World’s largest dog, world’s smallest dog

VERNON, NJ (USA)
OKAHUMPKA, FL (USA)
May 7, 2007

Eisenhower said, “What counts isnot necessarily the size of the dog in the fight — it’s the size of the fight in the dog.”
Obviously Ike never saw these canine contenders.
Following last month’s “Biggest dog, smallest dog…” article, today we have an even bigger dog and an even smaller [...]

Study: Polar Bears Turning to Cannibalism

By Dan Joling, Associated Press
June 14, 2006 — Polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea may be turning to cannibalism because longer seasons without ice keep them from getting to their natural food, a new study by American and Canadian scientists has found.

Call Her Isoke: Louisville Zoo’s Baby Pygmy Hippo Receives Her Name

ScienceDaily (May 15, 2007)
The Louisville Zoo’s female baby pygmy hippo heard her name for the first time—Isoke (ee SO keh), which is African for satisfying gift.

Meat is murder on the environment

18 July 2007 by Daniele Fanelli
A kilogram of beef is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions and other pollution than driving for 3 hours while leaving all the lights on back home.

Asian Parasite Killing Western Bees – Scientist

Date: 19-Jul-07
Country: SPAIN
Author: Julia Hayley
The culprit is a microscopic parasite called nosema ceranae said Mariano Higes, who leads a team of researchers at a government-funded apiculture centre in Guadalajara, the province east of Madrid that is the heartland of Spain’s honey industry.

Seagulls fat, ‘infertile’ from fast food

By Glenn Cordingley
AAP
July 16, 2007 04:20pm
SEAGULLS gorging themselves on greasy junk food in Hobart are so fat it is affecting their reproduction.
University of Tasmania researcher Heidi Auman has found that silver gulls feeding on fatty scraps being thrown to them from seaside cafes has caused them to become overweight.

Antibiotics Absorbed By Vegetables

by Kate Melville
Evaluating the impact of livestock antibiotics on the environment, University of Minnesota researchers have found that many vegetables uptake the antibiotics. The study, in the Journal of Environmental Quality, shows that food crops can readily accumulate antibiotics from soils spread with cattle manure.

Doctors Discover New Worm, One That’s Lethal to Humans

By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN
Published: Friday, June 28, 1996

Scientists in California said today that they had discovered what they believe is a previously unknown parasitic worm that can be fatal to humans.