My picks from ScienceDaily

Brain Network Related To Intelligence Identified:

A primary mystery puzzling neuroscientists - where in the brain lies intelligence? - just may have a unified answer.

The title alone should provoke a storm in the blogosphere ;-)

Prehistoric Aesthetics Explains Snail Biogeography Puzzle:

The answer to a mystery that long has puzzled biologists may lie in prehistoric Polynesians' penchant for pretty white shells, a research team headed by University of Michigan mollusk expert Diarmaid à Foighil has found.

Who's Afraid Of The Big, Bad Wolf? Coyotes:

While the wily coyote reigns as top dog in much of the country, it leads a nervous existence wherever it coexists with its larger relative, the wolf, according to a new study from the Wildlife Conservation Society. In fact, coyote densities are more than 30 percent lower in areas that they share with wolves.

Gene Involved in Human Language Development Also Involved In Bat Echolocation:

When it comes to the FOXP2 gene, humans have had most to shout about. Discoveries that mutations in this gene lead to speech defects and that the gene underwent changes around the time language evolved both implicate FOXP2 in the evolution of human language.

Mortality Of Plants Could Increase By 40 Percent If Land Temperatures Increase 4 Degrees Celsius:

Scientists from the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies* have formulated a universal rule that explains the equilibrium of plant communities, showing how plants assure the survival of their species whether their lives last a day or are prolonged over centuries.