Well, Polar Bears have finally been put on the United States' Endangered Species List. They're not classified as actually **Endangered** yet, just *Threatened* [which means that if things continue to proceed as they have been going, Polar Bears will need to be upgraded to **Endangered** in the foreseeable future]. In one way this is a 'good' ( Read more... )

One of Richard's sisters, "E", has been a faithful viewer of Meerkat Manor, a real-life animal drama on Animal Planet on TV. [Richard watched it for the first season, but I (Perri) have avoided it because, being a real nature show, I knew that nasty things couldn't help but happen to the meerkats]. Meerkats are charming little creatures which ( Read more... )