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Climate Change Threatens Lake Baikal's Unique Biota Released May 1, 2009 News From the Field |
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Wildlife Trade Threatens Public Health and Ecosystems Released April 29, 2009 Press Release |
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![This artist's rendering shows the Chicxulub crater at the time of the meteorite's impact.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090508080314im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/dinosaur_extinct1_l.jpg) |
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New Blow for Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Theory Released April 27, 2009 Press Release |
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![Satellite image of smoke from Southern California wildfires billowing over the Pacific Ocean.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090508080314im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/fire_pacific_l.jpg) |
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Fire Is an Important and Under-Appreciated Part of Global Climate Change Released April 23, 2009 Press Release |
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Fire Influences Global Warming More Than Previously Thought Released April 23, 2009 News From the Field |
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![Image of yellow and green microscopic cysts of Alexandrium species in Gulf of Maine sediments.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090508080314im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/red_tide1_l.jpg) |
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Marine Scientists Warn of "Moderately Large" Potential for Spring, Summer Red Tide Outbreak in Gulf of Maine Released April 22, 2009 Press Release |
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![Photo of a stream tumbling over fallen logs in the Oregon Cascades.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090508080314im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/field_station1_l1.jpg) |
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Field Stations Foster Serendipitous Discoveries in Environmental, Biological Sciences Released April 8, 2009 Press Release |
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![Photo of a woodrat in Utah's Great Basin isurrounded by toxic juniper leaves.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090508080314im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/woodrat1_l.jpg) |
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Desert Woodrats Switch One Dietary Poison for Another Released April 7, 2009 Press Release |
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![Biologists have discovered that amphibian diseases are spread by bait shops.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090508080314im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/salamander_virus_l2.jpg) |
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Spring Fishing Season Arrives ... And With It, Amphibian Diseases Released April 6, 2009 Press Release |
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Human Impacts on Coral Reefs of Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Revealed Released April 6, 2009 Press Release |
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Bone Deformities Linked to Inbreeding in Wolves Released April 3, 2009 News From the Field |
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Brown-led Team Offers First Look at How Bats Land Released March 19, 2009 News From the Field |
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American Carnivores Evolved to Avoid Each Other, New Study Suggests Released March 12, 2009 News From the Field |
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Texas-sized Tract of Single-celled Clones Released March 11, 2009 News From the Field |
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Amazonian Amphibian Diversity Traced to Andes Released March 10, 2009 News From the Field |
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![Photo of rock formations in the Karoo Basin in South Africa.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090508080314im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/permian_extinct1_l.jpg) |
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Geologic Findings Undermine Theories of Permian Mass Extinction Timing Released March 2, 2009 Press Release |
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Study Critiques Corn-for-ethanol's Carbon Footprint Released March 2, 2009 News From the Field |
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DNA Evidence Is In: Newly Discovered Species of Fish Dubbed H. Psychedelica Released February 24, 2009 News From the Field |
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Scientists' Next Big Discoveries Predicted in Online Report on the 150th Anniversary of "On The Origin of Species" Released February 12, 2009 Press Release |
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World's Largest Snake Discovered in Fossilized Rainforest Released February 9, 2009 News From the Field |
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Rapid Burst of Flowering Plants Set Stage for Other Species Released February 9, 2009 News From the Field |
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Scientists Document Salamander Decline in Central America Released February 9, 2009 News From the Field |
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Iron on its Route to the Sea-Floor: A New Path Released February 8, 2009 Press Release |
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![Photo of a fleece of bacteria which contains heat-tolerant genes, lining the back of a Pompeii worm.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090508080314im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/pompeii_worm1_l.jpg) |
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Microbe Survives in Ocean's Deepest Realm, Thanks to Genetic Adaptations Released February 5, 2009 Press Release |
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![Photo of a female apple maggot fly, Rhagoletis pomonella, implanting an egg into an apple.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090508080314im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/speciation1_l.jpg) |
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Researchers Observe Evolution Chain Reaction Released February 5, 2009 Press Release |
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A New Twist in Sexual Selection Theory: Darwin's Beetles Still Producing Suprises Released February 5, 2009 News From the Field |
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Host Shift Triggers Cascading Effect on Ecosystem, Research Finds Released February 5, 2009 News From the Field |
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![Photo of a demosponge, one of the the earliest known animals.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090508080314im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/demosponges1_l.jpg) |
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Fossil Steroids Record the Advent of Earliest Known Animals Released February 4, 2009 Press Release |
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![Artist's conception of male Maiacetus inuus with transparent overlay of skeleton.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090508080314im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/whale_fossil1_l.jpg) |
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Early Whales Gave Birth on Land Released February 3, 2009 Press Release |
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Warmer Climate Causing Huge Increase in Tree Mortality Across the West Released January 22, 2009 News From the Field |
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