NEWS FROM NOWHERE - Friday

ON THIS DAY IN - 1823 - The poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" by Clement C. Moore (" 'Twas the night before Christmas...") was published. 
And now some more recent news from the CFZ Newsdesk

Whales in the wild: rare gem amid Thailand mass to...

Seeking freshwater pandas: Endangered freshwater s...

New, complex call recorded in Mariana Trench belie...

Scientists sequence the genome of the Iberian lynx...

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.)