In this season of giving, I’d like to offer up a suggestion for a last-minute gift exchange that has meaning and doesn’t involve battling crowds at the mall: Exchange donations. I don’t mean just dropping off...
Read MoreHey, look what I won! That’s the gorgeous book, Poseidon’s Steed, by Helen Scales –truly a lovely natural history of seahorses and human’s relationship with these remarkable creatures. Then there’s...
Read MoreI know most of my science followers already saw this over on PZ Myer’s blog, but for the rest of you.. well .. just this: And, if you’re in the US (and maybe Canada?) be sure to catch BBC’s Frozen Planet on the...
Read MoreI am incredibly pleased to announce that my post Romeo: A Lone Wolf’s Tragedy in Three Acts, was selected for publication in Open Lab 2012, an anthology of the some of the best science blogging on the web. This announcement...
Read MoreA story of two of the largest eggs in the world and what they reveal about the extinct elephant bird (Aepyornis maximus). Check out this picture: That, of course, is Sir David Attenborough. In his hand is an elephant bird egg. ...
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