“It’s not common to do this three times, but this is an icon species for California.”

US Fish and Wildlife Service spokesman Al Donner explains why the agency is having another go at creating a protected habitat area for the California red-legged frog (AP).

“This is our first detailed look inside the biggest storm of the solar system.”

Glenn Orton, of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, comments on new thermal images of Jupiter’s gigantic Red Spot (Wired).

“We have, I think, moved beyond the G8 world to the G20 world where more countries are involved – but [there was] still arrogance and it could have been much better handled by the rich countries.”

Lord Stern tells the BBC that the arrogance of rich countries contributed to the “disappointing” outcome of the recent Copenhagen climate talks.