[Science] Cottontail has Lost more than 80 Percent of its Habitat

Cottontail has Lost more than 80 Percent of its Habitat
http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/1128/20130401/cottontail-lost-more-80-percent-habitat.htm
The New England cottontail population is decreasing, with the rabbits losing about 86 percent of its natural habitat since the 1960s.

Yvonne Brill, a Pioneering Rocket Scientist, Dies at 88
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/u-of-m-engineering-reject-became-a-rocket-scientist-200830761.html
She was a brilliant rocket scientist who followed her husband from job to job and took eight years off from work to raise three children.

Indonesia confiscates hundreds of pig-nose turtles
http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/Indonesia-confiscates-hundreds-of-pig-nose-turtles-4399406.php
Indonesian authorities have confiscated hundreds of endangered pig-nose turtles at an airport in the capital. The head of Jakarta's conservation agency Awen Supranata said Monday that the 687 turtles had been held at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta airport since ...

NW Ind. prairie preserve doubling in size
http://www.wdtn.com/dpp/news/indiana/NW-Ind-prairie-preserve-doubling-in-size_34374584
GRIFFITH, Ind. (AP) - A nature preserve in northwestern Indiana that's home to a prairie which contains rare plants and animals is nearly doubling in size.

NH historical society taps technology to promote the past
http://www.concordmonitor.com/community/town-by-town/concord/5362039-95/nh-historical-society-taps-technology-to-promote-the-past
What can you find by searching the newly digitized database of the New Hampshire Historical Society? Clockwise from left: Cherry case clock made by Abel Hutchins in Concord, circa 1810; Portrait of Hannah Ayer-Bradley of Concord, painted by Samuel F.B.