| NIH to resume funding stem cell research for now By LAURAN NEERGAARD 2010-09-10T17:08:59ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- The government said Friday it's back in the business of funding embryonic stem cell research - at least for now - after an appeals court temporarily lifted a judge's ban.... hosted.ap.org |
Mystery bird: Allen's hummingbird, Selasphorus sasin | GrrlScientist Tuesday's mystery bird demystifiedMale Allen's hummingbird, Selasphorus sasin, photographed in early summer in southern California, USA. Image: Steve Duncan. [larger view].Nikon D200 w/ manual Nikkor 600 f/4 on tripod w/ gimbal mount.Question: This neotropical migrant will be an incredibly challenging bird for you to identify, but I am sure most of you can narrow it down to one of two very similar species. Answer: The male Allen's hummingbird has an iridescent green back and forehead, with iridescent rust-colored rufous flanks, rump, and tail. The male's throat is also an iridescent orange-red. This species is distinguished from the male Rufous hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus, by its green back. If you thought this bird was difficult to ID, you'll be dismayed to know that immature Allen's Hummingbirds are so similar to female Rufous Hummingbirds that they are almost indistinguishable in the field!If you have bird images, video or mp3 files that you'd like to share with a large and appreciate audience, feel free to email them to me for consideration.GrrlScientistguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Census shows connectedness of world's marine life By SETH BORENSTEIN 2010-10-04T19:14:14ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- The world's oceans may be vast and deep, but a decade-long count of marine animals finds sea life so interconnected that it seems to shrink the watery world. An international effort to create a Census of Marine Life was completed Monday with maps and three books, increasing the number of counted and validated species to 201,206.... hosted.ap.org |
Green: Ruling Favors the Pint-Size Pika A judge orders California Fish and Game Commission to reconsider a decision to deny state endangered species protection to the pika, whose numbers are declining as temperatures risein the mountains. feeds.nytimes.com |
[press release] Greenland Ice Core Team Reaches Bedrock Professor Dorthe Dahl-Jensen with the last icecore drilled at a depth of 2537,36 m. The last 2 m of ice above the bedrock contains rocks and other material that has not seen sunlight for hundreds of thousands of years.Bedrock has been reached Tuesday July 27 2010 at the deep ice core drilling site North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling (NEEM) on the Greenland Ice Sheet at the depth 2537.36 m. Th... antarctica.ac.uk |