By and large, no. Wherever possible, a wild panda will (very sensibly) steer well clear of humans. But they can be, as a story that appeared in the Los Angeles Times last week demonstrates. This reported that Bai Yun, a
Celebrating Ham
It was 50 years ago that astronaut Ham the Chimp made it into space ahead of Soviet pioneer Yuri Gagarin. To commemorate Ham’s historic space flight and subsequent life, I have a short piece in the G2 section of today’s
How do zoos choose?
Which of these macaws do you find the most attractive? There’s an interesting paper in PLoSOne entitled “Being Attractive Brings Advantages” in which a team of scientists from the Czech Republic and Germany provide some rather nice evidence that supports