The New York Times has two new articles out today, one involving dinosaurs in Argentina and another about the social life of the spotted hyena. The article about the southern hemisphere dinosaurs is another reminder of the controversy between private collectors, academics, and the public, and the hyena article is a must-read piece about social intelligence by Carl Zimmer. (This piece is even more relevant given that the Berkley hyena research program is in definite danger of being dismantled.) Each of the articles is also accompanied by a slide show.
There is one mistake in the dinosaur slideshow, though; in photo number eight a Carnotaurus is pictured, not a Giganotosaurus as is mentioned in the caption.
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Hyenas are fascinating in many ways, such as the way female spotted hyenas are equipped with a penis of sorts (
I hope they don't dismantle the Berkeley hyena program. I sure had fun dismantling one of their hyenas.