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Scientist: Environmental health is public health [Radio Program]
Earth & Sky Radio Series - www.earthsky.org
16 Feb 2009
D Byrd, J Block, L Patterson, J Salazar, and T Hayes.
Photo Credit: grendelkahn

Tyrone Hayes: Environmental health is public health. If you’re altering the environment in such a way that wildlife can’t live in it anymore, that amphibians are declining globally, for example, then you’re creating an environment that we won’t be able to live in, either. That’s biologist Tyrone Hayes, of the University of California at Berkeley. He sees a close connection between the health of frogs and the health of humans. Hayes studies how pesticides interact with hormones.

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Avian flu sought among India's wild birds
Spero News - speroforum.com
14 Feb 2009
Area: India - Map It

The U.S. Geological Survey is cooperating with a U.N. study of migratory birds carried out at the Chilika Lagoon in India. They seek to find a relationship between these birds and outbreaks of HPAI H5NI avian influenza.The largest waterbird congregation site in the Indian subcontinent is the site of a new international study of migratory birds and their role in the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1.

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New Research on Chronic Wasting Disease Released
CNW - www.newswire.ca
13 Feb 2009

New research funded by the Canadian Wildlife Federation shows that chronic wasting disease in wild and farmed deer and elk will likely spread across North America and there is little wildlife managers can do about it. The report "Both Sides of the Fence: A Strategic Review of Chronic Wasting Disease Management Costs and Benefits" was prepared for the Canadian Wildlife Federation by Dr. Paul C. James, a research fellow from the Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina.

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Pendleton bats suspected of carrying fungal disease
The Charleston Gazette - wvgazette.com
14 Feb 2009
R Steelhammer
Area: West Virginia - Map It

Bats suspected to be carrying white-nose syndrome, the fungal disease that has killed thousands of bats in the Northeast, have been found in four Pendleton County caves, according to the state Division of Natural Resources. The National Wildlife Health Laboratory in Madison, Wis., is culturing fungi taken from bats collected for testing by DNR personnel.

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Migratory Songbird Mystery Solved
National Geographic - news.nationalgeographic.com
12 Feb 2009
H Rutger
Photo Credit: National Geographic

For the first time, scientists have tracked entire migration routes of individual songbirds, following them thousands of miles further than in earlier studies and revealing the birds fly two to three times faster than previously known. The new information will aid future conservation efforts.

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>>>Backpack-toting birds reveal pace of migration [includes video]
>>>The Whole Migration and Nothing But [includes video]
>>>Scientists Tracking Mountain Lions Near Urban Areas [NPR audio broadcast]
>>>Birds Shifting North as Planet Warms

Article Cited
>>>Tracking Long-Distance Songbird Migration by Using Geolocators
Science. 2009 Feb 13; 323(5916): 896

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