Darwin Specials
cwilcox | February 14, 2009If I ask you what group of organisms is an exhibition of evolution at its finest, what would you say? Most people, I think, would say human beings, or at least apex predators. After all, we have staggering intellect compared to our prey items and clearly dominate the planet, eat what we will, etc. Not only that, we're insanely complex. Ask some scientists, and they might give you any number of answers. Cockroaches are likely to exist long after we do, as are rodents, so maybe they get the title. Or, being scientists, they might be biased to whatever organism they study. Maybe algae and plants…
cwilcox | February 11, 2009I keep reading articles for and against Darwin Day Celebrations spouting about "Darwinists" and "Darwinism". As I sat down to write my own post to "Blog for Darwin", I couldn't get these "-isms" and "-ists" out of my head. I really wanted to write more about the man behind the theory or the amazing journey he undertook, especially after reviewing the National Geographic Darwin Specials (#1 and #2), but I simply couldn't get this nagging post out of my head. So I have to leave the historical stories to someone else, or at least until tomorrow. I decided that my only choice was to explain, once…
cwilcox | February 10, 2009Don't forget to watch the National Geographic Darwin Specials tonight! I really, strongly encourage you to watch Darwin's Secret Notebooks if you can!!!
cwilcox | February 7, 2009Tonight, I presume, you all are going to tune in and check out National Geographic's Morphed series. It was truly a blast to watch!
But, what are your plans for this Tuesday? Because the fun's only just begun, and let me tell you, they saved the best for last.
On Feb 10th starting at 9 PM, the National Geographic Channel premiers two other Darwin special features, and they are AMAZING.
Technically, I watched the second one first, so I'm going to review it that way. You'll just have to deal.
At 10 PM on Tuesday you should tune in to catch Monster Fish of the Congo. It tracks a team of…