Archaeology & Paleontology

Oldest Animal Fossils Found in Lakes, Not Oceans (LiveScience, July 27)

After dinosaurs, mammals rise but their genomes get smaller (Physorg.com, July 27)

When Did Humans Return After Last Ice Age? (ScienceDaily, July 27)

Hotter weather fed growth of Incan empire (New Scientist, July 27)

Prehistoric hut gives clues to ancient Alp life (swissinfo, July 25)

Indications For Volcanic Eruptions In The Younger Geological History Found In Labrador Sea (ScienceDaily, July 25)

DNA confirms coastal trek to Australia (ABC Online, July 24)

Environment

New study backs UN panel on ocean rise (ENN, July 28)

FACTBOX - Comparison of US, China climate efforts (PlanetArk, July 28)

Woodlands 'losing biodiversity' (BBC News, July 28)

Recession cuts pollution but also green investment (PlanetArk, July 28)

New predictions for sea level rise (Physorg.com, July 27)

Global Biofuel Market To Top One-Quarter Trillion (PlanetArk, July 27)

Smaller Plants Punch Above Their Weight In The Forest (ScienceDaily, July 27)

Permafrost Could Be Climate's Ticking Time Bomb (LiveScience, July 24)

Exploration & Adventure

Amelia Earhart Mystery Solved? 'Investigation Junkies' to Launch New Expedition (ABC News, July 27)

Pilots Re-enact First Powered Flight Over Channel (N.Y. Times, July 26)Site requires free registration

Dubai-based explorer Hayes and team complete Greenland quest (Gulf News, July 26)

World's Biggest Cave Found in Vietnam (National Geographic News, July 24)

Medicine & Health

Food dye 'may ease spinal injury' (BBC News, July 28)

High-Calorie Iced Coffees Could Add Cancer Risk (redOrbit, July 27)

Swine flu could kill hundreds of thousands in U.S. if vaccine fails, CDC says (L.A. Times, July 26) Site requires free registration

Peoples & Culture

Linguist’s Preservation Kit Has New Digital Tools (N.Y. Times, July 28)Site requires free registration

The women who clear Sudan's minefields (BBC News, July 26)

An Amazon Culture Withers as Food Dries Up (N.Y. Times, July 25)Site requires free registration

Tweeting prayers to Western Wall (BBC News, July 24)

Natural Disasters & Weather

New study sheds light on earthquake hazard along San Andreas Fault (Physorg.com, July 27)

Mediterranean fires still burning (BBC News, July 27)

In Texas, drought means conserving every last drop (YahooNews/AP, July 26)

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

Scientists Find a Microbe Haven at Ocean’s Surface (N.Y. Times, July 28)Site requires free registration

Fertile Crescent 'will disappear this century' (New Scientist, July 27)

The Mighty Mississippi Basin and Gulf Suffocating: Inertia Not An Option (Physorg.com, July 27)

Kyrgyzstan: At the Crossroad of Empires, a Mouse Struts (N.Y. Times, July 26)Site requires free registration

Unveiling Zanzibar's unhealed wounds (BBC News, July 25)

Pedal power for Kenya's mobiles (BBC News, July 24)

Wall 'could stop desert spread' (BBC News, July 24)

Plants & Animals

There is more to bats' vision than meets the eye (Physorg.com, July 28)

Maps reveal secret life of marine turtles in urgent need of protection (WWF, July 28)

Dog Rescuer: Ahu and Me (Washington Post, July 28)Site requires free registration

Chimps, Like Humans, Focus On Faces (ScienceDaily, July 28)

Migrating red crabs driven by sugar rush (New Scientist, July 28)

Scientists examine carcass of whale hit by ship (MSNBC, July 27)

Glimmer of Hope for Threatened Tigers (LiveScience, July 27)

Giant pandas at further risk after Sichuan quake: study (YahooNews/AFP, July 27)

Hope of freedom for orang-utans dashed (Independent, July 27)

Last chance to save the gorilla (New Scientist, July 27)

Australia gets the hump – and reaches for the gun to settle its camel question (Independent, July 27)

Playful dolphin strands NZ woman (BBC News, July 27)

Dragonfly discovery a 'UK record' (BBC News, July 27)

Songbirds’ Elaborate Cries For Food Show First Signs Of Vocal Learning (ScienceDaily, July 27)

In Tokyo, Hitchcock Isn't Around, but He Seems to Have Sent the Birds (Washington Post, July 26)Site requires free registration

Green beetle's super-shiny secret (BBC News, July 24)

U.S. Turtle Demand Booming in China (National Geographic News, July 24)

Science & Technology

A Quest for Batteries to Alter the Energy Equation (N.Y. Times, July 28)Site requires free registration

Monkey Mind-Controls Robot Arm (National Geographic News, July 27)

Powerful Ideas: Chicken Feathers Could Store Fuel (LiveScience, July 27)

Transparent aluminium is 'new state of matter' (Physorg.com, July 27)

Barcode replacement shown off (BBC News, July 27)

Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man (N.Y. Times, July 25)Site requires free registration

Space

It's a Day of Farewells for 2 Space Crews (ABC News, July 28)

Galaxy Zoo Hunters Help Astronomers Discover Rare 'Green Pea' Galaxies (ScienceDaily, July 28)

Comets, not asteroids, to blame for moon's scarred face (New Scientist, July 27)

Is Pluto a planet after all? (New Scientist, July 27)

Final frontier: Crowd sees spaceship launcher fly (YahooNews/AP, July 27)

Magnetic Field On Bright Star Vega (ScienceDaily, July 26)

Hubble image shows debris from Jupiter collision (YahooNews/AP, July 26)

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