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A New York Police Department document recommended targeting dozens of Shiite Muslim mosques from Pennsylvania to Connecticut for surveillance in a search for possible Iranian terrorists, though no evidence of such a threat existed.

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The Sacramento Bee – February 1, 2012 Looks like controversial legislation on how to fund California courts has been put on ice in the Senate. Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg told reporters today not to expect ... Original post: California – Senate President Pro Tem shows no love for controversial judicial funding bill

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The Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund (NPIF) - has announced its first beneficiary: a project exploring Panama's natural resources for use in the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries. See the article here: Panama is first to benefit from fund to tackle biopiracy

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Leading scientists, including climate change experts, complain about opinion piece akin to 'dentists practising cardiology' Original post: Wall Street Journal rapped over climate change stance

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ScienceDaily (Feb. 1, 2012) - Yellow-cedar, a culturally and economically valuable tree in southeastern Alaska and adjacent parts of British Columbia, has been dying off across large expanses of these areas for the past 100 years. But no one could say why -- until now. Go here to read the rest: Yellow-Cedar Are Dying in Alaska: Scientists Now...

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ScienceDaily (Feb. 1, 2012) - To generate phylogenetic trees and investigate relationships between organisms, scientists usually look for similarities and differences in the DNA. Visit link: Genetic Information Migrates from Plant to Plant

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Around 80 percent of the Andes' most biodiverse and important ecosystems are unprotected according to a new paper published in the open-access journal BMC Ecology. See the original post: Majority of Andes' biodiversity hotspots remain unprotected

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Australia could introduce large herbivores such as elephants as part of a radical biological solution to the problem of wild fires and invasive species, says one expert. More here: Bring elephants to Australia?

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ScienceDaily (Feb. 1, 2012) - Blooms, or proliferation, of jellyfish have shown a substantial, visible impact on coastal populations -- clogged nets for fishermen, stinging waters for tourists, even choked intake lines for power plants -- and recent media reports have created a perception that the world's oceans are experiencing increases in jellyfish due to human activities such...

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Naharlagun, Feb 1: The Hornbill Nest Adoption Programme (HNAP), a novel idea of Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Tana Tapi to conserve and protect hornbill nests in the fringe forest area outside Pakke Tiger Reserve and Wildlife Sanctuary (PTRWS) in East Kameng District, is attracting tourists not only from India, but also from other countries as well. Excerpt from:...