Archaeology & Paleontology

Chinese pigs 'direct descendants' of first domesticated breeds Science Centric, Apr. 20)

Velociraptor Frozen in Time Scavenging a Larger Dinosaur (Yahoo/LiveScience, Apr. 19)

Religious Beliefs Seen as Basis of Origins of Palaeolithic Art (ScienceDaily, Apr. 19)

Dog-Sized Dinosaur Had Thick, Head-Butting Skull (Yahoo!/LiveScience, Apr. 19)

Environment

For Earth Day, 7 New Rules to Live By (N.Y. Times, Apr. 20) Site requires free registration

Australia plans tough Great Barrier Reef shipping laws (BBC News, Apr. 19)

UK water use 'worsening global crisis' (BBC News, Apr. 19)

Exploration & Adventure

Running Tunisia: The Starting Line [Raising awareness of African water crisis.] (Outside, Apr. 19)

Women climbers in close race for highest peaks (BBC News, Apr. 19(

Medicine & Health

Key brain regions talk directly with each other, scientists say (PhysOrg, Apr. 19)

As Our Skin Sags With Age, So Do Our Bones (NPR, Apr. 19)

A Brain-Recording Device That Melts Into Place (ScienceDaily, Apr. 18)

Peoples & Culture

How Simon Bolivar's legacy reverberates in Venezuela [Andean dog, Mucuchie, a symbol of independence.] (BBC News, Apr. 18)

The Story of Bartram's Garden [America's first botanical garden.] (Smithsonian, Apr. 13)

Natural Disasters & Weather

'Seven dead' as earthquake rocks Afghanistan (BBC News, Apr. 19)

Inside The Plume, A Volcano Tells Its Secrets (NPR, Apr. 19)

Ice Cap Thaw May Awaken Icelandic Volcanoes (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 19)

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

Bolivia hosts talks on rights of Mother Earth (BBC News, Apr. 19)

Mary Hutton frees Asia's endangered bears from lives of torment (Christian Science Monitor, Apr. 19)

George Washington's $300,000 library book fine (BBC News, Apr. 18)

Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano is nothing to 'Angry Sister' Katla (Christian Science Monitor, Apr. 18)

Plants & Animals

Cameras capture secret life of the 'Highland tiger' [Scottish wildcats.] (BBC News, Apr. 19)

Israel Aims To Reverse Sea Of Galilee Fish Decline (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 19)

Counting sea life, sometimes little things are big (Yahoo!/AP, Apr. 19)

Apes found suffering self-doubt (New Scientist, Apr. 18)

From Dung to Coffee Brew With No Aftertaste [Civet coffee.] (N.Y. Times, Apr. 17) Site requires free registration

For the Love of Lemurs (Smithsonian, Apr. 2010)

Science & Technology

In Deep Sea, Waves With a Familiar Curl (N.Y. Times, Apr. 20) Site requires free registration

Scientists measure atomic nudge (Nature News, Apr. 19)

Cobra hood mechanism revealed by electrode study (BBC News, Apr. 17)

Space

A Saturn Spectacular, With Gravity’s Help (N.Y. Times, Apr. 20) Site requires free registration

Shocking! Lunar Craters May Be Electrified (Universe Today, Apr. 19)

Creating Artificial Gravity on the Space Station (redOrbit, Apr. 18)

Dark Energy: The Biggest Mystery in the Universe (Smithsonian, Apr. 2010)

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