Iran can be proud of the role it played in the creation of the first international agreement to preserve the world's wetlands, says an American wildlife conservationist whose research in Iran in the late 1960s helped draw attention to the importance of Iran's wetlands habitat. -Louise Fenner
The shaking felt earlier this week in west Tennessee had nothing to do with the San Madrid Fault, but rather the announcement that the University of Memphis was departing Conference USA for membership in the Big East Conference.