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- 'Darwin' In New York (Nov 30)
<http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/11/30/tech/main1086448.shtml>
CBS News - USA
Amidst a roiling national debate on whether intelligent design deserves
a place in public school curriculums, a new exhibit in New York sheds
light on the man behind the controversy... (Related stories: Exhibit Explores the Evolution of Darwin's Ideas and Research, Evolution of a Scientist)
- Geology professor gets close-up view of erupting volcano (Nov 29)
<http://www.colgate.edu/DesktopDefault1.aspx?tabid=730&pgID=6013&nwID=4382>
Colgate University - Hamilton, NY
The minute she heard of a plume of steam and rivers of lava pouring
from Ecuador’s Sierra Negra volcano, Colgate’s Karen Harpp did what any
dedicated volcanologist would do...
- A sneeze from the seas (Nov 29)
<http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/youngeagles/viewarticle.aspx?id=306751>
News & Star - Carlisle, Cumbria, UK
THE weeks up to Christmas are a time of coughs and colds for many of
us, but did you know that iguanas spend most days of the year sneezing?
- Darwin ridiculed as 'monkey man' for his theories (Nov 28)
<http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Today/2005/11/28/1327056-sun.html>
London Free Press - Canada
Among scientists, evolution is not controversial; it is the only
scientifically accepted theory for the biodiversity on Earth
today.
- It's giant earwigs versus aircraft on remote St Helena (Nov 28)
<http://www.sundayindependent.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=1042&fArticleId=3012023>
Sunday Independent — Johannesburg
The giant earwig is among the most elusive creatures on the planet - and is believed by many to be extinct.
- A Challenge For Johnson (Nov 27)
<http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-jacklin1127.artnov27,0,5690364.column?coll=hc-utility-news-politics>
Hartford Courant - United States
As political ads go, this would be a beaut: Nancy Johnson and husband,
Ted, strolling amid the lumbering tortoises, giant iguanas and colorful
flora of the Galapagos Islands...
- Evolution Faster Than We Thought (Nov 25)
<http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=31177>
Inter Press Service
Husband-wife science team Peter and Rosemary Grant, both 69 years old,
have been following the footsteps of Charles Darwin in the Galapagos
Islands since 1973.
- New York exhibit examines the life and work of Darwin (Nov 22)
<http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2005-11-22-darwin-exhibit_x.htm>
USA Today - USA
NEW YORK — He was a lackluster student, bored by the rote memorization of Latin words. He tried medical school, but hated it.
- Evolving into a tricky exhibit (Nov 21)
<http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/evolving-into-a-tricky-exhibit/2005/11/21/1132421603091.html>
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney, Australia
An exhibition celebrating the life of Charles Darwin, which is slated
for the National Museum of Australia later this decade, has failed to
find a corporate sponsor
- The glorious Galapagos (Nov 20)
<http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051120/ART13/511190301/-1/ART>
Toledo Blade - Toledo, OH
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS — Shortly after jumping off a small boat onto Punta
Espinosa island, camera in hand, I came across a single marine iguana
resting ...
- Evolution of a Scientist (Nov 20)
<http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10118787/site/newsweek/>
MSNBC - USA
On a December night in 1831, HMS Beagle, on a mission to chart the
coast of South America, sailed from Plymouth, England, straight into
the 21st century.
- Exotic creatures enliven new Darwin exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History (Nov 19)
<http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/367019p-312427c.html>
New York Daily News - New York
Ever seen a blue-footed booby? How about a giant turtle or a horned toad?
- Goannas: no lounge lizards (Nov 19)
<http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/goannas-no-lounge-lizards/2005/11/19/1132017026262.html>
The Age - Melbourne, Australia
IT WAS seven metres long, weighed well over half a tonne, and was armed with slashing venom-laden teeth
- Volcanoes and horses and nature ... oh, my! (Nov 18)
<http://barometer.orst.edu/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/11/18/437e2f8d61db0>
OSU Daily Barometer - Corvallis, OR
I climbed a volcano — a real, active, spewing volcano! Okay, so I may
have missed the lava by a couple days, but I still got to see it:
steam, smoke, fumes and all.
- Rare tortoises find a new home in Chester (Nov 17)
<http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk>
Chester Zoo has become the only zoo in the UK to welcome the Galapagos tortoise to its collection.
- What would it be like to live to 175? (Nov 15)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4442020.stm>
BBC News - UK
A tortoise reputedly collected from the Galapagos islands by Charles Darwin has turned 175. What if humans lived that long?
- NY museum says Darwin's theory never more relevant (Nov 14)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N15521723.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
NEW YORK — Charles Darwin's theory of evolution is
nearly 150 years old and under fresh attack, but thanks to him
scientists today understand the danger bird flu poses...
- An absorbing odyssey of exploration (Nov 14)
<http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14004881>
Sify - Taramani, Chennai, India
Chennai — For someone who carries Charles Darwin’s genes, taking to exploration and conservation is quite natural.
- The origin of a theory (Nov 14)
<http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-l4512340nov14,0,7915865.story?coll=ny-health-headlines>
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
Sometimes a casual observation goes no further than this: The shell of
the tortoise on one island appears different from another island's
tortoise shell.
- Galapagos fire threatens unique forest (Nov 13)
<http://science.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1061941.php/Galapagos_fire_threatens_unique_forest>
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow, UK
Quito - A forest that is home to a rare tree species found only on the
Galapagos Islands is threatened by fire set by an erupting volcano...
- Sir David's life on Earth - so far (Nov 13)
<http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1641518,00.html>
The Observer - UK
David Attenborough was born in 1926 and grew up in Leicester. He
developed his early love of nature at Leicester City Museum. He studied
zoology...
- Blue-Footed Booby Prize (Nov 13)
<http://www.courant.com/news/local/northeast/hc-altman1113.artnov13,0,4445201.story?coll=hc-headlines-northeast>
Hartford Courant - United States
According to the World Book Encyclopedia, the Galapagos Islands are
known for two things: the giant tortoise, and the blue-footed booby...
- A marriage built on bird evolution (Nov 12)
<http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/breaking_news/13147585.htm>
philly.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Think it's a challenge to make a marriage work for 43 years? Try
spending months at a time on a desolate outcrop of volcanic rock...
- Darwin on Display: Museum to Showcase Evolution Amid Controversy (Nov 11)
<http://www.livescience.com/othernews/051111_amnh_darwin.html>
LiveScience.com - New York
In 1837, Charles Darwin sketched a stick-figure tree in a page of
Notebook B, one of many private notebooks in which he worked out the
details of a new theory he was developing.
- Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Embarks On A Study Of Business Efforts To Stop Destruction of Nature In The Galapagos (Nov 10)
<http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/11/prweb307808.htm>
PR Web - Ferndale, WA, USA
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a marine wildlife conservation
organization, has announced that it will be preparing a study to help
determine what businesses contribute to the protection of the National
Park and what businesses are a part of the problem in Galapagos.
- Local environmentalist gets depressing eyeful in the Galapagos (Nov 10)
<http://www.montrealmirror.com/2005/111005/news1.html>
Montreal Mirror
Montrealer Kalifi Ferretti-Gallon visualized the Galapagos Islands as
lands far away where animals roam in their own utopia out of human
reach.
- MLC biology professor shares his trip to the Galapagos Islands (Nov 1)
<http://www.fremontneb.com/articles/2005/11/01/news/news3.txt>
Fremont Tribune - Fremont, NE, USA
After 14,000 photographs, Josef Kren's shutter finger must be tired.
But the Midland Lutheran College professor isn't complaining about the
pictorial souvenirs of his June trip to the Galapagos Islands.
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