Millenia ago, Brian from Laelaps presented The Voltage Gate with the Thinking Blogger Award, and I have finally found some time to pass it on to blogs that make me think. It's difficult to siphon the 50 or so blogs I peruse and only choose five, but I'll do my best.
- Jen, The Infinite Sphere: Jen's original blog, Studying Biology and Environmental Science (I think the URL has been swiped unfortunately), was one of the first science blogs I ever read. I was immediately drawn in because of our shared experience as nontrad biology students and her posts about her studies and hobbies (like spelunking).
- Wayne, Niches: Niches is a daily read for me. Wayne is a talented writer and photographer, and a blessing to the small handful of us that blog about ecology and environmental issues.
- Craig and Peter, Deep Sea News: My dearest SciBlings at DSN proudly display a button boasting that they've never won a blog award. It's time to take that down, guys. DSN is the place to get the inside scoop on marine science - what it's about and how it's done - straight from the Syngnathid's mouth.
- James, Direction not Destination: Another great ecology blog, always reviewing interesting new research, and coincidentally, the host of August's Oekologie.
- Jenn, Invasive Species Weblog: Jenn almost exclusively blogs about one of the most important challenges facing ecosystems today, the accidental introduction of harmful nonnatives.
Thanks to Brian for honoring TVG and thanks to each of the five bloggers above for consistently lovely writing and photography. Don't forget to add the button to your sidebars and pass it on to five bloggers that make you think.
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Thanks for passing it on. I definitely am a fan of all your picks (it's so hard to pick just five!)
Hey Jeremy,
So glad I made it into your top five thinking blogs, thanks! I'll have to set about my top five...
I just spotted Oekologie (and Laelaps for that matter) were recommended reading for the 'Communicating Science' workshop at this week's ESA meeting: http://rydberg.biology.colostate.edu/communicating_science/blogs.html
Cheers,
James
Jeremy - I had no idea! I only ran across this because I was taking a look through some logs. Thank you for that.
Wow, thanks Jeremy! It's funny, when we started corresponding I felt like sort of a freak in the blogger world (writing about bats!). You were the first blogger I came across that had a similar interest. All of the other science bloggers I'd come across were writing about topics that I found fascinating but weren't my particular area of interest. It sure has been fun finding other bloggers interested in nature and ecology!