Archaeology & Paleontology

Crocodile Fossil Reveals Teeth of a Mammal (N.Y. Times, Aug. 10)Site requires free registration

When Did We Become Mentally Modern? (npr, Aug. 9)

Ancient bison kill site uncovered in Montana (YahooNews/AP, Aug. 8)

Robot to explore mysterious tunnels in Great Pyramid (Independent, Aug. 8)

Illegal excavation reveals an important discovery (Daily News & Eco Review, Aug. 8)

Environment

Artificial Ocean Dead Zones Help Predict Real Thing (YahooNews/LiveScience, Aug. 9)

Crabs provide evidence oil tainting Gulf food web (YahooNews/AP, Aug. 9)

Mountain mining damages streams (naturenews, Aug. 9)

Will tourism industry clean up if environment can't? (Baltimore Sun, Aug. 9)

Exploration & Adventure

Former soldier completes 4,000-mile Amazon trek (BBC News, Aug. 9)

Charlie Wittmack swims the English Channel (Des Moines Register, Aug. 8)

Daydreamed himself to the longest rivers (Explorers web, Aug. 7)

Medicine & Health

Brain works more like internet than 'top down' company (BBC News, Aug. 10)

Secrets of Sleeping Soundly Uncovered (National Geographic News, Aug. 9)

First Signs of Puberty Seen in Younger Girls (N.Y. Times, Aug. 9)Site requires free registration

River blindness in Nigeria (BBC News, Aug. 8)

Peoples & Culture

Beautiful Women Are Denied Manly Jobs (LiveScience, Aug. 9)

India Asks, Should Food Be a Right for the Poor? (N.Y. Times, Aug. 9)Site requires free registration

Hydroelectric dams pose threat to tribal peoples, report warns (Guardian, Aug. 9)

Taiwan aborigines protest resettlement after deadly typhoon (TerraDaily, Aug. 7)

Natural Disasters & Weather

African dust keeps Amazon blooming (naturenews, Aug. 9)

China landslide death toll jumps(BBC News, Aug. 9)

Death rate doubles in Moscow as heatwave continues (BBC News, Aug. 9)

NASA's Hurricane Quest Set to Begin (ScienceDaily, Aug. 7)

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

Portugal Gives Itself a Clean-Energy Makeover (N.Y. Times, Aug. 10)Site requires free registration

Ancient Meteorite Impact Shattered Santa Fe (Space.com, Aug. 9)

NASA Images Show Continuing Mexico Quake Deformation (ScienceDaily, Aug. 7)

Puget Sound's acidity threatens sea life (Seattle Times, Aug. 7)

Ice Island Breaks off Greenland; Bigger Than Manhattan (National Geographic News, Aug. 6)

Plants & Animals

Birds flock online (naturenews, Aug. 10)

A Masterpiece of Nature? Yuck! [naked mole rat] (N.Y. Times, Aug. 10)Site requires free registration

Tiny Creatures Are Ocean's 'Vacuum Cleaners' (LiveScience, Aug. 10)

Insects sense danger on mammals' breath (Physorg.com, Aug. 9)

'Fearless' Aphids Ignore Warnings, Get Eaten by Ladybugs (ScienceDaily, Aug. 9)

Butterflies Shed Light on How Some Species Respond to Global Warming (ScienceDaily, Aug. 9)

NOAA Solution to Lionfish Invasion, eat them! (ENN, Aug. 8)

Global hunt begins for 'extinct' species of frogs (BBC News, Aug. 8)

Honeybees 'cleverer in the morning'(BBC News, Aug. 7)

Science & Technology

Canola, Pushed by Genetics, Moves Into Uncharted Territories (N.Y. Times, Aug. 10)Site requires free registration

New technique announced to turn windows into power generators(Physorg.com, Aug. 10)

Scientists show there's nothing boring about watching paint dry (Physorg.com, Aug. 9)

The salp: Nature's near-perfect little engine just got better (Physorg.com, Aug. 9)

Robots Created That Develop Emotions in Interaction With Humans (ScienceDaily, Aug. 9)

Gasoline From Thin Air? (ABC News, Aug. 8)

Space

NASA aims for more space station repairs Wed. (YahooNews/AP, Aug. 9)

Saturn Moon Loses Its Ring, Gains a Mystery (National Geographic News, Aug. 6)

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