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dr. dolittle | August 4, 2015I came across this highly entertaining video of the "Top 10 Extreme Forms of Life" on YouTube:
esiegel | May 11, 2013"But I'll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you'll come to understand that you're connected with everything." -Alan Watts
As we move farther away from the equinox and towards the solstice, my part of the world is seeing not only more daylight, but also more sunshine, warmer temperatures, and -- at least today -- some glorious days to be out in nature. This weekend, have a listen to Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Ronu Majumdar, Sabir Khan & Tarun Bhattacharya's interpretive nature song,
Flame of the Forest,
while I share with you my list of the…
dr. dolittle | January 20, 2013The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University that has just come out with the top 10 new species of 2012! This is the 5th year they have come out with such a list. If you would like to nominate your favorite new species discovered in 2013, click here.
Here are my favorites from the 2012 list:
The snub nose monkey (Rhinopithecus strykeri) from Myanmar that sneezes when it rains:
Photo reconstruction credit: Thomas Geissmann / Fauna & Flora International)
The Spongebob Squarepants sponge (Spongiforma squarepantsii), just because I LOVE that cartoon!:…
kcollins | March 17, 2010 It was announced today that the pie entered for pi day from the USA Science and Engineering Blog,Joanna Pool's Irrationally Good Chocolate Basil pie, made it to the top 10! But we need your votes!!
How to vote:
1) Go to seriouseats.com
2) Register on the site
3) Vote!