December 2011

Spain defeated Argentina 3-1 in the Davis Cup 2011 Final. Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer won their single matches, including two “marathons” against Juan Martin del Potro. Argentina won the double match only.

Trilobite fossile from the Burgess Shale

The Royal Ontario Museum and Parks Canada, the national agency that has the mandate to protect Canada’s natural and cultural heritage, opened a new site which is an online museum of the Burgess Shale, a unique field of fossils from the Middle Cambrian, about five hundred million years ago.