NEWS FROM NOWHERE: Thursday

ON THIS DAY IN -  1703 - The Methuen Treaty was signed between Portugal and England, giving preference to the import of Portuguese wines into England. 
And now some more recent news from the CFZ Newsdesk

First tally of US-Russia polar bears finds a healt...

Eleven seal species narrowly escaped extinction

Translocating frogs to lakes where disease wiped o...

Species and environment affect which frogs are inf...

Killer whales share personality traits with humans...

Indonesia: dead whale had 1,000 pieces of plastic ...

How Do Squirrels Remember Where They Buried Their ...

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)