Falkland Islands

Rig begins journey to Falklands

BBC News (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago

A North Sea oil and gas exploration rig starts its journey from a Highlands deep water port to the Falkland Islands.

Fire Mission (Minturno)

"ROGUE GUNNER" (Free subscription) | yesterday

Argentina veterans divided over Falklands 'abuse' case Although I do not condone what Argentina did when they invaded the Falkland Islands, I do have sympathy with the Argentine soldiers who fought there. 27 years has taken away any bitterness I have had towards them, I obviously cant speak for the Falkland Islanders. What happened to these young men was criminal, but the way their superior officers...

Rig's 62-day journey to Falklands

BBC News (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

A tug boat is to haul an oil and gas exploration rig from a Highlands deep water port on a 62-day journey to the Falkland Islands.

Falkland War II - A sequel coming to you soon?

Barnacle Bill (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

Once again the question of whether we should have a naval presence in the Antarctic is raised by doubts over what to do with HMS Endurance, currently laying in the UK awaiting a decision over her future. Commander John Muxworthy, CEO of the UK National Defence Association over on Defence News argues the pros and cons of what to do with HMS Endurance, but the main message is yes we should continue to...

Researchers Finally Solve Charles Darwin's Mystery

US News (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009

Darwin was baffled by how a species of wolf managed to arrive to the Falkland Islands.

Wolves Rode Icebergs To Falkland Islands Say Biologists, Reaffirming Darwin’s Hypothesis

Black Bear Blog (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009

Biologists say that testing DNA samples proves that wolves that once inhabited the Falkland Islands when Charles Darwin visited them in 1835, must have gotten there from someplace else. Darwin had surmised the wolves traveled on icebergs. “A large, wolf-size animal could perhaps live on a large iceberg with penguins and sea birds and maybe seals [...]

Who Abandoned This Wolf?

An American Lion (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009

An illustration of the Falklands wolf from The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, which was published in the late 1830s. Did someone bring the now-extinct Falklands wolf to those islands or did it evolve there? The Falklands wolf has puzzled evolutionary biologists since Charles Darwin first encountered it during the voyage of the Beagle in the 1830s. It was the only native land mammal on the...

Darwin's mystery of the Falkland Islands wolf likely solved

Genetic Archaeology News (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009

Using DNA evidence, UCLA biologists have solved a mystery that dates back to Charles Darwin: How can a wolf-like animal the size of a Labrador retriever end up on an island in sufficient numbers that a new population emerges and evolves into a new species?

New DNA data solves the mystery of Falklands wolf that puzzled Darwin

Scientific American (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009

While visiting the rugged Falkland Islands in the 1830s, Charles Darwin puzzled over a local wolf that was the only endemic land-dwelling mammal and looked little like other canids on the mainland. By 1876, the Falklands wolf ( Dusicyon australis ) was extinct and with it threatened to go its mysterious history. But a new genetic analysis of five preserved specimens, published online last week in...

Funny, You Don't Look Related

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009

UCLA biologists, colleagues solve mystery contemplated by Charles DarwinWhen Charles Darwin visited the Falkland Islands during the voyage of the Beagle in 1835, he saw a wolf-like species, wrote about it in his diaries and correctly commented that it was being hunted in such large numbers that it would soon become extinct.Darwin was baffled by how this animal got on the islands, and it figured heavily...

Lib Dem peer admits exploiting expenses loophole

Liberal Democrat Voice (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009

From The Sunday Times: A HEREDITARY peer whose ancestor gave his name to the Falkland Islands has admitted “exploiting a loophole” in the rules to claim more than £140,000 in expenses from the House of Lords. Lord Falkland, the 15th viscount, designated a converted oast house in Kent as his main residence so he could [...]

• Lord Falkland uses loophole to net £140,000 - Times Online

Rock unites Argentinians, Brits on Falkland Islands

Monsters and Critics (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009

Buenos Aires - The 1982 war with Britain for the Falkland Islands - which Argentina still calls Islas Malvinas -

Rock unites Argentinians, Brits on Falkland Islands - Feature

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009

Buenos Aires - The 1982 war with Britain for the Falkland Islands - which Argentina still calls Islas Malvinas - left deep wounds that persist decades later. However, the shared dream of a London-based rock band and an Argentine veteran of the war is...

Corporal Nicholas Webster-Smith of the Royal Military Police killed in Afghanistan

Military Police Association - Isle of Man Sub Group (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Corporal Nicholas Webster-Smith, known as Nic or W-S to his family, friends and colleagues, was 24, when he was killed in action whilst carrying out his duties at Blue 25, an ANP checkpoint in the Nad-e'Ali District of Helmand Province, Afghanistan on 3 November 2009. Corporal Webster-Smith was born on 2nd May 1985 in Glangwilli Hospital, West Wales. He attended Llangunnor Primary School and Queen...

Darwin’s Wolf Mystery Solved

Wired Science (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

Genetic analysis of the now-extinct Falkland Islands Wolf has answered a biological riddle that caught the attention of a young Charles Darwin, and helped shape his understanding of evolution. During his voyage aboard the HMS Beagle, Darwin observed that the wolves — like his now-famous finches — varied widely in size between different islands, suggesting that [...]