WHO (TerraDaily/AFP, July 6)

Scientists Develop Echolocation In Humans To Aid The Blind (ScienceDaily, July 6)

Eavesdropping on the music of the brain (New Scientist, July 6)

Australia's Aborigines at Risk as Swine Flu Outbreak Escalates (VOA, July 4)

Tuberculosis: TB Vaccine Too Dangerous for Babies With AIDS Virus, Study Says (N.Y. Times, July 2) Site requires free registration

Peoples & Culture

Putting the rock into Morocco (BBC News, July 6)

Lean times at Pamplona for running of bulls (Yahoo!/AP, July 6)

Thomas Jefferson's Natural Passion (NPR, July 5)

Natural Disasters & Weather

China Flooding Kills 75 [Nearly 1 million forced to evacuate.] (VOA, July 6)

Twitter to give bushfire alerts (BBC News, July 6)

El Niño Variant Is Linked to Hurricanes in Atlantic (N.Y. Times, July 2) Site requires free registration

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

Mumbai faces acute water shortage (BBC News, July 7)

G8 leaders to set emissions goals (BBC News, July 6)

Iconic skyscrapers find new luster by going green (Yahoo!/AP, July 5)

This pollution is choking the beating heart of Bangalore (Independent UK, June 30)

Plants & Animals

Spider builds life-sized decoys (BBC News, July 6)

Interview: The elephant whisperer (New Scientist, July 6)

A Decade After Storm, Minnesota Wild Rejuvenates (NPR, July 6)

Shrinking sheep? Ewe’ve got to be kidding me. (Christian Science Monitor, July 5)

The wombat: back from the brink (Independent UK, July 5)

California water plan aims to save Puget Sound orcas (Yahoo!/McClatchy, July 5)

More Than 800 Wildlife Species Now Extinct (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 3)

Regenerated Legs No Big Trick For Salamanders (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 3)

Science & Technology

As Unbreakable as ... Glass? (N.Y. Times, July 7) Site requires free registration

The Chuck Berry of the Engineering World [Customized sound for guitars.] (Washington Post, July 7) Site requires free registration

Physical reality of string theory demonstrated (PhysOrg, July 6)

Incandescent Bulbs Return to the Cutting Edge (N.Y. Times, July 5) Site requires free registration

Space

Black Holes, a Riddle All Their Own, May Be Fueling the Blobs (N.Y. Times, July 7) Site requires free registration

The Sun Has Spots, Finally (Yahoo!/Space.com, July 6)

Cosmic 'whips' may have left their mark (New Scientist, July 4)

Where Tomorrow's Stars Will Be Born (Yahoo!/Space.com, July 6)

Coolest Spacecraft Ever In Orbit Around L2 (-273 Degrees Celsius) (ScienceDaily, July 4)

Astronomers Discover Medium-Sized Class of Black Holes (Universe Today, July 1)

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