NEWS FROM NOWHERE: Monday/Tuesday

ON THIS DAY IN - 1787 - Captain Arthur Phillip left Britain for Australia. He successfully landed eleven ships full of convicts on January 18, 1788, at Botany Bay. The group moved north eight days later and settled at Port Jackson. 
And now some more recent news from the CFZ Newsdesk

Biologists observe a three-toed skink lay eggs and...

Fluorescence discovered in tiny Brazilian frogs

Japan's war on whales isn't over – the Australian ...

Tasmanian devils 'adapting to coexist with cancer'...

Killer frog disease 'part of Earth's sixth mass ex...

Widespread losses of pollinating insects in Britai...

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)