My Picks From ScienceDaily

Penguins Setting Off Sirens Over Health Of World's Oceans:

Like the proverbial canary in the coal mine, penguins are sounding the alarm for potentially catastrophic changes in the world's oceans, and the culprit isn't only climate change, says a University of Washington conservation biologist.

Evolution Of Fruit Size In Tomato:

Domesticated tomatoes can be up to 1000 times larger than their wild relatives. How did they get so big?

Carbon Hoofprint: Cows Supplemented With RbST Reduce Agriculture's Environmental Impact:

Milk goes green: Cows that receive recombinant Bovine Somatotropin (rbST) make more milk, all the while easing natural resource pressure and substantially reducing environmental impact, according to a Cornell University study.

Mate Choice In Plants:

Plants are very selective when it comes to choosing mates. Flowering plant pollination systems are clever devices for attracting pollinators like birds, ants, and insects, but there are also mechanisms for keeping out unwanted pollen. Some plants happily self-fertilize with their own pollen but others reject such pollen because of the deleterious effects of inbreeding. In these plants, their own pollen or that of close relatives is rejected if it lands on the female stigma.

Shiitake Mushrooms May Improve Human Immune Function, Especially If Grown On Old Oak Logs:

Shiitake (Lentinula edodes) mushrooms are good for you--and shiitake byproducts can be good for other crops.