My picks from ScienceDaily

Bonobo Handshake: What Makes Our Chimp-like Cousins So Cooperative?:

What's it like to work with relatives who think sex is like a handshake, who organise orgies with the neighbours, and firmly believe females should be in charge of everything? On September 11, researcher Vanessa Woods will journey to Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary in Congo with colleagues from the Max Planck Institute in Germany to study our mysterious cousin, the bonobo.

Rare Breeds Of Farm Animals Face Extinction:

With the world's first global inventory of farm animals showing many breeds of African, Asian, and Latin American livestock at risk of extinction, scientists from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) called for the rapid establishment of genebanks to conserve the sperm and ovaries of key animals critical for the global population's future survival.

Ancient Pig DNA Study Sheds New Light On Colonization Of Europe By Early Farmers:

The earliest domesticated pigs in Europe, which many archaeologists believed to be descended from European wild boar, were actually introduced from the Middle East by Stone Age farmers, new research suggests.

Auto Immune Response Creates Barrier To Fertility; Could Be A Step In Speciation:

Plant biologists at the Max Planck Institute of Developmental Biology and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have discovered that an autoimmune response, triggered by a small number of genes, can be a barrier to producing a viable offspring.

Population Movements And Money Remittances Spur Forest Regrowth:

A study of forest cover in El Salvador in the September issue of BioScience presents novel findings on how economic globalization, land policy changes, and monies sent to family members by emigrants have transformed agriculture and stimulated forest regrowth.