RINKY-DINK DARWIN

A rare pink iguana which evaded Darwin's attention on the Galapagos has been fitted back into the family tree; the Pink Panther has less luck. 

THE ECONOMIST EXPLAINS ECONOMICS, DARWINISTICALLY

Darwin even explains how we do our Christmas shopping, according to a piece in today's Economist. 

DARWIN WAS A CONVERSATIONAL 'DEADWEIGHT', SAID MRS DARWIN

Review of a cookbook including recipes by Mrs Emma Darwin. Includes delights such as: "Mrs Darwin said of a dinner party in 1839 that conversation flowed "notwithstanding those two dead weights, viz., the greatest botanist and the greatest geologist in Europe".'

DARWIN DAY OFF?

The Guardian reports on proposals for national Darwin day: most importantly, that it should be a bank holiday. 

MADAM BUTTERFLY

Swedish Crooners the Knife, who wrote the original song which became Jose Gonzalez's massive hit last year, are working on a Darwin-themed opera for 2009.

BLACK COUNTRY DARWIN ART

Wolverhampton is showing works from a Soviet-era museum devoted to pictures of Darwin. 

WORMCOUNT

The Natural History Museum is going to have us celebrating Darwin year by pouring mustard down holes so we can count the number of earthworms that pop up to complain. Roll on March.