Archaeology & Paleontology

Ancient connection: New evidence points to Shawnee lookout as oldest continuously occupied site (Physorg.com, Sept. 3)

Europe's 1st Farmers Were Segregated, Expert Immigrants (National Geographic News, Sept. 3)

Bronze Age boat proves a handful for Loch Tay volunteers (Herald, Sept. 3)

Europe’s oldest stone hand axes emerge in Spain (Science News, Sept. 2)

Ancient wall found in Jerusalem (BBC News, Sept. 2)

US dinosaur had Chinese cousin (BBC News, Sept. 2)

Explorer claims sunken vessel (Boston Herald, Sept. 2)

The flash recovery of ammonoids after the most massive extinction of all time (Physorg.com, Sept. 2)

16th-Century Convent "Reappears" After 40 Years (National Geographic News, Sept. 2)

Terracotta Army Museum denies major discovery (Art Newspaper, Sept. 1)

Underwater Expedition Delivers Key Findings In Search For Evidence Of Early Americans (ScienceDaily, Sept. 1)

Digging up the Saudi past: some would rather not (AP, Sept. 1)

Environment

Wetlands To Fight Climate Change: Study (PlanetArk, Sept. 4)

Climate-change technology risks 'catastrophic' outcome (ENN, Sept. 3)

World’s largest fishery angles for sustainability (WWF, Sept. 3)

"No Impact Man" charts U.S. couple's climate fight (YahooNews/Reuters, Sept. 3)

Coconuts used to capture carbon (BBC News, Sept. 3)

"Fertilizer Tree" May Revive African Farmlands (National Geographic News, Sept. 3)

People Won't Change Lifestyle For Planet (PlanetArk, Sept. 3)

Shroud of Smoky Haze Hangs Over Much of the West (N.Y. Times, Sept. 2)Site requires free registration

Humans causing erosion comparable to world's largest rivers and glaciers (Physorg.com, Sept. 2)

Has runaway Arctic warming already begun? (New Scientist, Sept. 2)

India emissions 'triple by 2030' (BBC News, Sept. 2)

Climate targets 'will kill coral' (BBC News, Sept. 2)

Exploration & Adventure

French Vessel Sets Sail To Measure Climate Change (redOrbit, Sept. 5)

How Dr. Cook Scooped The Times (N.Y. Times, Sept. 2)Site requires free registration

French 'Spiderman' scales 88-storey Petronas towers (Guardian, Sept. 1)

Medicine & Health

Pandemic flu: from the front lines (naturenews, Sept. 2)

Diesel Exhaust Is Linked To Cancer Development Via New Blood Vessel Growth (ScienceDaily, Sept. 2)

Peoples & Culture

Fireball throwing festival in El Salvador (BBC News, Sept. 3)

Wave Of Violence Strikes Eastern Europe's Gypsies (npr, Sept. 2)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Mapping the California fires (BBC News)

How Hurricanes Get Their Name (redOrbit, Sept. 3)

Indonesia quake search stepped up (BBC News, Sept. 3)

The Science and History of Wildfires (LiveScience, Sept. 3)

Many homeless in Burkina deluge (BBC News, Sept. 2)

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

Fall Colors Fade In U.S. West As Aspen Trees Die (PlanetArk, Sept. 4)

College prank elevates flamingo's status (Reuters, Sept. 3)

Texas man uses recycled material for affordable housing(N.Y. Times, Sept. 3)Site requires free registration

Map Characterizes Active Lakes Below Antarctic Ice (ScienceDaily, Sept. 2)

Religious-Secular Divide, Tugging at Israel’s Heart (N.Y. Times, Sept. 2)Site requires free registration

Animals No Safer Inside Kenya's Parks Than Outside? (National Geographic News, Sept. 2)

Mt. Wilson Observatory: Center of scientific breakthroughs (L.A. Times, Sept. 1)Site requires free registration

Plants & Animals

Nowhere To Hide: Some Species Are Unable To Adapt To Climate Change Due To Their Genes (ScienceDaily, Sept. 4)

Saving The Saola From Extinction (redOrbit, Sept. 3)

Wolves Beat Dogs on Logic Test (LiveScience, Sept. 3)

Loggerhead turtles put at risk by fishing(YahooNews/AP, Sept. 3)

Chimpanzees Develop 'Specialized Tool Kits' To Catch Army Ants (ScienceDaily, Sept. 3)

Elusive UK dolphin re-emerges (BBC News, Sept. 3 )

Oregon Wants ‘Dog Friendly’ to Be Less So (N.Y. Times, Sept. 2)Site requires free registration

Gorilla sexual intrigue could explain human monogamy (New Scientist, Sept. 2)

Mice Living In Sandy Hills Quickly Evolved Lighter Coloration (ScienceDaily, Sept. 2)

Hundreds of sand lizards released (BBC News, Sept. 2)

Bats Sing Louder Than a Rock Band (ABC News, Sept. 2)

Nest-making frogs found in India (BBC News, Sept. 2)

Pigeons' wings sound the alarm (BBC News, Sept. 2)

First wolves taken in Idaho hunt (Idaho Statesman, Sept. 2)

Study Reasserts East Asian Origin for Dogs (ScienceNOW, Sept. 1)

Science & Technology

Quantum computer slips onto chips (BBC News, Sept. 4)

Reboot for UK's 'oldest' computer (BBC News, Sept. 3)

'Overwhelming' evidence for monopoles (naturenews, Sept. 3)

New microprocessor runs on thin air (New Scientist, Sept. 3)

"Electronic Tongue" Mimics Human Taste Organ (National Geographic News, Sept. 1)

Space

Thousands Of New Images Show Mars In High Resolution (ScienceDaily, Sept. 4)

Le Petit Prince -- the Cute Little Gardener Meant for Mars (Physorg.com, Sept. 3)

Will Kepler find habitable moons? (Physorg.com, Sept. 3)

Are Sunspots Disappearing?(Physorg.com, Sept. 3)

Spacewalk still on despite approaching space junk (YahhooNews/AP, Sept. 3)

Galaxy's 'cannibalism' revealed (BBC News, Sept. 3)

Moon dust not as strange as hoped (New Scientist, Sept. 2)

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