“Copper Thefts Threaten US Critical Infrastructure”

That’s what the FBI says in a new report (Wired).

“Therefore his minimum age is 176-years-old. He is the oldest inhabitant on St Helena and is claimed to be the oldest living tortoise in the world.”

Meet Jonathan the Tortoise, who has been dated thanks to Boer War-era photos (Daily Telegraph, if you prefer your science salacious check the Sun’s Old-age mutant swinger tortoise).

“I really enjoyed launching the teddy-bear into space.”

Science outreach seems to have worked on Kane Robbins, age 12 (University of Cambridge).

“There has been so much man-made damage to the river that I sometimes can’t see how the Chinese sturgeon can recover.”

Wei Qiwei, biologist at the Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, comments on the plight of ‘a living dinosaur’ (Austin-American Statesman).

“From time to time, in our experience, fruit has been encountered at crime scenes.”

Researchers Matej Trapecar and Mojca Kern Vinkovic of the forensic science laboratory in Slovenia explain their new paper ‘Techniques for fingerprint recovery on vegetable and fruit surfaces used in Slovenia — A preliminary study’ in the Science and Justice journal (subscription required).