Weekly round up - May 02, 2008
What’s been on The Great Beyond this week and a few extras...
Monday April 28
Live super-size squid autopsy / World’s top 100 brains / Polar bear not ‘endangered’, just ‘concerning’
Tuesday April 29
Storm over global-warming sceptic hurricane man / US states sued over wolf status / Sebastian’s super synthetic spider silk
Wednesday April 30
UPDATE - Storm over global-warming sceptic hurricane man / Asian vulture numbers dwindle / ‘Greenwashing’ complaints rise / RIP Albert Hofmann
Thursday May 01
Taking oil companies to task / ‘Decade break’ in global warming / Parasitic hermit plant found in Mexico / ‘Miracle powder re-grows finger’ / Keep your damn eco-cars, say US politicians
Friday May 02
Audio special: babbling bird brains / Duck deaths highlight tar sands problems / South Africa resumes elephant culls
Other Nature blog posts you may have missed
Climate Feedback: Antarctica's warmer past revealed
In the Field: Emma Marris is off to see the Greater Prairie Chicken
Nautilus: Evolution and science education
Ones that got away
How Dan Dare shaped Britain, from the Guardian
Are Americans really marrying for health insurance? From the LA Times
Cloaking device? Massive eyes? It’s that squid again! From National Geographic