All packed up for winter — Scottish pollinators

“I’ll be back”. It’s one of the most famous and most menacing lines in movie history. Now, we can’t compare the return of the Terminator to the return of our pollinator trails, but the phrase is fairly appropriate. This after all is the time of year when we pack up the signs and store them […] …

Rafael Nadal to replace Novak Djokovic as world number one — Rafael Nadal Fans

Rafael Nadal will return to the world number one spot after Stefanos Tsitsipas recovered from a slow start to record the biggest match win of his career against Novak Djokovic 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 in Shanghai. With the loss, Djokovic trails Rafa (9,225) by 1,280 points in the 2019 ATP Race To London and the battle […] …

A 5.6-Pound Avocado in Hawaii Set a New World Record, and It Made Enough Guacamole for 20 People — KTLA

The only thing extra about the avocado at the Pokini household is the size. The Pokini family from Hawaii landed themselves in the Guinness Book of World Records after growing an avocado weighing 5.6 pounds, setting a record for the world’s heaviest. The previous record was held by 5.5-pound avocado, according to Guinness, and was… via …

Oil Is Killing Brazil’s Turtles. No One Knows Where It’s From — TIME

(Bloomberg) — More than a month since oil started washing up on some of Brazil’s most touristic beaches, dotting sand with black patches, killing sea turtles and scaring off fishermen, the origin of the crude is still a mystery. “We don’t know the oil’s origin, where it came from or how it got here,” Energy… via …

Saddleridge fire: Large-animal evacuation centers set up to prevent horse deaths — Straight from the Horse’s Heart

By Colleen Shalby as published on The LA Times It has long been a dilemma of many wildfires: Where to shelter large animals when the flames come roaring? Last year offered the strange sight of llamas and horses being kept safe on the beaches of Malibu while the Woolsey fire raged in the hills beyond. …