Some brief items you might have missed over the holidays, Dec 16-31

• Previously-mentioned Bronx beaver Jose (after long-time congressman Jose Serrano) has returned to his spot in the Bronx Zoo after spending the year upriver in the botanical garden.
• A nice piece from NPR on restoration of the American bison.
• An area in Mozambique was identified using Google Earth as an un-researched biodiversity hotspot.