http://www.earthsendangered.com/list.asp
http://webecoist.com/2008/10/29/8-majestic-but-critically-endangered-mammals/?ref=search
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Exploding Star Coming to a Telescope Near You
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2011/08/nearby-supernova-may-help-dark.html
The arrow marks PTF 11kly in images taken on the Palomar 48-inch telescope over the nights of, from left to right, Aug. 22, 23 and 24. The supernova wasn't there Aug. 22, was discovered Aug. 23, and brightened considerably by Aug. 24. CREDIT: Peter Nugent and the Palomar Transient Factory
An Enemy in the Cave
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2011/06/an-enemy-in-the-cave/
Most of the little brown bats in this photo are dead from white-nose syndrome. This Lackawanna County, Pa., mine is one of many sites in the United States and Canada contaminated with the disease. Credit: Gregory Turner, Pennsylvania Game Commission.
Worms, Your Unlikely Allies
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2011/09/worms-your-unlikely-allies/
Although hookworms, shown here in the intestines, didn’t lessen the symptoms of people with asthma in a recent study, scientists are finding that other parasitic worms can help people with immune disorders. Credit: CDC
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