No Tinfoil Hats for Bees (TreeHugger)
Excellent roundup of links that go deeper into the ominous mystery of the disappearing bees.
(tags: bees insects ecology)
Aggressive Elephant Seal Menaces Sonoma Beaches
2,500-pound ‘Nibbles’ bit a surfer and a dog and has killed at least a dozen harbor seals.
(tags: elephantseals seals marinemammals behavior sonoma)
A genetic test for the dogs
Company plans [...]
I had a chance to participate in PBS’s Remotely Connnected for a show that airs this Sunday, Dogs That Changed the World. (Check local air times here.)
Part 1, “The Rise of the Dogâ€, presented current thinking about the earliest dogs. The story most of us heard was that humans captured wild wolf puppies and [...]
NPR : Giant Bats Snatch Birds from Night Sky
(tags: bats audio)
I Can Has Talking Animals?
Why are the LOL Catz so funny to us?
(tags: cats humor humannature)
3 charged in deaths of 400 fledgling terns
This sounded horrendous when it happened.
(tags: birds legal)
Condor Release This Saturday
(tags: condors birds)
Spanking cat again
Just for fun.
(tags: cats humor)
Lots of news articles out there recently about the Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, “planned to become a comprehensive catalogue of all known species of organisms on Earth by the year 2011. Rapid progress has been made recently and this, the seventh edition of the Annual Checklist, contains 1,008,965 species. Please note that [...]
Mystery cat takes regular bus to the shops
(tags: cats stories bus)
Ananova – Dog hops on bus to go to pub
Hmm, no date.
(tags: dogs stories bus)
Dog that takes itself to the pub (on a No 10 bus) | the Daily Mail
More on Ratty, the bus-taking dog.
(tags: dogs stories bus)
ScienceDaily: Traveling dog catches the bus
This one seems [...]
This fun video is an example of Canine Freestyle, the fun sport of dancing with your dog. Canine Freestyle combines advanced obedience training with music and choreography.
Don’t they look like they’re having fun?!
The Canine Freestyle Federation is a good resource, but check your local community center or parks listings, because classes are popping up [...]
View a Condor Release at Pinnacles National Monument
The public is invited to be present at the release of two condors into the Wild on April 21, 2007.
(tags: condors birds events)
Peregrine Falcon Eggs Removed from Bridge
Researchers remove eggs of renowned S.F. peregrines from Bay Bridge nest to keep fledglings from drowning
(tags: peregrine falcon birds nests raptor [...]
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