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An intensive search over the weekend for the legendary (mythical? elusive? imaginary?) Loch Ness Monster has turned up no specific evidence of Nessie’s existence, so far. Hundreds of researchers, tourists, and assorted Nessie enthusiasts took part in what is being touted as the biggest search for the beast in fifty years.
A king penguin in Scotland’s Edinburgh Zoo reached a new career milestone this week as he was promoted to Major General in the King’s Guard of Norway. His new title is a mouthful: Major General Sir Nils Olav III, Baron of the Bouvet Islands.
The Scottish wildcat is on the way out. There are now too few wildcats to sustain the population, according to a five-study completed by conservation group NatureScot. A separate study recently declared Felis silvestris “functionally extinct.”
