WEBSITE - MP3 Downloads

Thanks to David for this great link. Here's a site with MP3 downloads of the long Douglas Adams retrospective that aired on BBC7. It includes a full episode of the original Last Chance To See radio series, and also the first episode of the original radio series of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.

You can hear more segments from the Last Chance To See radio series on this regular audio CD entitled "Douglas Adams at the BBC" (3 CDs). You can buy it from Amazon.co.uk.

And for "in-car" listening of the MP3 files, may I recommend...
 

WEBSITE - BBC Science & Nature Articles

Here's a page over at the BBC Science & Nature website about Komodo Dragons . Words by Tim Jessop, author of this paper.

Here's their page about Rhinos, plus pages about dolphins and primates.

More Articles

"Where Have All The Rhinos Gone?"

"Brazilian Manatees that capture the imagination"

"Primates at risk as forests disappear"

"Why your mobile could be killing gorillas"

"Filming gorillas is a matter of faith"

"Gold threatens Madagascar"

"Learning from a baby gorilla called Gerri"

Interactive Challenges For Kids

NEWS - Field News from the Gorilla Fund

Here's a link to the August Field News from the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund.

August was a busy month for the male gorillas at Karisoke. Karisoke and national park staff witnessed no less than five interactions between groups, or between groups and lone silverbacks.

If you'd like to sign up for their monthly newsletter, an email address is all they need.

NEWS - Denver Gorilla Run - Oct 23, 2004

Another Gorilla Run! This one takes place in Denver! For entrance details, please visit the Denver Gorilla Run 2004 Homepage

The Denver Gorilla Run is a charity fun run with a difference. Everyone who takes part wears a full gorilla costume - from fluffy head to furry toe - to raise funds for the Mountain Gorilla Conservation Fund, the international charity working to save the world's last remaining mountain gorillas and keeping Dian Fossey’s dream alive for the past 19 years.

TRAVEL - Gorillas in our midst

Nice article, and good information on going "Gorilla Trekking"...

"A lucky Steve Meacham sees eye to eye with an endangered family in Uganda."

What is it that impresses most when you finally spot your first mountain gorilla, peering up from its hiding place in the dense equatorial undergrowth? Is it the gorilla's immensity? Its sheer brute strength? Its vulnerability? No, nothing makes an impact like those dark, impenetrable eyes.
Meeting that sorrowful stare you realise how little we humans know about our universe. A mountain gorilla's eyes feel like those of a long lost ancestor, silently reproachful of what we have made of their world.

NEWS - Felis catus Hysteria!

The View has this interesting column on the feral cat problem around the world, and the impact it has on local animal populations, Kakapos included.

Cats kill millions of songbirds and small mammals annually! Is that statement (from the last Down to Earth) fact or hysterical fiction? Bryan Kortis, Executive Director of a group called Neighborhood Cats, claims it’s fiction, a wild extrapolation from small samples. Let’s see what light professionals can shed on the issue.

PAPER - Komodo Dragons

Here's an EXCELLENT paper by Tim S. Jessop and colleagues about the Komodo Dragon. Specifically, the "Distribution, use and selection of nest type by Komodo Dragons".
PDF Document

We report the abundance, patterns of distribution and physical characteristics of Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) nests
on Komodo Island in Indonesia. A total of 46 Komodo dragon nesting sites were identified, of these 26 nests were considered active
for the 2002/2003 season. The distribution of nests coincided with large coastal valleys in northern Komodo Island.

Also, here's a 2002 Progress Report on Komodo National Park.