Archaeology & Paleontology

Ancient Mural Portrays Ordinary Mayans (LiveScience, Mar. 7)

Indonesian 'hobbit' challenges evolutionary theory (AP, Mar. 7)

Environment

West Africa Sets Out To Protect Dying Mangroves (Planet Ark/Reuters, Mar. 9)

Disposal of spilled coal ash a long, winding trip (Yahoo News/AP, Mar. 5)

Environmentalists See "Avatar" In Oil Sands (Planet Ark/Reuters, Mar. 8)

World's Largest Dead Zone Suffocating Sea (National Geographic News, Mar. 5)

Exploration & Adventure

North Pole expedition abandoned (Irish Times, Mar. 9)

Searching for Zheng: China's Ming-Era Voyager (Time, Mar. 8)

East Yorkshire adventurer attempts to claim remote rock (BBC News, Mar. 2)

Medicine & Health

New method to grow arteries could lead to 'biological bypass' for heart disease (PhysOrg, Mar. 8)

Old Enemy Might Help to Prevent Alzheimer’s (N.Y. Times, Mar. 8) Site requires free registration

Counting on Clicks to Finance the Battle Against AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis (N.Y. Times, Mar. 8) Site requires free registration

The Growing Power Of The Sugar Pill (NPR, Mar. 8)

Sleep Habits Revealed in New Survey (LiveScience, Mar. 8)

Climate Change One Factor In Malaria Spread (TerraDaily/SPX, Mar. 8)

Hiding place for HIV revealed (Nature News, Mar. 7)

Peoples & Culture

Lost Jewish tribe 'found in Zimbabwe' (BBC News, Mar. 8)

Gender selection: In India, abortion of girls on the rise (Christian Science Monitor, Mar. 8)

Cell Phones Reveal Predictability in Human Movements (LiveScience, Mar. 5)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Strong earthquake slams eastern Turkey, kills 51 (Yahoo News/AP, Mar. 8)

Not more quakes, just more people in quake zones (Yahoo News/AP, Mar. 8)

Impact of Ancient Indonesian Volcanic Eruption (ENN, Mar. 8)

Researchers show how far South American cities moved in quake (PhysOrg, Mar. 8)

Gamma Rays a Flight Risk? (National Geographic News, Mar. 5)

Chile aftershocks could go on for years: scientists (TerraDaily/AFP, Mar. 5)

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

Uganda plans to resettle 500,000 over mudslide risk (BBC News, Mar. 8)

Conservationist Edgar Wayburn dies at 103 (Yahoo News/AP, Mar. 8)

Deal to Save Everglades May Help Sugar Firm (N.Y. Times, Mar. 7) Site requires free registration

Plants & Animals

Bonobos opt to share their food (BBC News, Mar. 8)

China herdsmen jailed for killing snow leopard (BBC News, Mar. 8)

Scientists learn red grouper operate as underwater architects (Washington Post, Mar. 8) Site requires free registration

How smart are killer whales? Orcas have 2nd-biggest brains of all marine mammals (PhysOrg, Mar. 8)

Chilled Chameleons Still Quick to Snag a Meal (LiveScience, Mar. 8)

No Free Lawyers for Most Swiss Animals (N.Y. Times, Mar. 8) Site requires free registration

South Africa lions: Global financial crisis may starve lions (Christian Science Monitor, Mar. 8)

Leviathans may battle in remote depths [Great white sharks and giant squids] (L.A. Times, Mar. 8)

Endangered frogs refrigerated to spur breeding (National Geographic News, Mar. 6)

Fretting About the Last of the World’s Biggest Cats (N.Y. Times, Mar. 6) Site requires free registration

No Endangered Status for Plains Bird [Greater sage grouse] (N.Y. Times, Mar. 6) Site requires free registration

First Proof Gorillas Eat Monkeys? (National Geographic News, Mar. 5)

Nations wrestle over ban on tuna trade (National Geographic News, Mar. 5)

Science & Technology

Shellfish could supplant tree-ring climate data (Nature News, Mar. 8)

iPhone Addictive, Survey Reveals (LiveScience, Mar. 8)

Biofuels in Space! Or, What the Heck is Microgravity? (National Geographic News, Mar. 8)

Space

Q&A: Europa and Jupiter mission (BBC News, Mar. 8)

Scientists See Fresh Evidence of More Water on the Moon (N.Y. Times, Mar. 8) Site requires free registration

Lava Likely Made River-Like Channel on Mars (ScienceDaily, Mar. 7)

Probe may have found cosmic dust (BBC News, Mar. 5)

NASA Uses Fish to Fight Space Sickness (Space.com, Mar. 5)

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