Good news from an unexpected source

The website zooplantman.com provides information about landscaping and other plant uses in captive animal facilities. It has a "news" feature which is really quite broad and remarkable. While most of the site is primarily of interest to zookeepers, the news button this month contains several positive environmental news stories (practically a contradiction in terms these days).

Of particular interest to readers of this journal: In Madagascar, where the vast majority of the forests have disappeared, the most stable forests are those near densely settled areas.

There's a whole page of really interesting links; I've only read a handful.

3:00 snapshot, #121.

Disgusting substance of the day: Mosquito saliva (in my body, raising itchy welts).

On this day in 365 Urban Species: Pond Snail, Physa sp.