“I bent over backward to make it difficult for my work to be misused, and to no avail. When people are motivated to twist something for political purposes, they’ll find a way to do it.”

University of Utah psychologist Lisa Diamond is not happy that her research is being allegedly distorted by up a group advocating “treatment” of homosexuality, from the Salt Lake Tribune (hat tip: Wonkette).

“I always say you never know what the sands of Egypt might hide.”

Zahi Hawass, secretary general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, comments on the discovery of a 4,300-year old pyramid to National Geographic.

“My fear is that the [monkeys] will end up in a birdcage in someone’s lounge.”

Jamie Craig, of the Cotswold Wildlife Park in England, has had his squirrel monkeys stolen, from the Guardian.

“This consumer demand is increasingly placing the natural environment – both in China and abroad – at risk through unsustainable and illegal wildlife trade.”

Reuters looks at a new report on consumption of wild animals in China.