How many among us fondly recall the wonderful stories of the “silly old bear,” Winnie the Pooh? These stories were either read to us as children or we read them to our own children. In the UK, Winnie the Pooh is the #1 fictional character among British children; in Canada, Winnie is the #2 favorite character, […]
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Mountain gorillas die from human virus
January 22, 2013 
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After I had read about the plight of mountain gorillas in Dian Fossey’s Gorillas in the Mist, I came across a press release in 2011 that intrigued and saddened me. Somehow, the release got lost and didn’t surface until recently. Still wanting to publish this story, I wrote the University of California, Davis, to find out if the […]
Continue readingBats in North America Dying By the Thousands
February 5, 2011 0 Comments
Over one million bats in six species in eastern North America have died from white-nose syndrome (WNS) since 2006. As a result several species of bats may become endangered or extinct. White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a fatal disease of bats that hibernate. And it’s moving west. (In the featured picture note the fungal spots of […]
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