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Zoology News Archives

Zoology News Archives for September 2009

Sep 30, 2009 | Online Sun

EXPLORERS claim they saw mysterious beast believed to inhabit an island jungle

BRIT explorers claim they have spotted a legendary ape man believed to inhabit an island jungle - and snapped its footprints.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, Indonesia, World News, Science, Offbeat

Sun Sep 27, 2009

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Thomas Hunt Morgan

25, 1866, Lexington, Ky., U.S. died Dec. 4, 1945, Pasadena, Calif. Main American zoologist and geneticist, famous for his experimental research with the fruit fly by which he established the chromosome theory of heredity.

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Related Topix: Lexington, KY, Science, Genetics, Biology

Fri Sep 25, 2009

Elburn Herald

Aspiring zoologist does summer stint at zoo

Veronica, a resident of Sugar Grove and a 15-year-old Kaneland High School sophomore, joined 130 other high school students who participated in the Youth Volunteer Corps at the Brookfield Zoo this year.

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Related Topix: Science, Education Etc., Chicago, IL

Wed Sep 16, 2009

SignOnSanDiego.com

He shared his passion for singing and science

Pioneer folk singer Sam Hinton loved to do many things, and he did them all in spite of the fact that few people had ever heard of a folk-singing zoologist/illustrator/writer/lecturer. Whether it was performing at school assemblies and concerts, recording music, illustrating marine life or serving as curator of the Scripps Aquarium, Mr.

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Related Topix: Science, San Diego, CA, San Diego Metro, California, UC San Diego

Tue Sep 15, 2009

IcWales

Weird-News: Four-eyed fish make a spectacle of themselves

Zoologists are celebrating after a pair of rare four-eyed fish were born at their aquarium.

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Related Topix: Science, Offbeat

Wilson's Almanac

Humpback whale found dead in River Thames, England

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 A humpback whale has been found dead in the River Thames in London , England .

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Related Topix: Kent County, England, United Kingdom, Essex County, England, Greater London County, England, World News, Science

Mon Sep 14, 2009

Irish Examiner

Aquarium celebrates birth of rare four-eyed fish

Zoologists are celebrating after a pair of rare four-eyed fish were born at their aquarium.

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Related Topix: Science

Sun and Shield

Norman Borlaug, Nobel prize winning botanist, dies

Monday, September 14, 2009 Norman Borlaug, Nobel prize winning botanist, dies Norman Borlaug , architect of the Green Revolution , has passed away, at age 95.

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Related Topix: Plant Biology, Biology, Science, Agriculture

Sun Sep 13, 2009

Scoop

How to Save Spiders: Celebrities and the cult of Arachne

We are […] quickly losing genetic resources that have evolved over more than 300 million years.

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Related Topix: Science, Pop/Rock, David Bowie, Gothic, Orson Welles

Wed Sep 09, 2009

Weird Asia News

Rare Tiger Slaughtereda "Right in the Zoo

With life in the wild becoming increasingly hazardous for the rare Sumatran tiger, the people at the Taman Rimba Zoo thought they could protect at least this one specimen, which was part of their own collection.

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Related Topix: Science, Offbeat

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