In late August, Born Free USA launched a database of what it describes as “deadly and dangerous captive wild animal incidents” that have occurred since 1990. There have been over 1300 of […]
(Almost) One Million Giraffes
So there’s this guy. And he made a bet with his friend that he could collect one million giraffes by the end of 2010. And at the moment he has over 800,000 […]
New Easy Tool for Bird Photos and Songs
Dang it! I missed the 2010 International Day for Migratory Birds. I had plans to put up my birdhouse with tinsel and little lights too. HALLMARK YOU BETRAYED ME! Oh well, I […]
USGS National Biological Information Infrastructure Updates Its Search Engine
The National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) has updated its search engine to search multiple databases at the same time, and now also returns clustered results. You can try it at NBII.gov. This […]