Archaeology & Paleontology

Velociraptor's cousin discovered (BBC, March 19)

Cracks in Petra’s Siq walls highlight risks to national treasure (Jordan Times, March 19)

"Hobbits" Had Million-Year History on Island? (National Geographic News, March 17)

Ukrainians uncover Crimean British Navy vessel (BBC, March 17)

N.C. shipwreck may be oldest found (UPI, March 17)

Huge monkey god statue found (Straits Times, March 16)

Environment

Caviar Hunters Push Sturgeon To "Extinction's Edge" (Planet Ark/Reuters, March 19)

Something in the air in Mexico City - less pollution (The Independent, March 18)

Bluefin tuna ban proposal meets rejection (BBC, March 18)

Hot water For Chile's Slums, Courtesy Of The Sun (Planet Ark/Retuers, March 18)

U.N. Meeting Asked To Regulate World Shark Trade (Planet Ark/Retuers, March 18)

Exploration & Adventure

Prince Harry to join amputee soldiers on trek to pole (London Evening Standard, March 19)

Mathieu Bonnier to row the Northwest Passage (Explorers Web, March 18)

Researchers Embark on Arctic Ocean Expedition (Red Orbit, March 16)

Medicine & Health

How a Man Produces 1,500 Sperm a Second (National Geographic News, March 19)

Researchers Turn Mosquitoes Into Flying Vaccinators (ScienceNOW, March 18)

Smoking, but Not Past Alcohol Abuse, May Impair Mental Function (Science Daily, March 18)

What Makes You Unique? Not Genes So Much as Surrounding Sequences (Science Daily, March 18)

Peoples & Culture

Playing Fair Came Late (ScienceNOW, March 18)

Technology, tradition combine in Asian 'gendercide' (TerraDaily/AFP, March 18)

Indian children may have been 'sacrificed' (BBC, March 18)

Native Languages Proposal Delivered to Obama Administration (Cultural Survival, March 18)

UN says 227m people escaped slums in past decade (BBC, March 17)

Dubai jails Indian pair for 'sexy texts' (BBC, March 17)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Too late to avert second Haiti disaster (TerraDaily, March 19)

North Dakota Prepares For Flood As Red River Rises (Planet Ark/Retuers, March 18)

NOAA: Imminent Flood Threat in Midwest, South and East Also at Risk (NOAA, March 16)

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

Beekeeping is now legal in the Big Apple (Christian Science Monitor, March 17)

Protesters killed at Uganda's Kasubi tombs (BBC, March 17)

Smithsonian opens $21M human evolution hall (Yahoo/AP, March 17)

Plants & Animals

'So there you are!' Britain's rarest wildflower the ghost orchid returns from the dead after 23 years (The Independent, March 19)

Storms Threaten Butterflies' Winter Rest In Mexico (Planet Ark/Reuters, March 19)

Tiger Deaths Raise Alarms About Chinese Zoos (New York Times, March 19) Site requires free registration

Flat-headed cat of southeast Asia is now endangered (BBC, March 19)

High Arctic Species on Thin Ice (Science Daily, March 18)

Giant Redwood Trees Endured Frequent Fires Centuries Ago (Yahoo/Live Science, March 18)

"Pregnant" Fish Fathers Abort Babies of Unsexy Females (National Geographic News, March 17)

Monkeys learn more from females (BBC, March 17)

Dogs domesticated in Middle East, not Asia (Yahoo/Reuters, March 17)

Science & Technology

Geneva atom smasher sets record for beam energy (Yahoo/AP, March 19)

Nissan turns over a new Leaf with a zero-emission family hatchback (The Independent, March 19)

Nano-Based RFID Tags Could Replace Bar Codes (Science Daily, March 19)

Invisibility cloak created in 3-D (BBC, March 18)

Space

Esa's Cryosat ice mission given launch date (BBC, March 19)

NASA Lunar Orbiter Spots Old Soviet Moon Landers (Yahoo/Space, March 18)

New Planet Found; May Be Cosmic Rosetta Stone (National Geographic News, March 17)

Saturn Rings Surprisingly Unstable, Violent (National Geographic News, March 18)

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