"The Wauchula Woods Accord"

Primates 'R Us...


Washington Post review of "The Wauchula Woods Accord: Toward a New Understanding of Animals" by Charles Siebert, a book exploring the human/great ape borderland, here:

http://tinyurl.com/ylpfaar

Interview with author Siebert here:

http://tinyurl.com/ykb6sud

A recent moving WNYC RadioLab podcast about the life of captive chimp "Lucy" based in part on Siebert's book is here:

http://tinyurl.com/y8aa77a

Dolphins as 'Non-human Persons'

Scientists argue for moral standing for dolphins:


http://tinyurl.com/y929zwj

Kekule's Snake

Friedrich August Kekule's benzene ring... brought to life:

http://tinyurl.com/y85rewj

(check out the rest of the photos here as well, by clicking directly on each pic to load the next one!)

Predator and Prey

Friday video: Young ibex eludes a fox and certain death:

http://tinyurl.com/ylyug9u

Giant Stingray... WOW

Couple of clips of the fascinating, elusive "giant stingray":

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8347000/8347644.stm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMEqMma8Knw

Wildlife Extinction Accelerated

Not too surprisingly, study finds wildlife rates of extinction are greatly underestimated, in a "bleak re-assessment":

http://tinyurl.com/6cv2kr

Jane Goodall Delivers

A review of Jane Goodall's latest book, "Hope For Animals and Their World" here:

http://tinyurl.com/ye8ogb6

And here a webcast with her:

http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4647

Echidna

Natalie Angier elucidates the enigmatic echidna (a mysterious monotreme related to the duck-billed platypus) here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/science/09angi.html


And a special bonus video today for sheer entertainment....
Not exactly science, but too good (and uplifting) not to pass along --- I'm a sucker for acoustic guitar playing, but had never seen or heard of Tony Melendez, armless since birth; was blown away when I stumbled upon this video: