Archaeology & Paleontology

Ancient figurines were toys not mother goddess statues, say experts (Daily Mail, Sep. 10)

Fromelles grave excavation ends [World War I battle site] (BBC News, Sep. 10)

Afghan 'Indiana Jones' hunts lost Bamiyan statue (BBC News, Sep. 10)

Velociraptor's 'killing' claws were for climbing (New Scientist, Sep. 10)

Ancient Oceans Offer New Insight Into Origins Of Animal Life (ScienceDaily, Sep. 10)

Sunken WWII Navy Patrol Boat Found (LiveScience, Sep. 10)

Bible-Era Mystery Vessel Found -- Code Stumps Experts (National Geographic News, Sep. 9)

A skull that rewrites the history of man (Independent UK, Sep. 9)

Scientists to explore sacred Maya pools (UPI, Sep. 9)

Environment

Greenland's melt mystery unfolds, at glacial pace (Yahoo News/AP, Sep. 11)

Australia overtakes US as biggest polluter: report (Yahoo News/AFP, Sep. 11)

Arctic Shortcut Beckons Shippers as Ice Thaws (N.Y. Times, Sep. 10) Site requires free registration

Arctic May Be Changed Forever, Study Finds (LiveScience, Sep. 10)

Kenya appeals for 400 mln dollars to save largest forest (TerraDaily/AFP, Sep. 9)

Milestone: 50 Percent of Fish Are Now Farmed (LiveScience, Sep. 8)

Exploration & Adventure

Bike adventurer travels the world with just £1 in his pocket (Daily Mail, Sep. 11)

Swiss adventurer, crew to highlight condition of Ganges (Thaindian News, Sep. 10)

Sahara kite buggies finished their journey through landmines and in rain (ThePoles.com, Sep. 8)

Medicine & Health

Brain Scientists Misled By Squid (NPR, Sep. 11)

Memories Exist Even When Forgotten, Study Suggests (ScienceDaily, Sep. 10)

Study: Single dose of H1N1 flu vaccine may suffice for adults (CNN, Sep. 10)

Bed sharing 'bad for your health' (BBC News, Sep. 9)

New look at Alzheimer's could revolutionise treatment (New Scientist, Sep. 9)

Child Mortality Rate Declines Globally (N.Y. Times, Sep. 9) Site requires free registration

Moths As Good As Mice For Many Drug Tests: Study (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sep. 9)

Peoples & Culture

Ancient Mongolian Competition Ties Past To Present (NPR, Sep. 11)

Day of the Gaucho Waning in Argentina (Washington Post, Sep. 10) Site requires free registration

Fairy tales have ancient origin (Telegraph UK, Sep. 5)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Sea Levels Rose Two Feet This Summer in U.S. East (National Geographic News, Sep. 10)

Hurricanes Fred and Linda both lose steam (Yahoo News/AFP, Sep. 10)

Heaviest Rains In 80 Years Kill 31 In Turkey (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sep. 10)

Italian quake analysis rumbles in (Nature News, Sep. 10)

Tornado Threat Increases As Gulf Hurricanes Get Larger (ScienceDaily, Sep. 10)

Drought-hit Indian farmers sell wives to pay debts (TerraDaily/AFP, Sep. 9)

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

Vancouver 2010: Going for Green? (BBC News, Sep. 10)

Wind could meet China's electricity needs by 2030: study (Yahoo News/AFP, Sep. 10)

Japan town presses on with annual dolphin hunt (Yahoo News/AFP, Sep. 10)

Homing pigeon faster than Internet? In S. Africa, the answer's yes. (Christian Science Monitor, Sep. 10)

Repentant Thai Breeds 4,600 Scorpions (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sep. 9)

Plants & Animals

Songbirds sing cross-species duet (BBC News, Sep. 11)

Killer genes cause potato famine (BBC News, Sep. 10)

Killer Whales Strain to "Talk" Over Ship Noise? (National Geographic News, Sep. 10)

The Gecko’s Tail Has a Life of Its Own (N.Y. Times, Sep. 10) Site requires free registration

EU Executive Moves To Protect Bluefin Tuna (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sep. 10)

Chimps Pack Specialized Tool Kits (LiveScience, Sep. 10)

Endangered Florida panthers feel the squeeze (Christian Science Monitor, Sep. 10)

Drought, poaching kill 100 elephants in Kenya (MSNBC/AP, Sep. 9)

From Deep Pacific, Ugly and Tasty, With a Catch [Ominous signs of overfishing for McDonald's Filet-O-Fish] (N.Y. Times, Sep. 9) Site requires free registration

Study Spells Out Spread of Brain Illness in Animals (N.Y. Times, Sep. 9) Site requires free registration

Miami Beach’s Sea Turtles Threatened by Its People (N.Y. Times, Sep. 9) Site requires free registration

Killer birds bite off bats' heads (New Scientist, Sep. 9)

Wolf update: Judge rules that hunts can continue (Christian Science Monitor, Sep. 9)

Science & Technology

How to short-circuit the US power grid (New Scientist, Sep. 11)

Can you see time? (BBC News, Sep. 11)

German Geothermal Project Leads to Second Thoughts After the Earth Rumbles (N.Y. Times, Sep. 10) Site requires free registration

DNA fingerprinting 25 years old (BBC News, Sep. 10)

Trees could be the ultimate in green power (New Scientist, Sep. 10)

Mighty Mouse takes off – thanks to magnets (New Scientist, Sep. 10)

Ancient 'smell of death' revealed (BBC News, Sep. 9)

Space

Japan's space freighter in orbit (BBC News, Sep. 10)

Superb vistas from reborn Hubble (BBC News, Sep. 9)

Astronauts could reach Mars in 2020s, panel says (New Scientist, Sep. 9)

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