ODDS AND SODS FROM CHAD ARMENT

A pretty new pit viper:

http://news.mongabay.com/2011/0330-hance_pitvipers.html

A new genus of plant discovered in South America:

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-03/mbg-mbg033011.php

A new freshwater cave shrimp from Great Basin National Park:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705369487/New-freshwater-shrimp-species-found-at-Great-Basin-park.html

Mountain lions in the Adirondacks:

http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17386/20110328/officially-extinct-mountain-lions-still-haunt-the-adirondacks