Los Angeles Times - Opinion:
Swapping partners in the animal world is more common than once thought. Even birds do it. But while polygamy may be in our genes, fidelity has its benefits. (Read More)
Thaindian News:
Adelaide, November 22 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have determined that DNA recovered from fossilised bones of the moa, a giant extinct bird, has revealed a new geological history of New Zealand.A team of scientists led (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Film:
Willem Dafoe 54, actor, married, one sonI've never had any close male friends. The most important relationships in my life have always been with women. My five sisters raised me because my father was a surgeon, my mother was (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
Join a strange safari in the desert hunting, not rare animals, but an equally endangered prize – absolute silenceSeveral times each night I wake up. My first thought is usually that I am getting too old to sleep out, even in (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
A new film bringing the life of John Keats to the big screen prompts a personal Romantic pilgrimage to RomeThe rose-seller is stalking me. It is a brilliant blue-skied November morning in Rome and I am standing on the Spanish (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Call them 'twitchers' at your peril: how birdwatching has taken off in Britain. By Kate KellawayBirdwatching – when it is non-birdwatchers you are talking to – produces an almost uniform reaction: amused condescension, as if (Read More)
The Guardian:
Villagers say visitors to delta are a threat to wildlife and their fishing industryMusic, dancing and smiling platitudes greeted the royal guest in the fishing village of Samochima, northern Botswana. But cutting through the (Read More)
India Times:
The most controversial religious fair in Nepal's Terai plains, where thousands of birds and beasts are doomed to be slaughtered next week, has fallen into more disrepute with the death of four visitors, including an Indian. (Read More)
Bleacher Report - Front Page:
If you feel the need to put this article's title to the tune of a certain Tina Turner song, I'll look the other way. You think I didn't think of that as I was coming up with it?In all seriousness, a shout-out goes to Tim, a D (Read More)
Thaindian News:
To witness Ajay Devgan and Konkona Sen Sharma paired opposite on the silver screen is going to be full of surprise element. Yes, Ajay and Konkona will be seen sharing the screen space for the first time as love birds in Ashwa (Read More)
Thaindian News:
Kathmandu, Nov 21 (IANS) The most controversial religious fair in Nepal’s Terai plains, where thousands of birds and beasts are doomed to be slaughtered next week, has fallen into more disrepute with the death of four visitor (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Van Gogh's letters provide an extraordinary map of the artist's interior worldMichelangelo wrote some wonderful sonnets; Constable's correspondence has a fascinating tough-tenderness; most visualisers have, with varying degre (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
from The Shadow of Sirius, by WS MerwinIt appears now that there is only oneage and it knowsnothing of age as the flying birds knownothing of the air they are flying throughor of the day that bears them upthrough themselvesan (Read More)
Bleacher Report - Front Page:
Let’s get right down to business because I have a date with some Chicago deep-dish pizza later today.Side Note: Any Chicago residents/fans know of some good restaurants/watering holes to check out? Local celebrity Matt Bowen (Read More)
The Guardian:
Fund manager's original plan for £1.5bn IPO were cancelled two years ago when the financial crisis hitFund manager Gartmore ended months of speculation today by announcing that it will float on the London Stock Exchange in mi (Read More)
Bleacher Report - Front Page:
You know how analysts or pundits will say that “Player X at 80 percent is better than most players at 100 percent” or something like that to tap dance around an injured player suiting up out of necessity?The Philadelphia Eagl (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Film:
The re-released cinematic head-trip Forest of Bliss adheres firmly to the purer school of documentary-makingThe lowest form of documentary involves a presenter setting off on a journey to discover why he or she didn't yet kno (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Blackstone's Pinnacle Brands agreed to pay $1.3 billion to acquire Birds Eye, the largest frozen-vegetable company in the U.S. (Read More)
SF Gate:
Packaged foods company Pinnacle Foods Group says it's buying frozen-vegetable company Birds Eye Foods for $1.3 billion. Pinnacle, owned by investment company Blackstone Group, says the purchase gives it access to new food cat (Read More)