Ones that got away - October 27, 2008
“This is a disaster. The population drop is worse than the stock market.”
Whale researcher Ken Balcomb is concerned that seven Puget Sound killer whales are missing, presumed dead (AP).
No rest for the wolf lobby
The Bush administration is trying to get the northern Rockies gray wolf off the Endangered Species List in the latest skirmish in this fight (Washington Post).
“Humans made fire 790,000 years ago”
So says Reuters, detailing findings from researchers at Israel’s Hebrew University.
David Attenborough = frog Viagra
After three years without mating, Mission Golden-eyed Tree frogs at London Zoo “did the deed” during a visit by famous naturalist Sir David Attenborough. The Daily Telegraph adds, “the frogs' keepers admitted it was more likely that the amphibians finally mated because of a humidifier placed in their new tank”.
