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Nature Watch: Join the 2012 Backyard Bird Count The Daily Westport It's a winter-long survey of birds that visit feeders at nature centers, yards, community areas and other locales in North America. FeederWatchers periodically count the highest numbers of each species they see at their feeders from November through ... Bird count to take place Feb. 17-20Lewiston Sun Journal Free birding workshop Feb. 15Conway Daily Sun Walls: A season of rebirthYour Houston News all 67 news articles »

Nature | Seven Days Nature.com As Nature went to press, Valery Lukin, director of the Russian Antarctic programme, said that researchers at the site were processing data to check whether they had made the breakthrough. As summer operations in the Antarctic are now ending, ... and more »

Seattle Gets NHL Team? Natural Rivalry with Canucks? NHL.com Weighing Legal ... The Province (blog) Related, the usual arena cheers projected from the giant overhead scoreboard will be done to better reflect the apathetic nature of Seattleites. Cheers like: ?MAKE SOME NOISE or Whatever. I Don't Care. You wanna get some spring rolls?? or ?CLAP, CLAP? and more »

PhysOrg.com

Transformational fruit fly genome catalog completed PhysOrg.com In a paper published today in Nature, North Carolina State University genetics researchers team with scientists from across the globe to describe the new reference manual ? the Drosophila melanogaster Reference Panel, or DGRP. Genetic Rosetta Stone unveiled in NatureEurekAlert (press release) all 7 news articles »

USA TODAY

Forget fast food toys: 'Lorax' gets green tie-ins BusinessWeek The studio's nearly 70 launch partners -- including the US Environmental Protection Agency and Whole Foods Market -- are seeking to latch onto the Lorax's nature-friendly message. Movie tie-ins once meant that kids got plastic toys thrown into their ... Universal and Illumination's Next Film Dr. Seuss' The Lorax Garners Support ...MarketWatch (press release) all 238 news articles »

Thrasos and Collaborators Publish Nature Medicine Research Article Detailing Potential Treatment Approach for Kidney ...
Thrasos today announced that the journal Nature Medicine has published the results of a collaborative research program detailing the role of the bone morphogenic protein pathway in the development of kidney disease.

Nature Coast returns to the top
Nature Coast began this season on a mission to restore its former glory, to get back to winning district championships.

Plants to Plastics?Can Nature Compete in Commodity Polymers?
Nexant, Inc. today announced the publication of Plants to Plastics?Can Nature Compete in Commodity Polymers?, the newest title in its series of ChemSystems Special

Naughty By Nature classic 'O.P.P.' resurfaces as Jason Pierre-Paul tribute
"You Down With J.P.P." is a hit online -- and with the Giants.

Children's Books Lack Nature References, Study Suggests
Take a minute to think about your favorite book from childhood. Do you envision lots of furry animals? A wise old tree? Kids in the forest?

Class kicks of nature photography contest
The Wild Amelia Nature Festival has announced that the fourth annual Wild Amelia Nature Photography Contest is now under way and accepting digital images as entries.

Nature-Based Tourism Interview with Mark Pretti
What is nature-based tourism? What does it involve and how can it be preserved in Mexico and elsewhere? What are some of Mexico's nature-based hotspots? This article which spotlights an interview with naturalist and tour leader Mark Pretti addresses those questions and "naturally" much more.

Nature photography contest open to youths in Ocean County
GALLOWAY ? Young photographers are invited to enter Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge's 2012 Digital Nature Photography Contest, a program open to anyone ages 7 to 18 living in Atlantic, Ocean or Burlington counties.

Studying Nature's Rhythms: Soundscape Ecologists Spawn New Field
Listen to biophony, geophony, anthrophony: the 'music' of Planet Earth Geophony. Biophony. Anthrophony. Unfamiliar words. But they shouldn't be. We're surrounded by them morning, noon and night, say ecologist Bryan Pijanowski of Purdue University and colleagues. The evening "singing" of frogs. Burbling brooks, breaking waves and the whistling wind. Planes, trains and automobiles. Biophony is the ...

Trust for Public Land, nature center, agree on purchase of Coogan Farm
Mystic - The Trust for Public Land and the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center announced this afternoon that the trust has reached a preliminary agreement to purchase 34 acres of the 63-acre