There’s a stuffed St Bernard called Barry in a museum in Berne.
Cattalo complicating plans to restore Great Plains
More on the bison‘s polluted genome.
Archaeo-agrobiodiversity discoveries highlighted
Squash seeds and chickens feature among the Top Ten discoveries of 2007, according to Archaeology Magazine. I believe we linked to both of these stories when they first appeared. The article on Polynesian breakthroughs also mentions work on pigs that we blogged about.
The All-Healing Berry
I don’t know why it should feel weird to be sitting in Kuala Lumpur International Airport, drinking a cappuccino and reading about the joys of caffeine on the free wifi. But it does. Maybe the lack of sleep. Maybe the fact that I wouldn’t be able to do it nearly so easily in an airport in the land of cappuccino.
Profile of Russian genebank
Profile of the Vavilov Institute: Nikolai Ivanovich unavailable for comment.