From Ian Ramjohn at Further Thoughts comes news of a new blog carnival on things botanical. It is called Berry Go Round and it is being launched by Laurent at Seeds Aside. The deadline is the 25th of each month. Sounds like a great idea, especially if cultivated plants are going to be covered as well as the things you find in rain forests etc. So send your stuff in, and visit.
The phylogeny of a human disease
The Columbian Exchange included syphillis.
Farmer breeder recognized
Indian farmer shows breeders a thing or two.
The story of the St Bernard
There’s a stuffed St Bernard called Barry in a museum in Berne.
The Vanishing of the Bees
Colony Collapse Disorder gets a documentary. Maybe.