The Columbian Exchange included syphillis.
The story of the St Bernard
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.
Heal thyself
Medicinal plants in trouble.
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.