A solution for vulture conservation

A solution for vulture conservation

The remaining vulture population in the North West Rajasthan range suffers an increased vulnerability due to:•Isolated subpopulations•Very large foraging areas (local and non-local threats)•Very low…
A Good Year For The 'A' Word: Fido Report, 2010

A Good Year For The 'A' Word: Fido Report, 2010

Anthropomorphizing, the process, as Twain might say, of “underestimating the animal by assigning to him human traits,” has had a good year. The reasons range from the continuing dominance of the…
Google Maps locates The Bat Cave

Google Maps locates The Bat Cave

Is nothing secret any more?    Not with Google Maps prowling the planet.The top secret location of Batman's Batcave has been revealed and it's not under Wayne Manor - it's at an Air Force…
Whose head is in that jar?

Whose head is in that jar?

Unlike the American Revolution, the French one turned out to be a bloody mess and led to Napoleon sacking all of Europe.   Because the French hated the British, they then instituted a French…
Apocalypse 1958: The Tide Went Out

Apocalypse 1958: The Tide Went Out

A Nuclear Eco-Catastrophe Fans of British apocalypse novels a la Wyndham and John Christopher ought to enjoy Chalres Eric Maine’s The Tide Went Out, another story focused the catastrophic…
Aging "In Utero"

Aging "In Utero"

One of the most recognized markers of cellular aging is the progressive accumulation of damage in the DNA, a molecule that cannot tolerate the alteration of the genetic information coded…