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At first Alexandra Pacula's monumental paintings seem to glow with the exciting light generated in the high wattage metropolis of New York City, where she lives. 'I paint cityscapes because [...]

The article presents information on deer population in Ohio. It is stated that much of the trouble stems from the fact that deer are herbivores. They eat green plants, nuts, and acorns, browsing their way through woods, parks, and yards, leaving dead branches and a path worn into the ground where nothing will grow. Ohio deer were hunted so extensively in the 1800s that by the beginning of the 20th century they were practically extinct, and they had to be reintroduced into the state.

The article reports on the Podarcis muralis, the common wall lizard, which is fast mutiplying in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was brought from Italy in 1951, by a young member of the Lazarus family, George Rau. They've done so well that a study under Professor Dan Gist at the University of Cincinnati in 2001, found that Rau's lizards had spread to an area covering roughly six square kilometers as the climate and rainfall are very similar to their Italian turf.

Am Heart J 1997;134:395-8.