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Hello? Disco Institute? Are you reading?

Perhaps I have delusions of grandeur, but after all, this is the (checking) 15th ranked science blog on teh intertubes. But despite my high profile, I've heard no responses to my challenge to the Creationism Cults. Creation "science" to this point has been based on bizarre teleologic arguments and arguments from ignorance. I was kind enough to give them a real experiment to do. If Creationism is true, the Deluge occurred at a know recent time and very small founder populations of animals are responsible for all life on Earth. Therefore, genomic analysis (mitochodrial, Y-chromosome, etc.)…

Look, Ma! Interesting mercury news---based on science!

As the anti-vaccine mercury militia's limited credibility shrinks even further, actual scientists are investigating real mercury-based toxins. Remember how followers of the mercury militia were getting all their old mercury amalgam fillings pulled? It turns out that maybe that's not the greatest idea. A group from the U of I found that once you dig out the fillings, under the right conditions, mercury can become exposed to certain bacteria that methylate it, forming toxic methylmercury compounds. If this pans out, it may change the way mercury fillings are removed and the waste products…

Can You Really Strangle Yourself Getting out of Handcuffs?

I thought for sure the idiotic slugs that pass for security in our airports had mishandled this woman resulting in her death when they said she strangled herself while trying to escape from handcuffs. However, Slate reports indeed you can manage to screw up this maneuver and contort yourself into such a position. They also linked this video showing how the double-jointed might attempt this maneuver, while warning people not to try it at home with handcuffs and asphyxiate themselves like this woman did. Not that I'm saying this lets the cops entirely off the hook, but I have to admit…

Who knew?

The things you learn from crazy clerics… A prominent cleric, Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawy, said modern science had at last provided evidence that Mecca was the true centre of the Earth; proof, he said, of the greatness of the Muslim "qibla" - the Arabic word for the direction Muslims turn to when they pray. Oh, well — if a prominent cleric said such a thing, who am I to argue? I'm sure there must be an utterly dazzling, deep theological argument to explain how one specific point on the surface of a spinning sphere, a point which doesn't seem to have any special relationship to the pattern of…

Ground your irony meters before reading

Paul Verhoeven is making a movie that claims Mary, the mother of Jesus, was raped by a Roman soldier. There is no historical evidence for Jesus, let alone the nature of his conception, so this is pure fictional speculation, from a director known more for over-the-top, superficial flamboyance than historical accuracy — expect a crotch shot of Mary, and lots of silicon breasts in the shower scene. But of course Bill Donohue is outraged. "Here we go again with idle speculation grounded in absolutely nothing," Donohue told FOXNews.com. "He has no empirical evidence to support his claim, which is…

Elsewhere...

Sent off yet another grant, so I'm still (once again) catching up on everything. Meanwhile, some posts for you to check out: I thought I was self-sacrificing by submitting myself to Kentucky's creation museum for your amusement. Guess I could have stayed home and wasted 2 1/2 hours of my life as Drek did, live-blogging an anti-vaccine movie he was challenged to watch. Or, if you've had it with vaccine naysayers (and oh look, CNN gave more space to Jenny McCarthy to gush about how chelation and diet allowed her son to recover from autism), head over to Mike's place for a refreshing post on…

Help save the Tasmanian devil

Last month, I wrote an update on the strange cancer affecting Tasmanian devils--a tumor cell that's taken on a life of its own, and is spreading through the population as the animals fight. Now, via PZ comes something you can do to help--donate and help to save this species: Help the Tasmanian devil with 6 top funding priorities: 1. Investigating the tumour and its chromosomes, looking for clues to resistance 2.Keeping some area or areas of Tasmania free from the disease i.e. wild management 3.Maintaining backup captive populations of devils in Tasmania as 'insurance' 4.…

ASM's MicrobeWorld features science bloggers

I mentioned back in May that myself and a group of science bloggers went and got ourselves interviewed by Chris Condayan of The American Society for Microbiology's MicrobeWorld. Well, the video ("Microblogology") is up, featuring fellow U of Iowan John Logsdon, Jonathan Badger, Yersinia, Elio Schaechter, and Larry Moran. From the blurb: "Six science bloggers talk about why they blog, the role of blogging in science, feedback they've received and the greatest microbiological discovery in the past decade." I'm including the video after the jump; just be warned that I talk *really* fast…

Stuff like this keeps a kid up at night

So, PZ was apparently collecting Jesus pictures or something. (Yeah, I'm late to the game--blame it on Atlanta). I've had this one on my camera for awhile and keep meaning to upload it: guess this is as good as a time as any. From my very own parents' house (that used to creep me out when I was a child): the Jesus vs. Devil door. See if you can see anything: Jesus is top middle and the two devils are at the bottom. Larger images here (Jesus and devils circled), here (close-up of one of the devils) and here (close-up of Jesus image). Gotta be worth more than a grilled cheese sandwich…

No! Bad media!

Do I have to roll up a newspaper? Big Tom warned me in today's cranks post of the ABC news' headline Global Warming Tipping Point in '09?" in regards to this paper from the Hadley Centre on new more sophisticated modeling techniques. Could they be more boneheaded? Fortunately, nowhere in the article do they mention "tipping" points for '09, it's just that yellow headline. The point of the story is that this modeling that uses current weather patterns and data to model climate for the near future shows a likely lull in the current upward trend before further increases in temperature after…

Denialists' Deck of Cards: The Queen of Diamonds, "We Need Regulatory Relief"

Sometimes the success of a consumer intervention will create "blowback," and allow the industry to not only win but also demand other concessions. An excellent recent example of regulatory blowback came with the creation of the federal Do-Not-Call Registry. In creating the registry, the Federal Communications Commission also tried to tighten regulations on "junk faxes," unsolicited commercial fax messages. The FCC ruled that "junk fax" senders had to document that they had consent from recipients of their messages. The junk faxers organized into a huge coalition (the deceptively-named…

A weird whale to identify, with musings on the subject of how avian deaths might be caused by offshore oil platforms

Can you identify this peculiar odontocete? As always, dead easy. IF you know the answer. Thanks to Markus Bühler for the image. Oh, and while I'm here... On a completely different topic... I was once told that numerous birds die while flying close to or over offshore oil platforms [adjacent pic from wikipedia]. Supposedly, the birds are poisoned by the vented gases, and gather in some numbers on the decks. Is this complete nonsense, or might there be some truth to it? Can you provide more information? Having looked - and, believe me, I've spent a lot of time tracking down literature on…

Terrestrial elapids, take 2

You might not believe me if I told you how much stuff I have going on right now. In, as ever, an effort to put at least something new on the blog, here's a pretty picture taken from a talk I give (or gave) on marine reptiles. Alas, I have yet to finish the Tet Zoo series on sea snakes: part I was here, part II here, I suppose I might republish them here at ver 2 some time. Aipysurus-group hydrophiids also made a brief appearance here. Finally, the 'Rasmussen 2002' alluded to in the picture is... Rasmussen, A. R. 2002. Phylogenetic analysis of the "true" aquatic elapid snakes Hydrophiinae (…

Mystery Bird: Magnificent Frigatebird, Fregata magnificens

tags: Magnificent Frigatebird, Man O'War, Fregata magnificens, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Magnificent Frigatebird, sometimes known as the Man O'War, Fregata magnificens, photographed at Quintana Neotropical Bird Sanctuary, Brazoria County, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 15 July 2010 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/1000s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. This bird is built for speed and agility in the air and is…

Promising new developments

Scienceblogs grows a little more, with the addition of two new blogs. We now have Pamela Ronald talking about food and farm science at Tomorrow's Table. That should fill a gap in the coverage here! The other entry might be of more interest to readers here, because of the topics covered. We've drawn David Sloan Wilson away from the awful Huffington Post, and he'll be posting on Evolution for Everyone. He's a very big name in evolution, and I've commented on his work before: I think he's provocative and interesting, but disagree strongly with him on some parts of his ideas about religion. I'll…

Inside A Birdhouse

tags: Inside A Birdhouse, television, advertising, humor, funny, satire, cute, silly, canary, streaming video This cute video shows that there's a lot more inside a birdhouse than is evident from the outside. It's a commercial for squash juice. Squash juice? Yes. Apparently some people drink squash juice. There's two things that bother me about this video. First, pigeons do not sound like owls. Second, bird rock and roll should not sound like humans singing, but should sound like parrots screeching. or something. That said, I've watched this video dozens of times and was certain I've shown…

Webby Nominee: NOVA's The Secret Life of Scientists

tags: The Secret Life of Scientists, careers, Webby Awards, scientists, public outreach, educational, funny, documentary, NOVA, PBS, streaming video Okay, my peeps, I need your help. PBS is airing a NOVA series called "The Secret Life of Scientists." This miniseries has been nominated for a Webby Award for the Best Documentary Series, and is almost tied with a David Lynch film. We need your help to push this one over the top and give it the support of the people! I've embedded a clip below that I know you will enjoy (interestingly, I know several of these scientists in real life, too). So…

Statistical myths debunked: 'Everything is Dangerous'

Stan Young of the National Institute of Statistical Sciences in RTP wants to help you sort junk science from the good stuff. (Remember that observational study that concluded that pregnant women who eat breakfast cereal are more likely to deliver baby boys, for instance?) Young will give a talk debunking statistical myths entitled "Everything is Dangerous" at the next Sigma Xi Pizza Lunch, at noon Wednesday, April 22. Pizza Lunch is free and open to science journalists and science communicators of all stripes. Feel free to forward this message to anyone you think might be interested. RSVPs…

Speaking of Nazis...

Watch this video of police action against an anti-war protest in Portland. It clubs you over the head with the Nazi imagery interspersed with video footage taken from police cameras, which is unfortunate and unnecessary overkill: they could have left it out, and you'd still be thinking it. The most effective moments are when the television airheads all parrot the claim that the hoses and pepper spray and pellet guns and nightsticks were all applied in response to someone in the crowd "throwing a bottle", which is already a rather lame excuse…but then you get to see the police making their…

Organizing a conference

Why don't *You* organize a conference? A scientist should behave as a good citizen in the scientific community. You cannot expect that other colleagues perform all the unpleasant jobs and that you can spent all your time on science. I am referring to low-reward activities like reviewing papers, reviewing grant proposals, sitting on review panels, being an editor of a scientific journal, sitting on program committees and - which is the subject of my present post - really organizing a conference. ---------------------------- My Advice Try to stay away from organizing a conference. I have…

Obligatory Reading of the Day: Crayfish tail-flip response

You know I have a soft spot for crayfish, so I was excited to read about the new study about their nervous system, nicely explained by Mo: When confronted with threatening stimuli and predators, the crayfish responds with an innate escape machanism called the startle reflex. Also known as tailflipping, this stereotyped behaviour involves rapid flexions of the abdominal muscles which produce powerful swimming strokes that thrust the small crustacean through the water and away from danger. In the struggle for existence, the speed of this response response can mean the difference between life…

Emerging Nanotechnology: A New Risk Factor for Lung Diseases?

From Sigma Xi: Greetings everyone. We meet again at noon on Wednesday, Oct. 15 in RTP to hear NCSU associate professor James Bonner discuss "Emerging Nanotechnology: A New Risk Factor for Lung Diseases?" As you know, the commercial use of nanomaterials has outpaced scientific assessments of any potential health or environmental risks. Jamie Bonner is one of the scientists working to catch up. Sigma Xi's Pizza Lunch speaker series is free and open to science journalists and science communicators of all stripes (free to forward this message to anyone you would like to be included). RSVPs are…

DonorsChoose 2008 Challenge - Scienceblogs.com rocks!

You may have noticed, all around Scienceblogs.com, that we have started our traditional annual fundraiser - helping fund science and math projects in schools around the country, mainly focusing on schools in low-income areas where most of the students get free lunches and there is not much support for "extras" which should be normal part of every school - the basic supplies for math and science instruction. I am right now having a technical problem with my side-bar widget, which I will install as soon as I can. But in the meantime, check out the Scienceblogs.com leaderboard, and pick some of…

New Year's Drop

Jeff Cohen put them all together: For years I have been intrigued by the local celebrations across America where they "drop," or in many cases lower, something from above to ring in the New Year. Many of these traditions are relatively recent and are based on the ball dropping in New York's Times Square. I have been blogging about these celebrations since 2005, especially the quirky ones. I used to just stumble across them by chance, but eventually I discovered a wikipedia article that seemed to do a comprehensive job of listing them all. It also provides lots of links to the celebrations'…

Seed Design Series - Open Source Snobs

Seed Magazine has posted a bunch of very interesting videos of talks bringing together the worlds of architecture, design and science. Just check the menu on the bottom right of the Seed Design Series homepage. Here is the one I liked first: Jessica Banks & Ayah Bdeir: Open Source Snobs The duo from OpenLab at Eyebeam explains why the future of cutting-edge design -- such as a robotic lamp that senses its environment and a Jell-O-like levitating chair -- relies on the free flow of information and ideas among individuals lovingly referred to as "snobs." (Hmmm, all the embed codes are for…

Reviewing Peer-Review

On the Seed Magazine site...: ScienceBloggers discuss the advantages of open science and debate the necessity of the current peer-review system. Nice! But of course I'd say that. Just to emphasize, in case the article does not make it clear enough, Open Access and changes in peer-review will both be a result of the Age of the Web, but the two are not necessarily tied to each other in each individual instance of a publishing venue. Different journals, pre-print sites, etc., are experimenting with OA and with changes in peer-review in different ways and at different rates, the two processes…

Public Forum - The Historic 2008 Election: Analysis and Reflections...

An e-mail from the Orange County (NC) Democratic Party: The exciting and historic 2008 election stirred our souls and mobilized millions, but how did it happen? And what does it mean for electoral politics going forward? Bring your questions and your friends to a public forum presented by the Orange County Democratic Party and the Orange County Democratic Women: The Historic 2008 Election: Analysis and Reflections Hodding Carter III, University Professor of Leadership and Public Policy, UNC-CH Rob Christensen, Reporter and columnist, The News and Observer Ferrel Guillory, Director, Program on…

Blogrolling - Numbers and Symbols

Cleaning up and updating my enormous Blogroll is not an easy task, and I have fallen far too behind to be able to do it in a day or two. May need a month or two. Perhaps you can help me. Every couple of days or so, I will post here a list of blogs that start with a particular letter, and you add in the comments if you know of something that is missing from that list. Let's start with blogs whose names begin with numbers and symbols: 0xDE 10000 birds 11D 1420Mhz 2 cents worth 2 sides 2 ron 3 Bulls 3D Science News 3 quarks daily 30Threads 400 words 49 percent 5/17 500 Or Less 511 80 beats…

Modern Science Writers - who do you like to read?

Triggered by noticing who was very obviously missing from the most recent Dawkins' book that collects the best essays in modern science writing, Larry has been writing recently about other people who are excellent science writers. I have been a fan, for a long time, of the writings by Richard Lewontin, Niles Eldredge, David Raup, Jacques Monod and Steven Vogel. I am afraid I did not read enough by Eugenie Scott and should also check out Brent Dalrymple, Helena Curtis and David Suzuki. And of non-modern science writers, I always found Darwin fun to read. So, who do you like? Carl Sagan,…

Running the green light....

Antony Williams, who I had a great time with over coffee yesterday, alerted me to his blog post about a new chemical with some amazing properties - shining UV light onto the solution turns the liquid green instantaneously, and removal of the UV source results in instant change of color from green back to transparent. Aaron Rowe and Kyle Finchsigmate also blogged about it. You can see the chemical structure here: See those two rings with nitrogens highlighted in blue? See the bond that connects those two rings? That bond is broken by UV light and immediately rebinds once the light is gone…

SRBR - Day 1

I just had nice seafood dinner while watching the sunset over the water with this guy, down in sunny Florida. Readers of this blog have met him before, here and here. I also saw Erik Herzog, who is familiar to all of you from, e.g., here, here, here and here. I heard him give a presentation about the ways to get an NSF grant in the circadian field. I am about to see Chris Steele as well. I attended a Memorial Symposium on Melatonin in honor of Aaron Lerner. And talked to several people about PLoS already - I am REALLY doing my job. I am suprised how many people recognize me and are happy to…

EuroTrip '08 - Belgrade, Monday afternoon

After watching the show jumping classes and chatting with my horsey friends, I went back to the city center, explored the place and saw that unlike most other types of stores, the bookstores are still there where I remembered them, not replaced by new boutiques and cafes, surviving the decades of hyperinflation, sanctions, wars and bombing. The Republic Square ("at the Horse"), the site of so many demonstrations in the 90s, is now a nice place for people-watching. I met a couple of friends from school there and we had cakes and reminisced about the good old times. They updated me about all…

Belgrade Is The World

There were quite a lot of events and actions in Belgrade for the Earth Day last week. I came in on that day so I did not have time to see anything. But I loved the balloon they placed in the center of the Slavija square: it was a globe with recognizable outlines of the continents. But the parts of the world were labeled with the names of main streets, parts and neighborhoods of Belgrade (with some effort to match "characters" of the places): The balloon was supposed to be set free on Earth Day, but, just as I was speaking at the Pediatric Center, a huge storm started outside and broke…

EuroTrip '08 - Belgrade, Mom's cooking is the best in the world

Nothing better than coming back home after a long time (13 years since my last visit), seeing my family and eating Mom's food: Matzo-ball soup for Passover: Beef and bone marrow - I dug it out of the bone and salted it: Spinach&cheese pie: Around the dinner table: Grandpa: The best chocolate/walnut torte in the world. It takes about two days to fix and is very rich. I had it every birthday when I was a kid, and also every time when I cam back home from travels. This time included: Cannot visit Belgrade without having a chocolate banana.... .... and Niksicko pivo, the amazing…

An Inspiring Story!

I dropped by Anton's blog as I tend to do every day and saw something that caught my eye in his side-bar SugarCubes - an amazing story about William Kamkwamba, a 19 year old boy in Malawi who had to quit school because his family did not have money. So, he started teaching himself from books. And he learned how to do things and used whatever materials were available to design and construct a windmill, a transformer and other stuff. A bunch of African bloggers picked up a story about him and one thing led to another - he spoke at TED conference, got funds for schooling, and, just a few…

Wind!

Jerome a Paris has a first-rate overview of wind power on Daily Kos. I'm in a windy part of the world where this form of energy has great potential, and there is much local enthusiasm for wind turbines. Our first one is up just north of town, where I can sometimes catch a peek of it from my neighborhood when the trees aren't all covered with leaves and where we always see it as one of the landmarks as we're driving into town. I think they're beautiful. Coal plants may be less obtrusive when they can be kept distant, but I'd rather see a row of wind turbines on a ridge than a smokestack on…

So, shall we see you again next year?

Of course! Anton and I met earlier today and started planning the third Science Blogging Conference. We analyzed the responses we got so far from you, in person, by e-mail, on your blogs, on the interviews and via the feedback form (if you have not done it yet, please give us your feedback here, it's not too late) and made the first steps to make the next meeting even better. So, watch this space! There will be news revealed, one item at a time, over the next few days and weeks. First, in a couple of days, we will announce the date and the venue for the third meeting. The other news…

God, the petulant, petty whiner

That's the message I get from this horrible little video. The conceit is that someone writes a letter to god, asking why he let violence occur in the schools, and he replies…and gee, god sure sounds like a snide pissant. The omnipotent, omniscient lord of the cosmos couldn't do a thing because those liberals put a restraining order on him. Right. Crazed madmen run through a public school murdering children, and good ol' Jehovah channels Cartman and says, "Whoa, let 'em bleed to death — some of the kids don't pray to me, and the principal doesn't begin the school day with a public obeisance.…

Preaching Open Access

Checking out hundreds of pictures from Scifoo that people have uploaded on Flickr and their blogs, I found a couple of more that have me in them: In this one, I explain to Greg Bear that Open Access is not Science Fiction any more: [Photo: Simon Quellen Field] In this one, I tell Sara Abdulla (of Nature) how nice it is to work for an Open Access publisher: [Photo: Jacqueline Floyd] And in this one, I stand on a street corner in the middle of Googleplex, preaching Open Access to whoever will listen (perhaps I should grow a long beard, wear a toga and some sandals, and get Jack Chick to…

Instructional Videos

Sites with videos that are more serious than YouTube are proliferating - I get an e-mail about a new one about every week. This week's addition is SuTree. By clicking on pets and animals category and then on reptiles and then on care, I found, for instance, this video on the care of Leopard Geckos. It includes some text, as well as user comments (but no responses from the experts or authors of the video). The advice is good, standard pet-shop fare. As my lab-buddy Chris actually did a lot of research with Leopard Geckos, we know a bunch more about the husbandry and other neat tricks with…

My Viking blood boils with wrath!

It's too bad my Viking blood does not confer upon me the ability to read Norse, because the Norwegian media is lighting up with the tale of a school that is denying evolution in the enlightened land of Scandinavia. I've found one account in English, and at least it looks like the creationists have been slammed silly with a widespread negative outcry. I guess I'm not the only one with a little Viking ferocity left in me. The one thing I got from the article is that apparently the crazy creationism proponent tried to argue that there is good evidence that humans and dinosaurs coexisted. Has…

Coworking in Carrboro

Carrboro's Creative Coworking in the works: Freelance web designer Brian Russell's vision to create a shared workplace for freelancers and other creative types is moving toward a concrete Carrboro reality. The idea to open what he called a shared office space with a coffee shop atmosphere was first mentioned publicly nearly a year ago. Russell said James Harris, director of economic and community development in Carrboro, encouraged him to make it happen. The concept lies somewhere between a wireless-equipped coffee shop and the generic, cubicle-clad office. Russell said the need for this type…

An exciting new carnival!

Carnival of the Blue: World Ocean Day is June 8, and blogfish will host an ocean blog event. Please send links to some of your best recent work, and I'll post a list of links together with a brief comment. This is a chance for all of you ocean bloggers out there to come together in one place. I've asked around, and there seems to be enough interest to call this a carnival, as the first installment in a regular (monthly) event. Dare we call it carnival of the blue? Send your links to mpowell at oceanconservancy dot org, and I look forward to hearing from all of you ocean bloggers that I know,…

As We Suspected ...

Kyle Sampson, Alberto Gonzales' chief of staff, says in remarks prepared for delivery to Congress tomorrow that eight federal prosecutors were fired last year because they did not sufficiently support President Bush's priorities. "The distinction between 'political' and 'performance-related' reasons for removing a United States attorney is, in my view, largely artificial," Sampson said. "A U.S. attorney who is unsuccessful from a political perspective ... is unsuccessful." Separately, the Justice Department admitted Wednesday it gave senators inaccurate information about the firings and…

Alligator Lizard

A southern alligator lizard, Elgaria multicarinata. It was sunning itself on railroad ballast near Hood River, Oregon, spring of 2006. Specifically, on the Hood River Railroad, along Hood River, just east of the town of Hood River. Image: Conrad Frost, Fisheries Biologist. I am receiving so many gorgeous pictures from you, dear readers, that I am overwhelmed by the beauty of the images and the creatures and places in them. If you have a high-resolution digitized nature image (I prefer JPG format) that you'd like to share with your fellow readers, feel free to email it to me, along with…

Day One At SICB

I have been running into people I know from graduate school all day long, and thus, haven't gotten to attend as many talks and posters as I'd like. Hopefully, I will be able to catch up with my grad school colleagues sometime during the next few days. I also have some talks and posters to tell you about, mostly about birds, but right now, I am somewhat nervous about the panel discussion, so will put that off until later tonight, when I can concentrate a little better. For those of you who are attending SICB ("sick bee"), our panel presentation will be between 7-9pm tonight in the Curtis…

Woodland Skipper

Woodland Skipper, Poanes melanae, puddling at a seep in the Deschutes National Forest on 18 July 2006. Skippers are ubiquitous. This is a fairly small, compact butterfly. When a large number are nectaring in a concentrated fashion, one can hear the fast flutter of their wings. Image: Biosparite. I am receiving so many gorgeous pictures from you, dear readers, that I am overwhelmed by the beauty of the images and the creatures and places in them. If you have a high-resolution digitized nature image (I prefer JPG format) that you'd like to share with your fellow readers, feel free to email…

Texas Crescents

Texan crescents, Phyciodes texana, mating. W. 11th St. Park Butterfly Garden, Houston, Texas. 28 October 2006 Biosparite writes; The Texan Crescents pictured here are also multivoltine. This species is the mascot of BEST-NABA (North American Butterfy Association). Image: Biosparite. I am receiving so many gorgeous pictures from you, dear readers, that I am overwhelmed by the beauty of the images and the creatures and places in them. If you have a high-resolution digitized nature image (I prefer JPG format) that you'd like to share with your fellow readers, feel free to email it to me,…

RainForest

A frog on a temperate rainforest floor in the Pacific NorthWest. Here's one of my first photos taken with my Pentax K100D, significantly compressed for blog purposes. Image: David Warman. How many different species of flora and fauna can you identify in this picture, amigos bonitos? I am receiving so many gorgeous pictures from you, dear readers, that I am overwhelmed by the beauty of the images and the creatures and places in them. If you have a high-resolution digitized nature image (I prefer JPG format) that you'd like to share with your fellow readers, feel free to email it to me,…

Get ScienceBlogs' Weekly Digest in Your eMail Box

For approximately one year now, every Monday morning, ScienceBlogs has been sending out a weekly digest of what is happening with the various blogs on the site. I have found it to be useful since I no longer have time to read everyone's blog, but I can at least catch the weekly highlights on the site. This digest includes special recognition of awards that any of us have received during the past week, the daily buzz topics, the daily quote, the three highest-traffic blog entries for the previous week and the top referral sites where our traffic is coming from. If you'd like to read the same…