May 2011
April 2011
Beaver Patrol: Wildlife lovers help toothy... →
Beavers living near U.S. 2 between Milton and South Hero need a traffic cop, Mandy Hotchkiss decided.
There’s probably hundreds of beavers living in the wetlands along the flooded shores of Lake Champlain, just east of the causeway, she and a state wildlife expert said.
Some of the creatures are getting hit by cars as they cross the highway. “We’ve had as many two dozen hit in the past two...
Pak 'n Save owner sees a good side →
The owner-operator of Hamilton’s Mill St Pak ‘n Save is hoping the Anzac and Easter spirit will get the better of shoppers who helped themselves to groceries on Friday.
The supermarket was to open at 1pm today after a weekend of publicity about a computer glitch which saw the doors to the supermarket unlock and lights turn on at 8am on Good Friday.
“We have already heard...
6-Year-Old Who Beat Cancer Fights to Save Penguins... →
Last September, 6-year-old Aghelos Kouvaras was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma after a tumor was discovered in his abdomen. For the better part of a year as the first-grader from Long Island, New York underwent treatment to battle the disease, he kept his spirits high by reading about animals — and one species fascinated him most of all: endangered penguins. Now, after...
Genetic engineering justified: glow in the dark...
Green baby monkey
Marine life 'flourishing' at Lamlash reserve →
A marine reserve set up off the Isle of Arran in 2008 is already flourishing with wildlife and commercially-valuable scallops, according to researchers.
The small area of seabed in Lamlash Bay became the first protected site of its kind in Scotland.
A study by York University and a local seabed trust has found significantly more juvenile scallops inside the reserve than outside.
And...
As if Terriers fans didn't love Donal Logue... →
SU2C: Where are you right now and what are you doing?
Donal: I’m at the City of Hope donor center. They have me in this IV setup, where my blood is going through tubes and into a centrifuge to spin it and extract white blood cell/stem cells, and then the blood is put back into my body.
SU2C: How did you end up here?
Donal: I play for Hollywood United Football Club. My teammates,...
Gay coach and lacrosse player are opening closet... →
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As the successful coach at a small Division 3 school, Joyner was spending a lot of time in close quarters with his team. Traveling to matches in small vans, he spent hours with them on the road. During an annual two-week team trip to California, with the entire team packed into a two-bedroom house, the setting is intimate. Joyner didn’t feel comfortable keeping the secret from these...
A Goat Walks Into A Piano Store... →
AMMON, Idaho — Are you missing a goat? Perhaps one that likes the piano?
A mother and child had a goat follow them into the Piano Gallery Store in Ammon on Monday.
A store clerk used an extension cord as a leash and kept it until Animal Control could pick it up.The goat, now named Beethoven for his obvious love of music, is hanging out at the Idaho Falls Animal Shelter.”I walked...
