The endangered California Condor has faced some tough times, but it appears to be making a slow, yet strong comeback. Once down to a known-population of 22 in the 1980s, current counts have them at 348 today with more than half living in the wild. However, that number could soon grow to 349. more ›

"The success of biological systems in general is due not to homogeneity but to heterogeneity: they depend critically on the existence of differences in the elements which make them up." more ›