NEWS FROM NOWHERE - Wednesday

ON THIS DAY IN 1851 - American librarian Melvil Dewey was born. He created the "Dewey Decimal Classification" system. 

Conservationists Warn That Giraffes Are Facing Ext...

Researchers get a rabbit's-eye view

Scientists plan to go in search of the world’s rar...

Animal welfare could be improved by new understand...

'Non-echolocating' fruit bats actually do echoloca...

US chimpanzee Tommy 'has no human rights' - court

Bushmen appeal to be allowed to hunt and not be re...

Law to ban wild animals in UK circuses being block...

Watch: How turtles outsmart sharks

AND TO WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK... (Music that may have some relevance to items also on this page, or may just reflect my mood on the day)