A lawsuit filed Tuesday by a conservative legal foundation on behalf of California farmers and ranchers alleges a state commission illegally listed gray wolves as an endangered species.
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article129837699.html
Earth Day, April 22, 2017
Sponsor: Rep. Gaetz, Matt R-FL-1
Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Agriculture; Transportation and Infrastructure; Science, Space, and Technology
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/861/committees?r=5
The March for Science will be held on 22 April in Washington, D.C.; Science advocates in more than 100 cities around the world say they will hold allied demonstrations the same day.
We've seen California sea lions gobble down thresher and leopard sharks, but during a recent cruise in Newport Beach, tourists spotted a spiky species heading down the hatch: horn shark.
A UT research assistant professor of psychology, recently completed a study on moles’ behavior that proves the concept. His laboratory? A molehill-dotted city lawn in downtown Chico, California.
http://tntoday.utk.edu/2017/02/20/mole-study-shows-backyard-scientist/
I tell them how lesser long-nosed bats pollinate plants all over our country, including 180 species of agave.”
Tequila is made from Agave tequilana (blue agave). For up to 14 years a plant will store sugar in order to produce one enormous flower spike; then it dies.
http://blog.nature.org/science/2017/02/20/recovery-bats-with-your-tequila/
Flying squirrels have inhabited southern California’s San Bernardino Mountains for thousands of years, but most people have never seen one.
Now, a group of 50 citizen scientists, supported by a number of federal, state and local organizations, are trying to change that.
